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I by errata mad to nent I'ne pelure, faf on A 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 i4'!ii aiTEBEC^ THE H A K P, AWD OTHER POEMS. BY W. P. HAWLEY. Tantum inter denuus, umbrosa ctcumina fagat AMidue veniebat ; ibi haec incmdita, solus, ikf ontibua et slWis studio jaetabat inani ! Viae. MONTREAL: mnrrsD Af THi hxrald avo new OAZOTTX OVFICK. 1829. %'' m ip'.^ . r- " " ■■ ■■ -'-— '■im["-^*'' ii ---^-^ ^s*--- I '1 J, «»_/• ^- HI M u^ ■'/ TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR JAMES KEMPT, . G. C. B,f &c. &c &c. THIS VOLUME IS, BY PERUISSION, MOST RESPECTI'ULLY DEDICATED, BY . HIS EXCELLENCY'S OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, W. F. HAWLEY. t, .-3^ OOIVTBNTS. Page. Quebec, -------11 Thb^Harp, -------27 The Trioiviph of Enity—Canto First, - 43 Canto Second, - - - - - - 57 Imagination, - - - - - - - 75 On the Battle of Navarino, - - - - 80 Song, - - - 8? Fragment, ,------86 A Dream, .------ 88 Woman's Love, ------ 92 A Fragment, ------ 94 The Flowers of Fancy, - ". " ' ' ^ Sonnet -To Ella, ^ The Sisters, -100 On a Violet, ^^^ 1 {« CONTENTS. To Ella, *05 The Taper of Death, 108 Hope, -.--.--- Ill Pleasure, "•"" ' ' " " ^^^ ETeniug, .------ 116 Serenade, - - - - - - -119 The Eagle, 121 Sonnet, ---- «--- l*i3 The Burial of the Maniac, - - - - 124 To Ella, 127 The Traveller, - -- - - -130 Autufnn, ------- 133 ^Song, .------- 135 The Fairest Uind, - - - - - 137 The Spanish Imitated, 139 We meet to part, - - - - - -141 Tell me not, .------ 143 The Maniac, - - - • - - -145 Song, ....-••_ 149 To Maia— on a beautiful woman who was dumb, 1 52 Song, 154 Tell her not, 155 ^: ^1^^ CONTENTS. Away with Care, - - - - - -157 The Lights of Life, 158 To Mr. J. Turney— on the death of his Son, - 15J) Inscription, - - - - - - -161 Sonnet to Mr. John Curkc, - - - - 1G2 To Ella, 163 Lines on seeing a Strawberry blossom in Autumn, /65 Slander, - - - - - - - 168 >Vritten for a Lady's Album, - . - - 170 •^■. ■ f ■ir } tt •',.*• or re from PRSFAOS. Conforming to the general custom^ the Author of the following Work, in firgt soli- citing the patronage and favour of the Public^ deems it consistent to give something of a prefatory nature :— He will not plead, in extenuation of the various faults which may appear, that these Pages were written amidst the turmoil of business, without forethought or reflection, or that they were thrown off from the brain as a redundancy, in some . 'A ■ * mmm a^i.uif* ^gm VI PREFACE. hour of languid exhaustion — the common excuses for dulness ; well knowing that the world cares but little whence imperfections arise, and that no excuses can recommend stupidity, or raise a more favourable senti- ment than pity, for its unavailing and awk- ward labours. That these Pieces were writ- ten as aipleasant amusement, is true. Mo)st of them were composed with a view to pub- lication ; and some of them, indeed, without any determinate object — the mere vagaries of a playful imagination. Of this cla»s, is " The Triumph of Envy ;" and, al- though the fastidious critic may be inclined to quarrel with its plot and imagery, he must PREFACE. VII acknowledge, that the evil held up to ridi- cule, cannot be too severely caricatured. " The Harp " is the Poem for which " The Society for the Encouragemcnt OF Arts and Sciences," in Quebec, were pleased to bestow upon the Author their Honorary Medal ; and happy will he be if this Volume shall be received by the Public in as favourable a manner. From honest criticism he will not shrink ; but as for those everlasting grumblers who find nothing but faults, he neither invites nor defies their growling — for growl they will whenever they open their mouths. Their criticisms are the I* viii PRsrACB. natural produce of splenetic minds, which may as well be bestowed on Poets as on Pug, or the Kitchen Maid. Their mouths are like the crater of a volcano, from which nothing can be expected but fire and brim- stone ; and whose devastation recoils from the insensate rock, and settles into the flow<^ ery vale, replete with life and beauty. Montreal, July 10th, 1829. which as on louths which brim- i from flow*^ QUEBEC. •.A. QUEBEC. Earth has no scene, however bright and fair, Tho' golden floods and beauteous skies are there, Unhallowed by the magic of the past, With power its image in the heart to cast. ,The sweetest flowers their crimson leaves may throw, Unblest, unnoted, to the radiant glow Of eastern suns ; the purest stream may glide, ■Bright foliage twining o*er its silver tide. 1 12 QUIBEC. Through vafes of perfiitnc, circling itiles of light, Unlov'd, unhonour'd, if no spell be cast Upon those flowers, that stream, by lore or glory ; But bring the rich memorials of the past, The hallowed legacy of ancient story, And all is fair, and beautiful, and bright. m C^UEBEC, thy name with magic power can start The peace-bound pulses of tlie warrior^s heart ! Above thy rocks a burning halo plays To light the record of departed days, And throws its rays o*cr height, and rock, and flood, To]]niark the Hero*s triumph, or his blood. ■ ■■■«•■ JT^oDg u'cr coullicting Europe Fame had thrown His eagle.pinions, but no field, no flood AppearM, which.ne'er had heard the soldier's groan, Or drank the warm stream of his gushing blood i^-. nil \ QU£B£C. 13 To traiis-atlautic realms he Uent hit flight, Where glory ne*er had shed one beam of light. I, ■' And hovering o'er Qu£B£IS, settled there, Rob'd in the bright hues of the morning air. High on the Cape he stood, and cast his eye O'er the deep forest and unclouded sky : — Proudly beneath him roU'd a sun-lit tide, And o'er it fairy skiffs were seen to glide, Guided by dusky figures on their way, With seeming effort of a fairy's play. And, through the western vale which lay below. The same dark, visionary forms would go, Like the wing'd lightning in its brief career, Chasing along the streams the flying deer ; Now seen a moment, and now lost again, 111 the deep foliage of tJie spreading plain. ** Tliis spot be mine," he snid ; «« here death shall lay <* My noblest children of a future day ; R \ I4t QUEBIC. «« And here shall glory weare his brightest wreath «« Of laurel, for their youthful brows in death." Then, from the crystal rocks around, there came Redoubled sparklings and a brighter flame ; While on the cloud o*er Montmorenci's height The sun was seen to play in forms of light. And gold and crimson flashes play*d around The Tapoury foldings of that misty mound. ■.V.*- , Soon from these scenes the children of the wood Retir'd, as came the Pale-Cace o*er the flood. Those Christian plunderers of a simple train. Who came to cleanse them from all earthly stain. Gave the insidious draught, whose maddening sway Stole both their senses and their lands away ; And then, to quell their indignation, gave A little part of what was theirs—a grave I i\* QUEBEC. 15 Long years of savage conflict then came on — All bloodshed and confusion. — They are gone ; But still imagination hears the cry Of the wild Red-man, sprung from ambush nigli ; Sees the fierce gleaming of his eye, whose light Burns like the meteor through the shades of night, As tomahawk and unsheath'd scalping.knife Kindle the horrors of nocturnal strife. '): Fast are these scenes ; and passing too, are they Who o*er this western world otlbe held the sway. Where now is gone the towering, martial form, Which heard as naught the conflict's gathering storm ; The bounding step ; the arm, whose sinewy strength Drew the long arrow to its utmost length ; The eye of fire, which guided on its way That death-stain'd arrow to its distant prey ? ■M 62 \ I -4 16 QUEBEC. Far in the western wild tlie Rcd-mau itill Securely wanders by hii natire rill ; But when the Pale-face beckons him away From his last home, where shall the wanderer stray ? Sous of the injured ! o*er the western main Thy sun descends^ never to rise again ! Away, inglorious themes ! and let us turn Tu where the vestal lights of glni7 burn ! And tho*, O Wolfb I the poet's votive wreath Can add no light to tny triumphant deatJi ; Yety as the mountain's brow, at setting sun. Shines with a flood of glory not its own, So may thy cherlsh'd name a halo fling ' ^ Upon the poet's humble ofl'ering. Thrice happy thou, in life's fair morn to be Wedded in death to fame eternally. Thy course was like the sun's, all light and flowers. Shining thro' dazzling clcuds and wreathed bowers; m« ''•* m>wa QUEBEC. Thy death his setting, where all beauteous things HoTer around on gold and crimson wings. w On Abrani*s Plains the storm of battle grew, As Night his shadowy mantle round him drew, '' Aud fled, affrighted at the wild uproar * ' ' On towering height, and from each forest hoar ; As if a thousand fiends were on the air. Spreading wild screams and wreaths sulphureous there. There was the grappling of the fatal steel ; The quick discharge of musket, peal on peal ; The cnliTeniug trumpet, and the shriek of death ; The savage Wiir^whoop, and the panting breath Of hard pressM valour. — Here the veteran lay, On his last field ; his locks of reverend grey Died with the noble blood which iic*er again Shall burn at bearing sound the martial strain : — B 3 I 16 QUEBEC. 