THE DAYS OF OLD.

THE days of old!—the days of old !—
The deedful days our fathers knew,
When Smithfield fires were never cold,
And flowers in martyrs' ashes grew.

Right days were those for noble deeds,
Deep drank the men of sacred truth;
And words were caught from hoary heads
To fire the ready mind of youth.

Those were the days of gallant hearts,
To bleed or burn for Jesu's sake;

When Frith and Cranmer played their parts,
And Rome was bearded at the stake!

Oh! for the soul, that braved her then,
To breathe on these degen'rate days:
Oh! that the spirit of the slain
Might fan our fervour to a blaze!

We speak not, cry not, watch, nor pray,
Nor labour, as our sires have done;
But sleep, while foemen steal away
The heritage, their blood has won.

It is not meet-it is not good

That dogs should eat the children's bread,

And Popish parasites intrude,

Where loyal feet alone may tread.

But eat they do-intrude they will-
Maintain their stand on Britain's Isle,
While Protestants are sleeping still,
Or meet aggression with a smile.

The days of old !—the days of old
Had found a different race of men-
Another tale had soon been told,

And Rome been sent to Rome again!

But though the soul of zeal may sleep, She is not dead-she is not goneE'en now her waking pinions sweep Around the walls of "Babylon."

And ere she folds her gallant wing,
New deeds of daring shall be told,
And future bards rejoice to sing,

Of these illustrious "days of old !”

THE BIBLE-THE BIBLE ALONE.

"The Bible alone is the religion of Protestants."-CHILLINGWORTH.

THE BIBLE!-The Bible alone,

Is the rule of our Protestant creed;

And the truth, it proclaims, has arisen and

From the

grown,

pure "incorruptible seed."

Traditions, and Fathers, and Saints,
With fictions and fables beside,

With all the gay pictures, that Popery paints,
To foster the soul of her pride-

All these are the theme of her song,

On these are her mummeries built;

And, clad in their sanction, she triumphs along

Through the Protestant blood, she has spilt.

To Customs and Councils she turns,

Defending her horrible creed :.

While the Word of Jehovah she slanders or

burns,

And laughs at the damnable deed.

But the Word of our God shall remain,
Our only unchangeable guide;

While our hands are prepared, as our hearts, to maintain

What our forefathers bled for, and died.

And the Word of our God we'll defend,
As it leads us the way to the Throne:
For the Rule of our Faith, till in vision it end,
Is the Bible-the Bible alone!