ON ANNE ALLEN. THE wind blew keenly from the Western sea, And drove the dead leaves slanting from the tree Vanity of vanities, the Preacher saithHeaping them up before her Father's door When I saw her whom I shall see no more— We cannot bribe thee, Death. She went abroad the falling leaves among, She bound her shining hair across her brow, Vanity of vanities the Preacher saith- She smiled to think that it would bloom next year! She feared thee not, O Death. Blooming she came back to the cheerful room Her pleasant smile spread sunshine upon all; We heard her sometimes after evening prayer, Where is the pleasant smile, the laughter kind, That made sweet music of the winter wind? Vanity of vanities the Preacher saith Idly they gaze upon her empty place, Her kiss hath faded from her Father's face- (SUGGESTED BY MR. EDWARD FITZGERALD. SONNET. WATTS'S PICTURE OF LOVE AND DEATH.) YEA, Love is strong as life; he casts out fear, And large and gray the towering outline grows, |