1 J \'^ / His country still his mistress, for wiiuse weul Uc bravM the death-wingM ball, or sliining steel. _a There lay the youthful soldier's graceful forni. Like some fair flower o'er which has pass'd the storm. Gone is the burning cheek, the eagle eye, Nor starts he tho* the foeman's shout be nigh ; Gone, too, his dreams of her, who turn'd away, ^ And sicken'd at his plumes and bright array ; Who, on that day, her first, her last kits gave. And said : ** Be faithful still — and, O be brave !** There ft not, in this world of light and shade, A sight more glorious than the warrior laid Upon the battle-ground : — No vain parade — ,, No mocking pageant of funereal rite ; ^ No feigned moans, no hard-wrung tears are here ! His pall the shining heavens and sun-beams bright. With the soft verdure of the field his bier. QUEBBC. 19 Anil many a form of beauty prcssM those Plains, As roll*d the sable cloud of war away ; The evening sun lookM forth on dust and stains, Where shone at mom that gallant, bright arroy* The star of even look*d on Britain's glory, And saw a new wreath laid upon its slirine ; i A bright page added to its former story ; A new-born star o*er Fame's fair temple shine ! And long that star a beacon.light shall wave, To guide the young, the noble, and the brave ! And thou, Montcalm, tho* vanquish'd, thou didst bear The waiTior's spirit in that youthful frame ; With Wolfe shalt thou the wreath of glory share ! With his be register *d the foeman's name ! And Ihy fair frame, when hastening to decay, Told that its spirit had not pass'd away : 20 QUEBEC. HigL words of niaitial glory from thee came, Like the last gleaming of the dying flame. Years roU'd along, and w*?*s tumultuous roar Was heard along these rugged heights once more. Once more a noble victim gave his breath. And met, beneath these walls, a soldier's death. Montgomery, thy radiant name shall soar, A fair companion for those gone before. £y^n they who sent the hasty summons forth. Knew well, and mourn'd the generous foeman*s worth, / Thus early blighted, which more brightly shone, I As all thingR valued, when forever gone : — Like that bright bird, which, as its wings aspire, Shines in the sun a wreath of lambent fire.* * The Virginian Nightingale. 1 QUEBEC. 21 On the proud front ol' Fame's fair temple shines A hallowed circle, traced with golden linest ; Within those lines, in lightning stamp'd, we see Three bright names : — '< Wolfe, Montcalm, Montgomery.*' A diamond lustre round that circle plays. And lights the pencil'd deeds of former days ! Fair flowers, with laurel wreath*d» around are flung, And on a thousand golden banners hung ; While everlasting day shines doubly bright Upon those dearly cherish'd names of light. ■ i M Pw xtf i^t w -■:n;js^r..-3ttr»\r''^^^ II \ ■i. ^ >■••- ,¥- ' \/ '.':';:r'iv';'': And^ Chal name '\ -J"' .. ■;>■.;-.!' ^L i. vJ.;i^ f-;l.t, p>ii , I ,< 1 }. ! . ! ' B 'P>pi!!Wterf n^A^'^uAa o '2S THE HARP. The mighty forms, and tragic deeds, Which round the walls of lUion swell 1 Still to the eye Patroclus bleeds ; And still before Achilles flies The champion of desponding Troy ; And golden chariots thro* the skies, Drawn by immortal coursers, fly ; Bearing along the radiant air Bright forms, in mortal deeds to share. Harp of the East ! thy notes could bring Bland echoes from Idalia's bowen ; Where Love, amid perennial flowers. Sported away the rosy hours ; And beauteous forms would ^rti' sing, With more than mortal symphony. Perpetual houns of ecstacy, Which from his^silken bondage spring. MMMHP . THB HARP« 29 And, vvi'eath*d with smiles, their lips would tell, How hearts in unison could dwell, In some soft tale of myrtle groves ; Where Nymphs had told their glowing loves, From humid eyes, which said, too well, I Soft things that tongues can never tell. ^nd then, their foiry songs would say How Perseus and Andromeda In blissful visions dreamed away Each star-lit night and cloudless day, Wlfen, from the Nereids, his hand In triumph bore the maid to land. They told the mighty force of love. Their theme, Evadne ? — It was this :- The consciousness of former bliss Forever flown, alone could move. To court the flame and soar above C 2 so THE HARr. The fean which, from fut>irity, Arise to dim a mortal eye. Then, twining in the graceful dance^ A softer measure would they try : — Now, they in playful wreaths advance* And now, with feigned coyness fly, Retiring to their verdant bowers ; And there, on beds of new-blown flowers, While fragrant airs from heaven descend, With dulcet sounds their voices blend ; — * * Idalia*s birds can ne'er be parted — ** One flies— they both are broken hearted. << O Love ! *tis thou alone canst give <• The bliss which makes it life to live I'* And now, when evening round the world ^^lies, with her russiet flag unfurPd, THE HARP. 31 On golden beams a form deftcending. From cloudless heaven is slowly wending, To Cyprus* fragrant myrtle grove : It is the radiant Queen of Love, All bright with passion's siren smile, Descending to her favourite isle. Still evening is her chosen time, * When Hesperus looks thro' the sky Of Greece's bland and cloudless clime, And Luna, as she sits on high, ^ Dreams of Endymion in his cave ; And lucid dew-drops shining, lave -A thousand flowers, that dance and wave As wanton zephyrs flutter by. To bear their breaths along the sky. The Loves and Graces smiling stand, And weave, with an immortal hand, Bright flowers to crown the votive band, f.». 32 THE HARP. WbO| circling round the Goddess, how, And smiling give their vesper vow. Then would thy tones a mightier strain Assume, and give the latent reign Of Pluto to the eyes of day ; Where volant shades from earth repair, When grief has worn the thread away — The feeble thread that binds them here. Now the infernal shades appesir ; The realms of night and horror, where Grim Erebus in darkness sits, Listening the Furies/ as, by fits. Their lash and clanking chains resound, Or the horrific hiss goes round. But see Elysium's sunny vale, Where souls immortal life inhale From every blest, unearthly gale ; As THE HARP. Where golden fruits and lucid streams Shine in pure day*s celestial gleams ; And life, like far removed dreams Of horror, flits before the eye To tell them that in distance lie Its feveriRh scenes of misery. Harp of the £ast ! thy strings have lain For ages in a noiseless sleep ; And none may ever wake again One strain, to break thy slumbers deep : Thy chords are broken, and the blast Which ranges o*er thy native plains, Brings but the echo of those strains, Flung on the air of ages past. But hark ! — From out the sounding caves Of Caledonians mountains, rise ' Bold sound*, vhich swell along the skies, As free as ocean's wildest waves ; 33 34 THE HARP. As ruugli as are the rockti which beat A thousand billows from their feet. On yon high cliff a form appears, Grey in the deep decline of years : His hair and mantle on the wind Are floating idly, and bis eye Rests on the ocean depths, which lie Below, in broken waves defiu'd. *Tis he who thrill'd the trembling strings, And see ! a thousand airy things, AwakenM by its power, arise : Lightning and storms convulse the skies , Ghosts shriek the gusts of wind between ; And now their vapoury forms are seen Sailing upon the reeling clouds : Or, hovering o*er the battle plain, They lift the mantle which enshrouds Futurity ; and on the train '^r.i ..-( THE HARP. 35 Of vvarriors which the Fates demand, Smile, as they wave the shadowy hand. Harp of the North ! thy strains I hear Echo on Sno\vden*s hoary heights ; When io ! her rocks and caTerns drear, Dress'd in gay flowers and smiles appear ! And from thy stdngs coruscant lights Beam over England's fair domain, Flashing o'er Eiin's tuneful Isle ; •• Tho' Europe's gioping realms remain In tuneless solitude, the while. And there a thousand Bards have given To birth a thousiind varied strains ; The depths of Hell, the heights of Heaven, Full many an eagle-wing attains : The spring of pleasures and of pains 36 THE HARP. -r flow'd in lull streams at their behest ; They bade the aching bosom rest, Andy as the last deep sigh subsiding, LttSt pleasure in the wretch's eyes, Xo ! melancholy sounds arise, And tears are now his smiles deriding ! Isles of the North I thy magic strain Hat piercM the earth's remotest caves : The breeze which breaks the ocean's waves, Wafting them round his green domain, Shall on its downy pinions bear ' A thousand foreign smiles and tears ; Yet, age, beneath a mount of years, And wanton youth, with eye of flame. Shall clasp, and in their bosoms wear, The brilliant gems of Britain's fame. " ' ■WW . — — — — 1 — X. k^^^J^t^A^,;)!:^. -f THE HARP. 37 There is a land of rudest guise, Where Nature, undisturbed, reposes In unprunM forests, on wild roses ; And where the humid evening closes *Mid fairy scenes and glorious skies. That land of wildness is my own ; ' And oft, in childish freak, I stray*d O'er mountain height and flower-clad glade — Free as the wild bird, which had flown At my approach ; whose warblings ne'er Had wak'd to ecstasy the ear: Unless perchance the savage train Had laid beneath the ancient oak The deer, which fell beneath their stroke, To list its proud voluptuous strain : And, as it thrill'd, and swelling, rose, ' In artless changes to the closci 38 THE HARP. ^ I With parted lip, and raised eye, Blest their own forest minstrelsy. There was a dingle, where the sun Slept upon many a lovely flonrer : — It seemed that Nature form'd that bower, Where ^hc and Liberty might shun The eye of man.