conclusion of Chapter V.), which even in the translation will not, I flatter myself, fail to interest the reader. Ottfried is describing the circumstances immediately following the birth of our Lord."- Biog. Lit. vol. i. p. 203. SHE gave with joy her virgin breast; Who wrapp'd his limbs in swaddling clothes, Hung o'er him with her looks of love, With such a babe in one blest bed, 1810. "Most interesting is it to consider the effect, when the feelings are wrought above the natural pitch by the belief of something mysterious, while all the images are purely natural; then it is that religion and poetry strike deepest."- Biog. Lit. vol. i. p. 204. Mourn for the prince, who rose at morn Of his own rose, and found the thorn Chaste love, and fervid innocence ! O Thou! who mark'st the monarch's path, Jehovah frowns!-The Islands bow, ISRAEL'S LAMENT, ON THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES. [From the Hebrew of Hyman Hurioite.] MOURN, Israel! sons of Israel, mourn! Give utterance to the inward throe, As wails of her first love forlorn Mourn the young mother snatch'd away From light and life's ascending sun! Mourn for her babe, death's voiceless prey Earn'd by long pangs, and lost ere won! Mourn the bright rose that bloom'd and went, Mourn the green bud, so rudely rent, THE END OF COLERIDGE'S POETICAL WORKS. 243 |