ARGUMENT. Impression of these Narratives upon the Author's mind.-Pastor invited to give account of certain Graves that lie apart.-Clergyman and his Family.Fortunate influence of change of situation.-Activity in extreme old age.-Another Clergyman, a character of resolute Virtue.-Lamentations over mis-directed applause.Instance of less exalted excellence in a deaf man.-Elevated character of a blind man.— Reflection upon Blindness.-Interrupted by a Peasant who passes-his animal cheerfulness and careless vivacity. He occasions a digression on the fall of beautiful and interesting Trees.-A female Infant's Grave.-Joy at her Birth.-Sorrow at her Departure. -A youthful Peasant-his patriotic enthusiasm and distinguished qualities-his untimely death.-Exultation of the Wanderer, as a patriot, in this Picture. -Solitary how affected.-Monument of a Knight. Traditions concerning him.-Peroration of the Wanderer on the transitoriness of things and the revolutions of society.-Hints at his own past Calling.— Thanks the Pastor. THE CHURCH-YARD AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.—(CONTINUED.) WHILE thus from theme to theme the Historian passed, The words he uttered, and the scene that lay ΙΟ Drawn from the chords of the ancient British harp 15 By some accomplished Master, while he sate Of his compatriot villagers (that hung For their heart's ease or pleasure. Strains of power Were they, to seize and occupy the sense; stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore 25 Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed. 3c These grassy heaps lie amicably close," Said I, "like surges heaving in the wind Along the surface of a mountain pool: Whence comes it, then, that yonder we behold Five graves, and only five, that rise together 35 Unsociably sequestered, and encroaching On the smooth play-ground of the villageschool?" The Vicar answered, "No disdainful pride In them who rest beneath, nor any course Of strange or tragic accident, hath helped To place those hillocks in that lonely guise. Once more look forth, and follow with your sight 40 The length of road that from yon mountain's base 45 Through bare enclosures stretches, 'till its line 50 A cottage from our view; though I discern (Ye scarcely can) amid its sheltering trees The smokeless chimney-top.— All unembowered 55 And naked stood that lowly Parsonage (For such in truth it is, and appertains To a small Chapel in the vale beyond) When hither came its last Inhabitant. Rough and forbidding were the choicest roads By which our northern wilds could then be crossed; And into most of these secluded vales 60 Was no access for wain, heavy or light. On sturdy horses graced with jingling bells, 65 That, with like burthen of effects most prized Or easiest carried, closed the motley train. Young was I then, a school-boy of eight years; But still, methinks, I see them as they passed In order, drawing toward their wished-for home. 71 -Rocked by the motion of a trusty ass Two ruddy children hung, a well-poised freight, Each in his basket nodding drowsily; Their bonnets, I remember, wreathed with flowers, 75 e; Which told it was the pleasant month of June A merry journey, rich in pastime, cheered 80 By music, prank, and laughter-stirring jest ; And freak put on, and arch word droppedto swell The cloud of fancy and uncouth surmise 86 Belong they to the fortune-telling tribe Or Strollers are they, furnished to enact Wood, And, by that whiskered tabby's aid, set forth The lucky venture of sage Whittington, When 90 the next village hears the show announced By blast of trumpet?' growth Plenteous was the 95 Of such conjectures, overheard, or seen 105 Of which adventures, that beguiled and cheered Their grave migration, the good pair would tell, With undiminished glee, in hoary age. 110 "A Priest he was by function; but his course |