— -In evening hour > Blest sounds of music tlieuce arose : — I It was a proud, yet broken straiu, I And trembled o'er the distant plain In fainter murmurs at each close. 'Twas infant Genius, as he swept ^ The Western Harp's yet untunM strings ; I And wild and vague iniagiuings, / MixM with a thousand lovely things, At once into existence leapt. Yet, loveliest, in his beaming eye, The various scenes of Nature lie. The eveniiig*i» star-lit hour he sung, When Hesper shiues on hearen's bi'dw, And flitting lights are out below, From glowing wings in myriads flung. He sung the broad, majestic moon, Riding aboTe a dormant world, And causing Night, with banne" furl'd. To half resign his silent noon. . r • He sung Aurora's lucid birth, Curtain*d by gold and crimson clouds, While bright, beneath, her subject earth A dew-impearled green enshrouds. ^ The cataract's roar, the placid stream. The rolling storm's coruscant gleam, The mountain hoar, the spreading plain. The glassy lake, the billowy main, The rugged wood, the tuneful grove, 3!he charm of unrestrained love — P2 S9 40 THE HARP. Shone in his lucid glance of fire, And swep^ along his sounding lyre ! The Harp I found in evil hour, Suspended on a knotty oak ; It rang obedient to my power, Responding to my feeble stroke ! Harp of the AVest ! forgive the hand Unskill'd, which woke thy native numberi ! Again resume thy airy stand On aged oak, until thy slumbers Are broken by ^me spirit's breath, Upon the eirening bree2e descending. As the wild deer along the heath Are to their leaf^ bowers wending ; Giving to dumb'riog mortals, dreams All bright with visionary gleams ; — Fair scenes which wing their early flight ^ith the deep shadows of the night. THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY. TI THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY. CANTO FIRST. Muse of Battle ! thee 1 call From weeping o'er Ti*oy*s moulder'd wall '. Let Hector fall, Achilles foam, And let the wise Ulysses roam ; Unheeded now pass Helen's shame — A fairer weeps the death of Fame : H THB TRIUMPH OF EKVT. Nor over Eve, in Eden, cry — A wiser cats without a sigh ; ^^nd triumphs as old Satan- did, When the first pair in Eden hid, A noisy theme juy soul inspires, And bids thee light thy fiercest fires ! Then, Muse of Battle ! sing, and tell What rout, and what contention fell- What vocal war, and deadly wrong, Shot from one envy-heated tongue I i Shakespear avers, the slanderous tongue Begets more noise, and deadly wrong, Than every other martial weapon, That bloody-minded warriors keep, on Purpose to hack, destroy and maim This Aiir, Jove-modelled, upright frame. I . . v~^ -'* - -. *■■■..« THE TRIUMP.H OF ENVY. Shakespear, 'tis true ! for, we may see, In this our day of chivalry, Knights of the Tongue patrol the town. With words to bring a wind-mill down. With wagging tongue, and glass in hand,| And posture militaire they stand — Brandish their weapons, raise their glasses At every living thing that passes : — Ladies and horses, dogs and asses. Now, morn the blushing east embrac'd. And rousM the silent world from rest ; Dew.drops a trembling lustre fling, ^ . Like diamond on a Lady's ring ; ij Zephyrus with the light cloud flies, .i And leaves without a spot the skies. What time young Sylvia's eyes unclos'd. And broke from dreams by Fame compos'd. 45 ■ - -Jtf ,3J jT' ■^■-mmim' 46 THI TRIUMPH or SNVT. Fame, her bright guardian, long had blest The lovely maid, and made her breast Hit honour*d dwelling :^— Oft he gave ^ Her auburn locks a graceful wave, And, stealing lustre from the sky, ReplenishM from the stars her eye. Fame saw impending evil nigh, , And thus, before her dreaming eye. He, with assiduous, kindly care, . ^. This vision drew to warn the fair : — She dream'd that fair the mom arose, JBut, long ere lights diurnal close. The black cloud blows its sweeping breath O'er crag^bound height, and barren heath :• Then from the clouds a raven drove. Quickly pierc*d the crashing grove. ,... ..» .»^»— <..-^r*-. • »P- occupied her soul. And now the vision marr'd the whole. But rising, she, with hard essay. Shook from her mind the dream away. So falls the dew-drops from the tail Of fox, retreating o'er the vale. m i? M pi f^^'Him^SiL/ . 'jLmlj^ -^ ..mm 48 THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY. When Sol awakes his jealous fear, And watch -dog baiks, and threatens near. % Fame sigh'd, and thus his grief cxpress'd. While maids officious, Sylvia drcss'd : — «« This is the day foretold by Fate, «* That deadly ills the fair await. ** How sad that she should rise so soon I ** I fain would have her doze till noon ! ** Strange wakefulness ! that she should rise ** Before the sun the inid-day skies ** Has measured. Much I fear that God, ** Despiteful Envy, her abode *• Haunts, with intent nialiciou* fraught, *• And from her mind ray vision caught I' He said, and, as n curl unroll*d, Within its inmost, silken fold, i>» * ■• 5!r.r ,/v''»»i<^*K-r«r# ' '' ; THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY. He spied the Ged, in fuiin a fly. Close to the inaidea's beaming eye, Svvift flew his vengeful spear, but err*d, And Envy frowning disappeared. Now the bright morning — gay, serene — Young Sylvia tempted o*er the green, To catch its breathings, and inhale Health borne upon the morning gale. Behind the town her dwelling stood, Veil'd by a thinly scatter'd wood, Close by a verdant mountain's foot. Which we3tward rose, with gradual shoot : She up the sun-bright mountain stray*d. And Fame, assiduous, round htfr play*d. In form a butterfly, and threw Into her mind the dream anew. E 49 i;'! W A li 50 THE TRIUMPH OB* ENVY. 1 I She mus*d and poiider*d, as ihe went. But hit not on its kind intent — She niusM and ponder*d, till she came Unto a spot belovM by Fame — A snow-white monument. — She stop*d — And from her mind the vision drop*d ; For Fame had left the pensive fair, And hover*d thrice around in air, Above its top, to mark the rest Of one by gold supremely blest. She read the verse upon the stone : — ** Here lies a saint to heaven gone ! ** Transcendant goodness ! he wa& found, " At death, worth many a thousand pound, « And left it .\]l to uie, his son, ** Who raise, in gratitude this stone !" She slgh*d to think such worth should die, And down the mountain cast her eye. - '■ *^ »'>!B MpimMK i lW i . - . •«*, •■» #isr* THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY. Its side with tufts of trees bestrown, Like verdure colourM velvet shone ; Its foot farm house and orchard giacM, And rural scenes ; remoter plac'd. The City swelPd with all its store Of roofs and spires ; its idle roar Just caught the ear, and, trem'vling, died Along the mountain's swelling side. Laving the City's farthest verge Appeared the river's slumbering surge, Speckled with many a swelling sail, Sped gently on by summer's gale ; — While o'er the wave, far in the sky, ^ Far as could pierce the dazzled eye, A village rose, with biazing spire, Bright with the sun's meridian fire. Enraptur'd, Sylvia view'd the plain, For all seem'd level as the main. 51 ■'I •/ vf^iiy^am^r m»'^f!!Vif'^p% i rxT- ---fafe,'***?^ '?^0 52 THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY. Wlien winds repose within their clouds, And lifeless hang the drooping shrouds. i \ 2* The spreading scene in all its strength Caught up her fancy, till, at length, A gun aroused the maiden's fear, Blazing from the green-wood near, Which crown'd the mountain. Envy saw The maid retiring, and a Haw Of wind, directing to the^ bough "Which interven'd, disclosed to view Tile sportsman : — For the following God Irausibly her footsteps trod. And, seeing Fame remiss, essayed To catch the unsuspecting maid. She turn'd ; — the sportsman up a tree Was clamb'ring : — •♦Heavens'." she cried, " 'tis he : * n -.l^T.:" *-'fl»^:'<»s*d by wanton Prenabell ! ** To Madam's party both will hie, ** And so will you, and so shall I ; *♦ There prove your soul to Envy true, ** There, maiden, your high office shew, <( f'or Fame this night shall roll in dust, •* If you prove loyal to your trust." High swell'd her heart with prospect fair Of feast delicious, and thro* air Her chariot flew, that she might be t^^ First at the scat of promised glee. Then quickly grew a horrid tale Of am'rous lord and maiden frail ;. 