Inscriptions supposed to be found in and near a II.-Pause, Traveller! whosoe'er thou III.-Hast thou seen with flash incessant IV.–Near the Spring of the Hermitage . V.-Not seldom, clad in radiant vest For the Spot where the Hermitage stood on 129 Epitaphs translated from Chiabrera, Weep not, beloved Friends ! nor let the Perhaps some needful service of the State 129 O Thou who movest onward with a mind 130 There never breathed a man who, when True is it that Ambrosio Salinero Destined to war from very infancy O flower of all that springs from gentle Not without heavy grief of heart did He. 134 Pause, courteous Spirit !-Balbi suppli- By a hlest Husband guided, Mary came Six months to six years added he remained 136 Address to the Scholars of the Village School Elegiac Stanzas, suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle, in a Storm, painted by Sir George Elegiac Verses, in Memory of my Brother, John Wordsworth, Commander of the E. I. Com- pany's Ship, the Earl of Abergavenny, in which he perished by Calamitous Shipwreck, Lines composed at Grasmere, during a Walk one Evening, after a stormy Day, the Author having just read in à Newspaper that the Dissolution of Mr. Fox was hourly Invocation to the Earth. February, 1816. Lines written on a Blank Leaf in a Copy of the Author's Poem “The Excursion," upon hearing of the Death of the late Vicar of Elegiac Stanzas.' Addressed to Sir G. H. B.; upon the death of his Sister-in-Law Elegiac Musings in the Grounds of Coleorton Hall, the Seat of the late Sir G. H. Beau- mont, Bart. Written after the Death of Charles Lamli. Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Inscription for à Monunient in crosthwaite Church, in the Vale of Keswick . 162 163 SONNETS UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. IN SERIES. I. SUGGESTED BY THE VIEW OF LANCASTER CASTLE (ON THE ROAD FROM THE SOUTH). This Spot-at once unfolding sight so fair Hill ” ? Towers, A prison's crown, along this way they past 10 For lingering durance or quick death with shame, From this bare eminence thereon have cast Their first look-blinded as tears fell in showers Shed on their chains; and hence that doleful name, II. 5 TENDERLY do we feel by Nature's law JO source Is sympathy with the unforewarned, who died Blameless-with them that shuddered o'er his grave, And all who from the law firm safety crave. III. 5 THE Roman Consul doomed his sons to die word 5 IO IV. 5 Is Death, when evil against good has fought disown; Not to the object specially designed, blends, State If she, self-shorn of Majesty, ordain That never more shall hang upon her breath The last alternative of Life or Death. ; |