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As mountain peaks that kiss the skies, Crowned with eternal snows, The curious traveller surprise,

 Who. struggling, upw ard goes, And fondly thinks his journey Ger

 At each surmounted height, Yet secs another summit soar,

 Which mocks his erring sight. The shadow of Adversity

 Which hovers round our Joys, With wearying perversity

 Our happiness destroys When present evils are redress'd,

 They scarcely can efface The sorrows of the bleeding breast, Ere others take their place. And yet the soul should not complain, For sorrow Is q boon, As genial as the fruitful rain, Our feelings to attune To emotions which are joyous,

 To happiness so pure That above our ills twill buoy Us,

 And constantly endure. We're wand rers in life's wilderness, Where labyrinths delude; Let Us eyince our eagerness

 Their mazes to elude Though shadows of diversity

 Are darkening around, 4 I'l [ ise prospects of eternity

 h radiance abound. ALBERTO.