59 . 60 THE TllIUMPH OF ENVY. 'i n. Ami, xtrange to tell, as round it flew, On eyery side it swcU'd and grew. Like inow-ball, roll'd down %varm hill side, By tugging boy. At length, they spied liord Prenabell from coach.door pop ; Him Sylvia follow*d, with a hop, Light ns a mouse's, when he springs Thro* knot-hole, bent on better things Than straw and chaff. With towering air In march 'd My Lord and Sylvia fair : — So goes to battle warrior steed, Thoughtless of death and daring deed. Round flew the sneer and envious grin, Which spoke of deeds of shame and sin, And coming war. — Oh I kiss of wo ! Why OD her cheek thus wanton grow ! But threat*ning war Fame yet delay'd. And, for a time the combat stay*d ; '. THE TRIUMPH OF ENVT. BiU when the Weed of China flew Around the board, then tbreat'ntng grew The din of fi'^hU £nvy, afloat In Minta's oup, fix*d iu her throat, With bow and shaft, with spear and iihield, Thence all his fatal darts to wield : — Fatal indeed^ for shoals of ghosts He, yearly, sends to Pluto's coasts, ** SuUen and sad." — Thus broke his words, At length : — << Ye Indies and ye Lords, ** But chiv^fly you, ye spotless fair, *' I call to anus. The cause declare, ** Minta, my aid, lest rumour say ** Injustice soil*d the glorious day.** Fiercely she rose: ** In yonder wood, «< By vouchers many, just and good, ** Sylria was seen with Prenabell*' — « Cease ! fouler than the shades of hell !" F 61 iW '%-S'^. \ 62 THE TRIUMPH OF SNV1f. died Pren&beli ; ** nor let thj mouth <« Pronounce her name, thou soul uncouth !'* Cried Minta ; << Ye who hate their deeds, '* Come on — fear not — 'tis Minta lead* I ** Then quickly draw each female sword — <' Death to the wanton, he the word !" Then sped the Gods to adverse sides ; Here, Pride stalk*d on w'lth mighty strides, Tor Minta's ranks, and graced the skull Of mighty Chieltain, Lord Mogul ; And Hate him aided in a curl * Sublime, of fearful Liady Churl. Mighty the host of Minta grew — ' Blest with He^eiige and Anger too, And mortals many ; while along ^' The side of Silvia loiirs no throng : — . ■' «3 41 THE TRIUMPH OF JEMVY* Tho* few, yet undisniay'd, and bold Against the sarage throng to bold Unequal battle. Fame was theirs, And every bosooi fires and cheers. In SyWia's eye he took his stand, The inspirev of the little band* His shield threw lightning from her eye, And proudly wav*d his crest on high. With quiver'd side, and bow in hand, And wt!l tried spear he threats their band. While, on the cre^t of Prenabell Love stood, and tried his bowstring well ; Pity in Sena's bosom fought. And Charity in Rose's throat. Few more, with these, of little name Form*d quickly round the injur 'd dame. And frown*d defiance. — Nor in vain ; *• Death to the wanton,'* rung amain ; — r 1 65 ! -:- 64 THE TRIUMPH OV Et^VY. Then onward rush'd each hosti and war Aock'd the ptoud dome, with horrid. jar. Then, adverse Gods their arrows hurl'd 'Gainst clanging shields ; shouts told the world, M'^ithout, of mighty war, as spear Wing*d thro' each host with dire career. Louder and stronger grew the din, ' '*' Till all was screams and groans within ! Not louder sounds the throats of frogs When legions float on putrid bogs ; Not shriller is the screech-owl's cry, Which pierces thro* the midnight sky ,• — Nor could the bray of kindred ass The voice of furious beaux surpass. ''- - - - But, oh I wjinit fiery muse can tell The daring deeds of Prenabcll ! TUB TRIUMPH OF BNVT. 65 » vrorld, tiVI :"'is He and Mogul in fatal strife Clash*d terribly their arms and life Hung on each oath — but Preaabell Triumph *d, and, damnM his soul to hell ! Pride inoum*d his hero's fall, and tried His spear, to pierce the victor's side ; But, wide the erring weapon flew, And rent t * ruff of Rose in two : — With awful frown, and kindling eye. She bade at once three striplings die ! Onward she fought, nor shunn'd the spear Of God or man. — Then Envy's fear And rage increas'd, for Freuabell Sent numbers to the shades of helL Fofth rush'd the God, and took his stand On midway board. He wav'd his brand At Fame, and thus :— « Thou hostile God, ** Thee I defy to deeds of blood ; F S ■I 66 THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY.' «* Thou long iiiy bane hast been, and now, • *' By all the Gods, I swear that thou *♦ Shalt yield to me, or I will cut oil' ** Thy pericranium « ta Plutoff.** With bounding wing Fame reached the board, And thro' his trump thus loudly roar'd : — •• I yield to thee I vile miicrcant I I ** "Who make the world before lue liy I *'^ Thou know'st me not I Gods \ 1 have ])uvvcr *' To change a nation in an hour \ *^ To make the apiih, crowned fool *• Appear a king I — nay, that dull tool, ** An edgeless poet, I can hone •' So sharp, 'twill shave like broken bout-, ■ " 'Tis thus I yield 1" — His *pear he raisM ; Jt flew, nnd Envy*s helmet gruz'd, Ani fell — and Envy's answering «.pcd, But, haimlcM, whistled o'er his head. THE TRIUMPH OF KNVY. Then flashed on high each polisli'd brand, J^ikc IJ^htniiijj hinl'd by cither hand, And thro* the dusky wreaths of stcuin, From boiling tea, like meteors gleam ! Long time they j»trove like warring skies ; — Fame's weapon breaks — he ttilis— he dies I Triumphant shouts drown his labt sigii, And, swelling, echo thro* the sky ; While Sylvia, wounded by despair, Sounded retreat : — Then, flying hair, And thirsty shaft, und squalling j-hoe, Sped o*er the plain ; but Sylviif, ficvv With Prenabell to forest near — Nor Minta*s tongue nor Knvy*8 spear Could trace them. O'er the Held of flight The victors then return'd, from fght, And flush'd with triumph, vicw'd the Jipoil So nobly won l»y glorious toil : — 67 .■*•_- ^•^ ^" 68 THE TRIUMPH Of SMYT. 'Kerchiefs, and ruffs, aud garters torn. Beaux, ribbands, hair, by scissors shorn From beauty's brow, cushions and thimbles, Spoil'd characters, and indispensables. Pins, needles, bodkins, corset-boards, (I think they're called) — armour of lords. Not steel, but buckram, stiff and strong. Well brac'd with whalebone all along : — All these, aud more, in triumph they Bore home, to grace the hallow'd day. Minta, so poor and lank, they say. Thrives since the triumph of that day ; And, as she tells the story o'er. Grows fatter, ruddier, than before : She tells the tale to all the beaux. And how the kiss was taken, shows : — SSSiSS THE TRIUMPH OF ENVY. 69 ^* Hate kissinf; — l)ut, that all may shun, •' Just shew them how the thing vvas done." Some Siiy she tells it o*er at night, And bugs the senseless post outright ! But this is falKehood all, I know, I'oi' she herself has told uic so. But what the fate of Prcnabell Aud Silvia, naught remains to telh They were, but they are not, *tis said, At party, ball, or masquerade, Aud Fate conceals from mortal eyes. The vouthful Lover*s destinies. iiriiitiMt'*'*^-^'-''''— I i I MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. I MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. IMAGINATION. Imagination I Thou dost make possible thiiig'j not bn so helii« Communicatest with dreams— With what*s unreal, thou co-active art, And f«llow*8t nothing. --Shakespear. What uiagic lights the sailor'^ eye, As fades the day-light from the sky ? — Imagination ! thou hast given His sea-bound vision dreams of heaven ! w n w m m ■^ ■ ■i l lh mfc iyi«*ii'* - i«^fc^-^ •• 76 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. :l Touch 'd by thy faii7 wand, the sea Loses Its broad immensity, And smiling hills and vales arise Beneath his own, his native skies. And there is one with whom be roves Thro* walks which tell of infant loves : — He weaves the wild flowers of his land, In laughing wreaths, to bind her brow, And climbs the mountain'^ airy stand To bless his own fair home below. Imagination ! thou canst tell Of nameless things beneath the wave ; AVhere the faii'.eyed sea.nymphs dwell. Where the sportive Mermaids lave. The X they nirtiit the azure flowers, .\*i* i In the'.r ever.silent bowers ; ) i ;/ * There they raise the coral tomb, When the lovely meet their doom MISCBLLANBOUS POEMS. From the wild and boundless deep, Weeping o'er their dreamless sleep. And there the Spirit of the Sea Doth dvrell in silent majesty, In a shining crystal cave, Floor'd with gems and golden sands, Sparkling thro* the sun-lit wave Which before the portal stands. Rising from his silent cell, 0*er the sea he casts his spell ; . -, Bidding tempests raise the waves Mountain high o*er briny graves ; Or, riding on the sea at night, Gilds it with phosphoric light. 