From the Spirit of the Age. THE AGFl-WHAT Acr
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THE AGE!-WHAT AGE9 This is, says one, the Age of Light; Behold the morning dawningi While some regret to lose the night; And show it by their yawning It IS, says one, the Age of Peace, Wars bloody days are over: You're rather fast:-till tyrants cease. Old Mars shall live-in clover. lis, says one, the Age of Scots Men gather into parties, While each his favorite band protects, And cries, come on my harties.' It's call'd the Age of Paper-casb; Which leads to much contention. some hold 1t money-some but trash, A mischieyous invention. Some say it is the Age of Facts And not of Speculation Some say ii is the Age of Tracts, And quote their circulation Some call it Religious Age.

 And some the Age of Reason;, While Kings and Corters in a rage, Gall 1t the Age of Treason. Reformers cry-''t is the Day

 And Age of Reformaton;" But wise ones shake their heads and s., Or rather Innovation any Noiueh age IS come We're told Neyer.to be forgotten; in neighborlng States they're digging gold Instead of making cotton. Some say it is the Age of Crime

 Ol error and delusion ;- While others cry-a stirring time!

 An Age of Revolution It has been called a Reading Age; but that's with one in seven: If all would in the work engage.

 Twould be the Printers Heaven. 1t has been term'd the Age of Thought, And Free investigation: Men question what their Fathers taught, And claim examination. Whatever be it's leading aims. If it indeed has any, It seems to, be the Age of Names,

 Since it has got so many. 1t IS an Age, we're told by some, or Art and Combination; While desire it may become,

 The Age of EDUCATION. s.A.