Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron barrs a cage,
Mindes, innocent and quiet, take
That for an hermitage;
If I have freedom in my love,
And in my soule am free,
Angels alone, that soare above,
Enjoy such libertie.
NATURALISTS’ CALENDAR.
Mean Temperature 50·21.
April 29.
The April of 1826.
This month is remarkable for the endurance of great suffering by many thousands of English artisans.
In a “Statement to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, by the Hand-loom Weavers of Blackburn,” they say—
“Our dwellings are totally destitute of every comfort.