77 iff Fantastic Wizard '. thou didst raisi in oldeii time, the Fauns and Fays] G 2 t: • *-<•* I If. 78 MISOELLANEOUS POEMS. And FaiiieS) dancing o'er the green, With pranks and gambols all unseen. And thou didst make their tiny beds Within the downy thistle heads. Hanging, for their lamps on high, The pinions of the gay fire-lly. }■ I • •i But in the damp, sepulchral cell, Thy most terrific phantoms dwell : — «;. '^pKi' Now they leave their dark abodes With twining snakes and loathsome toads— And pace, with trackless steps, the dell Where by murderous hands they fell. .; J Or, where the evergreens arise. With clustering boughs, to veil the skies — When Luna sits behind her cloud, i And autumn's winds are shrieking loud, MWMMi MISOELLANBOUS POEMS. 79 * The sheet is seen, amid the gloom, To warn the traveller of his doom. These, with a thousand phantoms more, Of billowy deep and rock.bound shore. Of dungeon vault and trackless waste. Of lonely glen and haunted towtr, Where truants fly, with fearful haste, At the solemn twilight hour. With many a blissful dream of mine — ^ Iaiagination ! all are thine. I 'J . 'Li '. , V .- f . . -S .::? .*«->? > '-t;-J:., '■ -^.■. 80 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. ON THE BATTLE OF NAVARINO. ;»-.»■ Too long the silver cresceut hung >i Upou the land of classic fame ; Too long the turban*d Painim sung * Allah il Allah — ere the ilame Of Freedom's bright and glorious star Shone in effulgence from afar. This was the beacon-light which shed Its beams on deathless Marathon ; It shone where Pyles' heroes bled, And Mycales* so nobly won : Platca*ii leading-star was this, . And this the light of Salaiiiis. lOtnrtrfini " ♦ MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Aud still ibat light of gloiy waves 0'ei< Greece's hallowed hills and plains, Portending death to murderous slaves, And rending slavery's triple chains. With power resistless as the stroke Which blights the lofty mountain oak. > " ■ . - ' No longer shall the Moslem reign Where dwtit the mighty and the brave : Behold ! the Baiton rides the main— The angry Russian breaks the w*ive ; And France's potent energy Once nobly strikes for liberty. ILuk ' *Tis the avenger's humbling arm Hurling destruction o'er the waves ; — « Sphacteria echoes the alarm, And Ncpluiie ope» a thousi|nd graves 81 82 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Witliiu ijis stiii domain below, For Freedom's fierce and rutlileiui foe. :«i- Ye spirits of the mighty dead, Revisit once your native air I The demons of despair have fled, And hope again inhabits there : — The land of song and chivalry From slaves and tyrants shall be free Soon shall the Turkish crescent set On Greece's valiant, blood-bought land : Unholy mosque and mineret ^ , Tremble before the Christian brand ; And hovering clouds and darkness Hy t^ As Freedom's rays illume thy sky. MISCELLAVSOUS POEMS. 83 SONG. Yes, 1 will luve tliee when the suu Tlirovvs light upon a thousand flowere ; When vvlnter*s biting breath is gone. And spring leads on the smiling hours. And I will call thee beautiful — More beautiful than May's bright wreaths- Tho' all the air with sweets be full, Tho' every bird his soft tone breaihes. . ml » .1.; 1 < t 84 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. And I will love thee when the earth Is bright with summer's rich uttire ; When morn to seas of gold gives birth, And eve to brighter wreaths of fire ; When the broad moou and burning stars Are riding thro' the lucid air On snow-white fleecy clouds for cars — Then will I dream of thee my fair 1 IMl love thee when the autumn winds Sweep heavily the misty plain ; When the last flower its cold bed finds, And birds are far away again : — When the last pale and withered leaf Along the swollen stream floats on — One thought of thee shall give relief Tho' bright and lovely things are gone. f MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. And I will shield thee when the breath Of winter beats upon the earth ; And we will laugh at nature's death, Content with love and festive mirth. The talc and sportive song shall be Only of soft and fairy things ; *' Younj;" Love shall rest with us, and we » Will give old Time his silken wings. 85 '^'^'-j, p^ .^4 I -it-' y* H 86 MISCELLANEOUii POEMS. FRAGMENT. She moved in fairy beauty, for her fonti Wus light and niry as the dreams of days When chivalry rode forth in plumed pride. The viol-et just bowed beneath her tread, And rose unhurt from its elastic spring ; While more aspiring flowrets blushM to see Superior symmetry and softer tints, So sweetly blended. — From her dark, bright eye There came a light which shone upon men*s hearts, As shine the sunbeams on the heaving waves Of silvery lakes ; stealing their dark, cold shadows. And blending gold and crystal, until forms Of magical illusion sweep along. I '.*i t MISCBLLANIOUS FOfiMS. The dai'ki smooth ilnglets slept upon hei ueck Like raven plumage on a bank of snow • And, with those silken lashes, seemM intent To shame the lily on that neck and brow. Natite vermilion sat upon her cheek — Soft, pure and playful, as the beaming hues Of summer evening, when the ill my clouds, In gold and crimson canopy the sun. But ah ! she was the treacherous meteor ! Promising peaceful cheer to lonely heails, But leading on to precipices, fens. And frowning solitudes, untenanted By aught but sullen, resolute despair. / ^ 1 » ,■*- ^, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 U£|28 125 US ■ 2.2 ■ 4.0 US Itt u 0' Mil 2.0 ^1^ / .-^ w s Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STREiT WnSTER.N.Y. MS80 (716) •72-4S03 ¥ V > 88 MISCELLANEOUS POENfIS* A DREAM. £lla, I had a dream. — We wandered forth, Just as the sun came from the glorious east, \ To gaze upon the dew drops, and to breathe The purity of morning ; and we strayed — 1 know not whither — but our way appeared Through tangled reeds and thonis, o*er pointed rocks. And sandy deserts, till a storm came on, With clouds and darkness : — Lightning Hew across The yawning precipice, and lit the foam Of groaning cataracts ; the whirlwind threw %'.:'".^ H MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 89 The old and sinewy oak across our path, And Hery serpents hiss'd beneath our feet. O, all was horrid 1 but more horrid still, When on the giddy, perpendicular height, O'er-hanging a dark flood, my head grew light — And then we fell I Shadows all indistinct Then came around me, but thy form was gone. I seem'd upon a wide and barren plain ; Night was upon the earth — no star, no moon Sniil'd in the murky heavens — but all was dark, And cold, and desolate. A thousand forms Flitted around, and in their vapoui7 hands Held out long rolls — the records of the past — Whereon I saw, in fiery letters trac*d, [heaven, <* Departed Joys.'* — Then would they point to And to the cold, blank earth, as if to mock My present desolation. H 3 ;,'*1 !■•»>■ "# 1 -^MWh l iii* | l— mii M I !■ ? -^ ' ■b^r*- »*-'*%•■»•'**' -^ *i n iOii M- mn i 0f\ ^, ^ 90 MISCELLANEOUS FOEMS. Theiii again, For some short space, all seemM a shadowy mass, Incoogruous and joyless, till the light Seem*d coming In the east — and then I ibund. As day threv7 gold upon the deep blue heavens. All near me light and beautiful. — And thou — Yes, thou wert with me ; and thy clear, sweet tones Came over me like airs of paradise. And, as I pressed thy glowing cheek to mine, We gazed upon the beautiful things around. And saidy this is our home : — This flowery dell Shall be our fairy domain. These wild mountains Barring the north, and south, and west, now bright With glittering streams and clumps of verdure, shall Shut out the wintry winds and heartless world ; While yon long vista, opening to the east. Shews us the ocean, with its towering folds Of snowy canvass. — Life shall be all love — V i w. mM. m ,v 1 i' I , ISS, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. And love, all flowers and holiness. WeMl build To Love an altur, and our sacrifice Shall be the wild flowers of our paradise ; And the dark pictures of the ominous past Shall be the pastime of our ecstasy. 91 let tones 11 ntains bright tirci shall Id; Ella, 'twas but a dream, an idle dream ! — How beautiful the dream of happiness, Even though coupled with a horrid consort. When all around is loneJy hopelessness ' And yet, if dreams can form an airy future, Faithfully as this pictured forth the past, There still may be a gleam of hope, for hearts Mr Thus harshly thrown asunder. ■»; ■.«^n«»»™^»-M*,i«»r>., 92 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. !t»^ WOMAN'S LOVE. A lovely, fairy form was by — Her eye, which niark'd the beams of even, Seem'd stealing splendour from the sky, Ao wand'ring o'er the moon.lit heaven. She pointed where a tear of night Shone on a pendant leaf above, And said : ** That drop, so pure and bright, That pearl.like drop, is Woman's Love 1' ••-(■•mKipp^" mttmrnm MISCELLANEOUS ?OEMS. 93 Aby who could doubt tbat simple tone ? Or vvho that humid eye withstand ? — I look*d to where the dew-drop shone, Thus pointed by that soft, white hand. ** If such is woman's love,'* I said, ** "Who would not bless its vestal ray !" — The night breeze through the foliage play'd. And swept the transient gem away I •- *" V. . ' .