5 JANUARY 1839, Page 22

"Under the shade of the evergreen yew, " is another song

composed by Mr. SEVERN: but here he has not had die genius of HERRICK to in- spire him. The words are the merest commonplace, and so is the music ; which, after all, is just as it should. be. RAMEAU boasted that he could set to music the Gazette de Fiance: but we think the better of Mr. SEVERN for observing that his genius is liable to be cooled, as well as warmed, by his subject.