Where the long-lost things lie hid, where the bright ones have their home, We will sleep among the ocean's dead-stay for me, stay!—I come!” There was a sullen plunge below, A flashing on the main, And the wave shut o'er that wild heart's wo, TO WORDSWORTH. THINE is a strain to read among the hills, The old and full of voices ;-by the source Even such is thy deep song, that seems a part Or its calm spirit fitly may be taken To the still breast, in sunny garden-bowers, Where vernal winds each tree's low tones awaken, And bud and bell with changes mark the hours. There let thy thoughts be with me, while the day Sinks with a golden and serene decay. Or by some hearth where happy faces meet, When night hath hush'd the woods, with all their birds, There, from some gentle voice, that lay were sweet As antique music, link'd with household words. While, in pleased murmurs, woman's lip might move, And the rais'd eye of childhood shine in love. Or where the shadows of dark solemn yews Brood silently o'er some lone burial-ground, Thy verse hath power that brightly might diffuse A breath, a kindling, as of spring, around; From its own glow of hope and courage high, And steadfast faith's victorious constancy. True bard, and holy !—thou art ev'n as one Sees where the springs of living waters lie : Bright healthful waves flow forth to each glad wanderer free. A MONARCH'S DEATH-BED. The Emperor Albert of Hapsburgh, who was assassinated by his nephew, afterwards called John the Parricide, was left to die by the way-side, and only supported in his last moments by a female peasant, who happened to be passing. A MONARCH on his death-bed lay- And soft lamps pour their silvery ray, He lay upon a greensward bed, Beneath a darkening sky— A lone tree waving o'er his head, A swift stream rolling by. Had he then fall'n as warriors fall, Where spear strikes fire with spear? Was there a banner for his pall, A buckler for his bier? Not so ;-nor cloven shields nor helms Had strewn the bloody sod, Where he, the helpless lord of realms, Yielded his soul to God. Were there not friends with words of cheer, And princely vassals nigh? And priests, the crucifix to rear A peasant girl that royal head Upon her bosom laid, And, shrinking not for woman's dread, The face of death survey'd. |