- r^ \> ' " ~ '■ '^ > • 9i MISCELLANIOUS POEMS. A FRAGMENT. I KM£\v hiin in days past. A playful smile JBespoke the youug hci^vt's ease ; and he could sing^ Or join the spnghtly dance. And when he spoke Of future days, the lamhent flame of hope Was round his heart, and lit a. ruddier glow Upon his cheek. The world he knew not yet, And it appear *d all sun^ine — ^just as fires, At midnight, blaze the brighter seen afar. // Richer than Pactolus, the crimson flood Around his heart, and not one drop but flovvM Pure from the spring of innocence. It seem*d That age could hardly cloud that brow of snow^ "mmi Itm^ » -^ ^ '—*'m *».. »^>,^^. MISCELLANEOUS rO£MS. 05 Or lix a weight to that light, aiiy step. That eye was ever bright, as it beheld The visionary forms of unborn joys. le :ould iing, he spoke e lOW ot yet, ir. flow'd sccmM of snow, Again 1 saw him. — On that altcrM brow Sat dark suspicion, with its sickly gloom : A deadly paleness was upon that cheek — Indeed a hectic glow was spmetimes there, But 'twas the blood of shame ; and thsit fii'd eye Look'd down to earth, an it would not have seen The past or future. Oft his frame would shake ; £ut not with laughter — agony was th^rc ! — And he would sigh as if his very soul AVould fly its blighted tenement. That heart Of guilt has found its final resting place. " '•^>''^ m 1 1 '^iMip\"' 96 MISCBLLAMBOUS POEMS. THE FLOWERS OF FANCY. 'v Where do the flowers of fancy bloom ? Not in the sad heart's sickly gloom ; But in the gay and youthful breast They spring the fairest, the sweetest and best- Twining around the spotless heart, And bidding its blighting cares depart. Never in cold and barren skies These flowers of the heart are seen to rise ; They swell where brightest sunbeams glow. They bloom where the purest fountains flow— wi^ MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. They open theii leaves to a spotless heaveuj And bathe in the vestal dews of even. Where do the flowers of fancy die ? — , Look at that iix*d and rayless eye — It speaks of a heart where hope shall never Awaken the sleep of joy forever ! That is the baleful soil of despair- No flowers of the heart shall blossom there. 97 ■%>'■* ■ T . il^> „ „ ., 98 Mi»GlLJLAN£OUi> POfMS. SONNET TO ELLA. Thine eyes are like the poison.tainted flower, Which smiles i^o brightlyi that it seems to hold The softest odours in each crimson fold ; But| once enchanted by its magic power, Forgctfulness, or *wildering dreams, entwine Around the heart :— -so, if thy pensive glance Steal our fund gaze one moment, in a trance Elysian every form is lost but thine ; ^^!"''**«"» MISCALL ANSOUS FOfiMS. 95^ The bright, gay world recedes, with all its tlowciii And skies of radiance ; or else, perchance A fairy land of fragrant, suii.Iit bowers Riies around thee ; and, in festive dance, A thousand airy spirits skim the green. And celebrate their little Fairy Qusen. ia> 100 MIJSCELLANEOUS POEMS. THE SISTERS. Just where the elm tree throws its ample arms Over yon wood«erown'd rock, a cottage stood, Courting the freshness of the western wind. Its inmates then were many — happy too ; Happy as innocence and loveliness Can render mortals. — Hast thou seen the dove Drop from its leafy mansion, when the sportsman Hais'd tO'his eye the never erring tube ? — If'soi^thou know'it how swift the lovely fell. \i Jl ^■musfm^' il*ft»aC£^LA',-'" i>i O" *fc x li(lSdELLAM%OUfi( 96im3. 101 They were two sisters. — On*». had all the pride And dignity of beauty. Her blue eye MovM pensively along the bright, gay s^orld, And fizM hitensely on the "shining heavens — As if she knew it soon to be her home. Upon hc^ cheek, the ctimson barely ttng'd Its polish*d marble, and her pensive step Moved not the light lock slumb'ring on her neck . The other too was lovely ; — but the fawn. Sporting away the flowery days of springy Knows not more gambols ; and her playful s^iiile Twined irresistibly around the heart. Her dark, quick, sparkling glance outran the lightning, And was as restless ; and her lip and cheek Were glowing with the crimson flush of nature. Thou wouldst have call'd the two, the sportive ivy Circling about the young and tender oak. 13 I t 102 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. The ivy and the oak alike have fallen ! — The bright creation of the evening svin, Tinging with gold and crimson every cloud , And spreading fairy forms along the heavens, Soon passes off into the dark, long night ; But memory cherishes the gay illusion, ^^4 And hugs, and binds it fondly to the heart. *»'r^''«»ii«*jj«w«ffs*vi5f».^'*. MtSCELLANEOUS FO£MS. 103 ON A V;OLET. • Go, little flower. Go hide thy head Low in thy verdant bed ; Nor vaunt the pr ver Of spreading luxury upon the wind, Superior to the loftiest of thy kind, iOW t>.ii;"r So shall we seek Thy humble worth, filessing thy early birth ; And when the bleak Autumnal winds shall bear thee thro' the sky, Remember thy short summer with a sigh. m 104 MISCELLAHeOlTS JPOttMS. U' So» iu the vale Of beiag cast. Has sterling goodness pass'd ; No comet trail Firing the sky, — but, like the distant star, Shedding its trembling lustre from afar. H: 'W md^mm -«3tt»s^ ws?i«»>iij»!pj^S««f^|^ MISCELLANEOUS POEMS 105 TO ELLA. Farewell I— The dieam—the idle dream. With all its angel forms, is past. And reason's weak and chilling gleam Comes on my sinking soul at last : Too well I knew that we must part Yet, knowing this, I madly drew The future fondly to my heart, >., ^r ^i ;. » As if it might be shared with you. ■"^■'iWW!||l*^«N u 1 106 MI^CBLIiAKtOUS POBMS. Renown has now no charm for me — I ask no pageant diadems ; And, in the spirit's agony, How poor are India's richest gems : — Yet, lingering Hope will fondly say, The streams which Fate apart has thrown, At some remote, and happier day May blend, and flow together on. fj. II Too oft the past comes ©'■er my brain — It is a page of beauteous dies, ' ' Where all that was is seen again In fairy loveliness to rise I ' So vivid is the lov'd and lost, I tvill not call it Memory ; — 'Tis less of Fancy's airy host, Than full and fair reality. :>/ Mi$C&LLANKOUS FO&MS. 107 Away, ye phantom forms I — Yet, no — Why banish from the withering heart This only antidote for wo — Of life the only cherish'd part ? Yes, I will dream of days gone by, 'Tis all my heart retains of thsk : And here thy burning pledge shall lie, A charm against futurity. ^*^ >.< '.Ul ht.i ■>ji:tbS'^fi ) - ' —-'■■ ft Kill :«.■■, W»U^ »l l » l l)^ | ,|. | l l |,|| | |4^||| .^,,^ CT^^ , j^|^ 1 "WRWW^^pjJf d' 108 MISCELLANBOUS POEMS. i{< THE TAPER OF DEATH. Over the heath, at the dead of night, Borne by the zephyr's breath, Travel'd a fitful, lambent light, Fearful and strange its airy flight — It was the Taper of Death. Such is the torch, as the aged tell, liit for the murder'd one ; Dimly it rises where he fell, Bending its course where his ashes dwell, Mark*d by no friendly stone. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 109 See the steed o'er the warrior dash — That warrior's eye is dim ; Musket and cannon's deadly flash, With the fire from meeting bayonets clash — Is the Taper of Death for him. There is a torch for the sailor found, Travelling o'er the deep : — When waves are meeting the thunder's sound. The summoning flash is spread around, Gilding his final sleep. What is it shines in yonder hall, With dim and waveless light ? Taper of Death I dost thou shine for all ? Why on the wreck of the lovely fall, . Veiled in nature's night ? K •BI»>t-««>*ti«n*fr«S(c *f n i • m i f^ ma'^ - .u H n.)p. ^ i. .^ ffy i- ' - ^•WW'!^''. .'"^'WfllSUfBi'I. 110 MISC£LLAM£ODS POEMS. I \N uuid not look on tlie lovely dead, liound in that lasting cliain ; Ti)ty, like the dream of blight hours Ikd, Only remind us the light they shed Never shall shine again. I . M' 1.1. ' MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Ill HOPE. Tnou guest from heaven, Who coincth on life's heavy hour Like sun of even Upon the dark, retiring shower — Hail to thy gentle power 1 Wliere is thy dwelling ? Not surely in the human hrcast : All care repelling, Tiiou would*st make life a land of rest, And man forever hi est. K 2 •'■V--- "-^SW^WrSiifWM^SWJfWPfim*'' '1 112 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Though oft wc iincl thee, In journeying onward, thou dost flee ; And none can bind thee With gold, with mystic witchery, Or gayest revelry. M n; '•i I I J) iJi When stars are Jkeaming Upon the still and folded flower, And men are dreaming Of dearly valued wealth and power — Then is thy chosen hour. When morn is coming In gold upon the heaving sea, And thought is roaming On all the lovely things that be — Then, then thou com*st to me. er, )ower — r/ *0£MS. ce, ost flee ; ee lery, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. And like that moniiiig To lonely muriuer far ut »ca, Is thy returninjj, When hi a lovM one's Ibnn I see Thy beauteous symmetry. 