grave; ΙΟ Waft fragrant greetings to each silent In Nature's face the expression of repos Or haply there some pious hermit chose To live and die, the peace of heaven aim; And while those lofty poplars gently wave Their tops, between them comes and goes a sky Bright as the glimpses of eternity, To saints accorded in their mortal hour. VIII. COMPOSED AMONG THE RUINS OF A CASTLE To whom the wild sequestered region ow [Composed probably September, 1824.-Published On Deva's banks, ye have abode so long Sisters in love, a love allowed to climb 1827.] THROUGH shattered galleries, 'mid roof- Even on this earth, above the reach TO THE TORRENT AT THE DEVIL'S BRIDG [Composed September, 1824.-Published 1827, How art thou named? In search of whi strange land, From what huge height, descending Of waters issue from a British source, Light deepening the profoundest sleep Or hath not Pindus fed thee, where the ba of shade. Relic of Kings! Wreck of forgotten wars, twine II Luxuriant wreaths around thy forehead hoar; And, though past pomp no changes can restore, A soothing recompense, his gift, is thine! IX. TO THE LADY E. B. AND THE HON. MISS P. [Composed September, 1824.-Published 1827.] Composed in the Grounds of Plass Newidd, near Llangollen, 1824. A STREAM, to mingle with your favourite Dee, Along the VALE OF MEDITATION 1 flows; to see 1 Glyn Myrvr. beguile Or float with music in the festal barge; Rein the proud steed, or through the dance are led; 5 Her doom it is to press a weary bed- More urgent called, will stretch his wings And friends too rarely prop the languid head. Yet, helped by Genius-untired comforter, The presence even of a stuffed Owl for her 10 Can cheat the time; sending her fancy out Nor veil, with restless film, his staring XIV. TO THE CUCKOO. [Composed ?.-Published 1827.] The rigid features of a transient smile, 5 Nor the whole warbling grove in concert isperse the tear, or to the sigh give vent, Backening the pains of ruthless banish ment From his loved home, and from heroic toil. And trust that spiritual Creatures round us move, heard When sunshine follows shower, the breast can thrill Like the first summons, Cuckoo of thy bill, With its twin notes inseparably paired. The captive 'mid damp vaults unsunned, unaired, riefs to allay which Reason cannot Measuring the periods of his lonely doom, But, long as cock shall crow from house. Of fretful temper sullies her pure cheek hold perch Prompt, lively, self-sufficing, yet so mee To rouse the dawn, soft gales shall speed That one enrapt with gazing on her fac thy wing, (Which even the placid innocence of deat And thy erratic voice be faithful to the Could scarcely make more placid, heav And nought untunes that Infant's voice; Pledged till thou reach the verge no trace 51 womanhood, for steadfast hope the contract to fulfil; let shall my blessing hover o'er thee still, Embodied in the music of this Lay, Brathed forth beside the peaceful mountain Stream1 Those murmur soothed thy languid Mother's ear 10 fter her throes, this Stream of name more dear nce thou dost bear it, a memorial theme XX. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED AT BISHOPSTONE, HEREFORDSHIRE. [Composed?.-Published 1835.] WHILE poring Antiquarians search the ground Upturned with curious pains, the Bard, a Seer, Takes fire:-The men that have been reappear; Romans for travel girt, for business gowned; And some recline on couches, myrtlecrowned, 5 brothers; for thy future self, a spell summon fancies out of Time's dark In festal glee: why not? For fresh and cell. XIX. clear, As if its hues were of the passing year, Dawns this time-buried pavement. From that mound GRAVESTONE UPON THE FLOOR IN THE Hoards may come forth of Trajans, Maxi CLOISTERS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. mins, mposed probably 1828.-Published 1829 (The Shrunk into coins with all their warlike Keepsake); ed. 1832.] toil: ΙΟ Or a fierce impress issues with its foil The unlettered ploughboy pities when he wins The casual treasure from the furrowed soil. mirth; That, not for Fancy only, pomp hath Might need for comfort, or for fest harms The extremes of favoured life, may honour both. Embraced those Brothers upon earth's Go, faithful Portrait! and where la wide plain; Nor aught of mutual joy or sorrow knew Until their spirits mingled in the sea That to itself takes all, Eternity. XXIII. FILIAL PIETY1. [Composed probably 1828.-Published 1829 (The Casket); ed. 1832.] On the Wayside between Preston and Liverpool. UNTOUCHED through all severity of cold; Inviolate, whate'er the cottage hearth 1 Thomas Scarisbrick was killed by a stroke of lightning while building a turf-stack between Ormskirk and Preston in 1779. His son James finished the stack, and while he lived kept it in constant repair in memory of the father. James died in 1824, leaving to his grandchildren goblets and decanters cut with a turf-stack between two trees. (See Mr. J. Bromley's letter to the Athenæum, May 17, 1890.)-ED. |