The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Yes!-that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we Of many far wiser than we; And neither the angels in heaven above, For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I see the bright eyes And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side TO MARY IF I had thought thou couldst have died, But I forgot, when by thy side, That thou couldst mortal be: And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again; But when I speak-thou dost not say, And now I feel, as well I may, If thou wouldst stay, e'en as thou art, I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been! But there I lay thee in thy grave— POE. I do not think, where'er thou art, Thou hast forgotten me; And I, perhaps, may soothe this heart, Yet there was round thee such a dawn Of light ne'er seen before, As fancy never could have drawn, And never can restore! TWIST YE, TWINE YE TWIST ye, twine ye! even so, Hope, and fear, and peace, and strife, While the mystic twist is spinning, Passions wild, and follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged for pain; In the magic dance appear. Now they wax, and now they dwindle, Twist ye, twine ye! even so, Mingle human bliss and woe. C. WOLFE. SCOTT. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO TELL me not (sweet) I am unkind, Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, True: a new mistress now I chase, And with a stronger faith embrace Yet this inconstancy is such, I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Lov'd I not Honour more. O WHERE have you been, my long, long love, O I'm come to seek my former vows 'O hold your tongue of your former vows, O hold your tongue of your former vows, He turned him right and round about, 'I wad never hae trodden on Irish ground 'I might hae had a king's daughter, I might have had a king's daughter, 'If ye might have had a king's daughter, Yer sel ye had to blame; Ye might have taken the king's daughter, For ye kend that I was nane.' O faulse are the vows o' womankind, I never wad hae trodden on Irish ground, 'If I was to leave my husband dear, O what have you to take me to, 'I hae seven ships upon the sea, She has taken up her two little babes, She set her foot upon the ship, No mariners could she behold; But the sails were o' the taffetie And the masts o' the beaten gold. She had not sailed a league, a league, |