113 %.:^m^ ^ mpimw*i^!0m m^^^ "^whhhmp i jimw i l an wi ' '^^''^^iilJPP''*^^ I iW" ILWIlHlWMItfc-l'. 114 MISOILLANBOUS FO£MS. PLEASURE. Along a smooth and siieiit stream A gilded bark went geutly on, As light and joyous as the beam Of cloudless skies had shone upon ; x And mirth and music, from its bosom, gave Their mingled murmurs to the sleeping wave. I saw the tempest's raven wing Drive fiercely through the gloaming sky — And, dashing o*er the waters, fling Their writhing, foaming waves on high. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 115 S;id was llie shriek that came upon the gale, As closM the waters o'er that fragile sail 1 Again the waters sunk to rest ; Again the groves and cloudless sky Rested upon its polish'd breast : — Again its silken zephyrs try To tempt the gay and lovely down the tide, Whose wave a thousand wrecks of beauty hid«. ^■*i«,F*-— ■>-• -.. --v ,r- 116 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. EVENING. The sun has set. — Upon the pulseless waters The vessel sits becalmed, like a swan — A universal hush is over all ; Like that which sits so sweetly on the spirit, When sleep has laid his downy pinion o*cr us. The dew-drop settles on the pointed grass ; The bird is silent— and the beautiful clouds, Sitting like fairies in the yellow west, Stir not. *Tis Nature's vespers, and all tilings Have joined in her devotion. Tlie \\i-A\)i licait MliMMM«KMUlMu».K' MISGBLLANBOUS POEMS. 117 Scarce throbs within its fragile tenement, *Till fairy images steal on the spirits. Veiling reality, and spreading round us The spell of Fancy's wildest revelry. The kind aft'ections, and remembrances Of by-goue years, are banishing cold f3rms Of worldly intercourse ; and man looks sweetly Upon his brother. Images of days Long blended with eternity arise : — !Evadne Sfpurning at a heartless world, And dying, like a twin-born bud, bereft* Too rudely, of its other little self. And thou, fair Luna, sitting on thy throne Cerulean, doth smile upon Endymion, Kissing his marble brow, his slumb'ring locks, And spell-bound eyelids -And, with these, arise The forms of Dido, and of Ariadne : Alike Idalia's worshippers, alike 118 MISCBLLAM80US POBMS. Fated to feel the blighting loneliness. The visionai7 hopes, the wavering fears. The mad despair of spumed tenderness. — 1*^ Night I thou art lovely, with thy siWery hues. And softly blended shades, when flowers and trees, Impearled, are sleeping 'neath the pensive moon ; When youthful fancies — pure as innocence — Twine fondly round the heart, as creeps the ivy About the sinewy oak — unmov'd by storms — Sporting in crimson on its rugged trunk, And glistening to the low-descending sun. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 119 SERENADE. « The moon on the mountain is bright, The stars sit in glory on high ; And the lake, from its surface of light, Throws back the bright gems of the sky. Come, LoTe, come — see the token-star on high. The flower has folded its leaves, At rest is the wing of the dofe ; Not a zephyr yon bright mirror heaves, And all things are sleeping — but Love ! Haste, Love, haite — 'tis the chosen hour of lovc« 120 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Haste, Imstc — for I see o'er the lake The lover's light skifl' glide along ; And the sounds on the night-air awake Are the lover's guitar with his song, Fly, Love, ily — 'tis thy faithful lover^s song. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 121 THE EAGLE. Thine is the strenuous, daring wing Against the tenipeHt of heaven to iling. To meet tlic thunder.bolt on its way, And sport in the clouds convolving spray, Or thro' their shadowy wreaths to move, And sail in the azure heaven above. Thine is the eye to spy the storm, Couch*d in deceptive, inl'aiit form ; L I/, 122 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. The eye iliat the archer never knew To guide to its goal the shaft as it ilew ; The eye, as thy path o'er heaven ran, To laugh at the grovelling steps of man. Thine is the heart of the brave and free, Cradled and reav*d in libertv : m The heart to light for thy home in air, ^ The heart to bleed for thy offspring there- The heart that burns at their fearlul cry, And joins the combat to conquer or die. MISC2LLANE0US POEMS. 123 SONNET. Thought — thou mysterious, restless labourer ! Whence art thou ? mighty one ! and whence the spring Which bears thee — ncTer weary — from the hour Of life's first soaring on its unusM wing. Thro* the tumultuous maze of mortal wo. And enervating pleasure's siren spell ? Whaty or from whence thou art, we cannot tell : But, that which hies beyond the star.Iit sky, Triumphs in storms, and sports away the gloom Of sleep's profoundest blank ; which not the tomb Can fetter with its dungeon — yet shall rise To know its potent origin ; — to see, And triumph in its own eternity. La 1' 124. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. THE BURIAL OF THE MANIAC. I \ Slowly and silently from the deep glen Ascended the train which the Maniac bore ; Sad was the step of the paiUbearing men, [wore : And dark was the shade that each couutenance Why look ye thus sadly at yonder dark mound ? — Why tread ye thus tardily over the ground ? On — 'tis no warrior form that ye bear I On — that the maid may at once be at rest ; — Fairy and light was the form of the fair ; But sad was the motion which Iii-uTed her breast : Peacefully slumbers the spring of tiie cave — The breath of the tempest awakens no wave 1 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 125 Why dost thou weep, Mother i* — Was her wild moan Dome on the gale, ever dear to thy heart ? Why dost thou weep ?— Can thy tears c*er atone For the teal's thou hast caused, or unbarb the dart Which raisM in her bosom the maniac sigh, And to vacancy chang'd the soft light of her eye ? Who was it bade the young twin-buds to sever, And cast upon cacli a cadaverous blight ? Whose rough behest kill'd her young hopes forever, And smotherM the fire of a bosom so light ? — Well may'st thou weep, Mother ! well may*st thou sigh ! For the best star of evening has shot from the sky. ler breast : Light is the step of the dark-eyed Gazelle, Seeking its home in the neighbouring glade ; Graceful its bound througli the flowery dell : But lighter ami truer the stcj) of the Maid, L 3 -"M ■! Illll lll« !l ii' ^ - V26 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Pure is the blue ol" the evening sky — But purer the blue oi' Ijcr radiant eye. The softest blush of the rose must cease. The brightest glow of the sky decay ; And the wildest waves shall repose in peace When the tempest of heaven has died away Cold and dark is the Maniac's tomb — Beep and silent its lasting gloon). MISCCLLANSOUS FO£MS« 127 TO FXLA. Say, shall we hie to some secluded glen. Far from the mirthful madness of the crowd ; Where no delusive charms shall bend f^ain One thought, one wish, ta emulate the proud. There might the heart, unmock'd, its wishes tell, Nor gold nor fashion check its fervid glow ; There poten* fancy cast it* wildest spell. To chai la the memory of early wo. I 128 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. For who, amidst the festive pomp of life, Speaks to tke prompting of his feelings true ; Or, who e*er mingled in its partial strife, Nor the delirium of distraction knew ? Then, as the mingling foliage round us twin'd, To screen our cottage from the solar beam, So should the gentler virtues, thrice refin'd, Expel each care from life's capricious dream. Thro' the wild groves the deer uuscar'd should glide, And gaze in wonder at our sylvan home ; ''^ Then, drinking of the mountain's limpid tide, Secure along the flowery margin roam. * The thrilling cchos which the wild.bird threw From every bough our minstrels) should be ; And many a flowret of the brightest hue Give to our glcu tlic air of Aniby, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 129 The dawn of morning' shall in smiles be clad, And every crimson evening rapture bear, Until the heart forgets it once was sad, And smiles at what like dismal dreams appear. Say, shall we fly to some secluded glen, To cherish Love's young flowret till it bloom There, unaspiring, shun the haunts of men, And meet, without one sigh, our final doom. i.l- } '• 6 f! t \] I I t i t i 130 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. .^^ .: -si't THE TRAVELLER. The sun, descending to his rest, Thro' gathering clouds his faint rays threw, And give a faint and flickering hue, To the dark threat*iiing of the west ; ' "^ As to his steed the stranger spoke Cheerily, as they forward broke. The tempest speeds ; the misty clouds , * Twirl fiercely round the mountain's blow, And, pouting on the plains below, The hasty night the pathway shrouds : — The traveller onward sj)urs his slecd Sturdily, to his utnjost speed. trnm^mmt-t^ MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. The sweeping wind is pouring down A torrent, from the riewless heaven ; — The stranger, by its (uvy driven, Looks, with a faint and sinotherM groan. To where the hamlet lights appear, Making the murky night more drear. J31 1 Again he spurs his sturdy steed — The rising waves are foaming round, And on the stranger gaining ground : In vain his spirit and his speed — His horse is ilouudering in the waves, But still the eddying tempest braves. What voice is on the veering wind ? Ts it the spirit of the storm ? Wliose unsubstantial, vapoury form Appears in the infantile mind. «fi-s « i ^ 132 MISCELLANBOUS POEMS. And supei'stition*s poison'd eye, Pouring the storm along the sky. The sun iu native radiance shone Thro' morning's crimson-tinged veil ; The burnish'd clouds around him sail, But night's terrific gloom is gone. A stranger's corse was found upon the shore : He perish'd— and of him they knew no more I I ■ III* M l m ■■ »"«?«■««»» MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 133 ;:'-*^-r; AUTUMN. The Spring I have seen, with its wild-flower wreatlis, Wending towards the bright, gay world ; I have met the cherishing air it breathes. And pUick'd the rose by its breath unfurl *d : — Bright were the eyes of the lovely then, To welcome the wanderer back again. Lit by its Wand, the watch.light Hope Shone through the night of future years, Bidding the wretched and lonely grope Cheerily on thro* sighs and tears, ' M 1 34 MISCELLANEOUS POfiM». Ind spreading before their ardent eyes Lovelier suns and brighter skies. O Autumn^ wh«re are thy proniis'd joys ? The blasted leaf, as it flies thro' air. Drops to the earth with a rustling noise — No promise of embryo bliss is there I What says the blighted, withering flower. Of fairy scenes, in a future hour ? Autumn, I love thee ! — still thou art The larum-bell of the loveliest things ; Thou speak'st of the fall of the warmest heart, Of the bligliting which years on our best hope flings : Lovely, yet sad» is the autumn hour, Like the dew which adorns, yet blasts the flow'r. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 135 SONG. I HAVE seen a Rose so fair, That to pluck it seem'd a sin : Ah, such soft hues blended there ! But — it was decayed within. I have seen another Rose, Pale and lonely — yet so rare, Any would have spurn'd its foes : But — a bee was cherish'd there. M 2 126 MISCELLANEOUS FOEMS. And another I have seen — « Bright with morning's purest geni- I^ovely was its red and green : But — a thorn was on its stem. I have found a flower of morn. Blending all the charms of three ; With no blight, no bee, no thorn — Lady, think that flower is thee. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 137 THE FAIREST LAND. Sweet are your flowers, the wanderer said, And sweetly they breathe thro* the lucid air, But what are their hues, or the sweets they shed, To the flowers of a land more fair. Bright are your skies — but a land I knew. Far back, in the years of a happier time, With lovelier suns, and heavens more blue Than the loveliest day of your clime. M 3 A' 13.8 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. - 1 Pure is yon stream, and the sun- beam glovv^ Brightly upon its swelling wave : I know where a purer fountain Hows, And more radiant sun-beams lav< There are eyes of light in your land, whose Can kindle a transient, meteor llame. Which round the heart for a moment plays, And never is felt again ! O there is one, in 'thifab|^s|;ant land, Who moves in the sphere of a thousand charms !• I* The blended spells of your brightest band One thought of that fair disarms. II '^ There is a land to the wanderer dear, Tho' far, far away his footsteps roam ; Its memory is cherish^ with many a tear, And that fairest of lands is Home '. MISCELLANEOUS TOEMS. 139 THE SPANISH IMITATED. ** Lady, by that tienibling Star, Snilliog on us from atai\ Swear you love ine, and 1*11 be Sun and MoCi^and Star to thee. If you love uic, tell me :So ; — Say you love me ere I go : Swear it by that crimson ruy Slurab'ring on the couch of day.'* X. N.. 140 MISCELLAMBOUS POEMS. ** I would love thee ; but, you know. If I do, and «< tell you so," \ Transient then would be thy love As that fading light ab.Qve. Man forgets us, vvheK we tell That we love him, and how well :• Not to be forgotten so Ever will I tell thee— No !♦» MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 141 WE MEET TO PART. I iiAV£ met the lovely, the good, and gav. With welcoming eye, and glowing heart : They shone on the gloom of my lonely way Like the vestal beams of the morning ray, As the shadows of night depart. I But some repose where the long grass waves, And drearily sighs to the fitful wind ; And there, in those lonely, populous caves, Which the cankering earth-worm only braves, A visionlcss rest they find. -C' iiL..,,|iliii illllll|l" -aiSUsK^ N f 142 MISCELLAKEOUS POEMS. And some have gone o'er the pathless sea, Chasing a phantom sought in vain 1 — Know ye not, vain ones I joy will flee To the shrouded realms of eternity, Leaving you sorrow and pain. And some have faded and wither*d away. Till no trace remained of what they were :■ 'Tis sad to behold the frame decay, Till the dormant soul can disclose no ray To tell us a soul is there. Ah, who would wish in this changing place To combat the cares of a thousand years ? Since rapture but smiles at our bootless chase, And of alt we lovM there remains no trace. When the shadow of time appears ! mi8C£llane:ous poems. W3 TELL ME NOT. STEX.LA. Lov£» tlicy say, is void of sight — Like the moon o'er yonder mountains, Which throws its pale and wardering light On muddy, as on spotless tbuntains. # MILO. Tell me not Love hath no eyes, When IVojn thine I see him peeping ; Should Angel hivvcar it from the skies, I'll not believe — till thou ait sleeping. V.j. jrtMffii ''^^-^■' 144 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. STELLA. Love hath pinions prone to fly — liove, the young heart's fairy dreaming : Hearts change — the boy those wings may try ./ Dreams die as infant day is beaming. ir MILO. O tell me not that Love hath wings ! — Love like mine can perish never ; Yet, if he hath, take Hymen's strings, And bind them to his sides forever. h MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 145 THE MANIAC. ■ ^ Her foot was light, as when it flew la rapture through the mazy dance ; Her form as agile, and as true To reason seem'd her hurried glance ; Her brow as smooth, her cheek as fair, As pure the lustre of her eye ; And her sweet lip — the smile was there, Smiling at scenes in days gone by : — N E*;!?ti>»*« W^^'ff?. 146 MIfiCELLANEOUS FO£MS. She seeni*d tlie sweetest, happiest thing "Within earth's rouud of sorrowing. I've seen the eveniug sunbeams light In glory on the burnish'd skies. And in the eastern dun the bright And glorious Hesperus arise : — Her kindling eye was on that heaven, And seem'd to drink the calm of even ;—* She touch'd the dew-drop on the bough, And lightly said, with laughing brow, <* My wreath has lost its fragrant pride-*- ** My little iiowrets all have died.*' And when among the }oung and gay, With those to wJiom that wildered Qne Was dearer than the solar ray. Her smile and eyes of radiance shon,« MISCELLANEOUS POBMS. 147 As fail as in those halcyon days, Krc blighted hope her thoughts had shaded ; But still the burthen'd heart would raise Its clear, sad tone — " My ilowei-s have faded." Tiicse words aloue were seen to move From off those lips their placid smile ; No sigh, no tear e*er came to prove The ruin wrought within, the wbile. And I have seen her pluck young flowei's, Still cool, and fresh with morning dew, And tripping thro' the rosy bowers. Where early scenes in rapture flew, Her heart would mourn its blossoms sere In the light tone of buoyant cheer. This single plaint, the only token To tell us that young heart was broken. N 2 !■■» « i i ] i i mL o m i imi i n; !' ^^>A. 'vJ ' "" 148 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. And when the last frail chord did sever, To set the caged spirit free, That lip and cheek were bright as ever, In the past days of festive glee : The smile was there as beautiful, And the vermilion lingered yet ; — So shine the skies, a« fair and full Of glory, when the sun has set. At that still, silent hour when even Comes with its shades o*er earth and heaven. t g ' ^j 'p MI8CBLLANBOU8 POEMS. 149 SONG. The morning rose is fair, With its young leares. As thro* the lucid air ' Its fiagrauce breathes ; Yet, pluck'd and handled o*er, The little fragile flower Retains the charm no more Which nature weaves. N 3 T^ ISO MiaCELLA^iEOUS k>EIfS» The wavelcss flood which lies Ou yonder shore. Reflecting sun and skies, Is bright no more, When little wanton boys, Still blest with boisterous jnyi», There ply their gaudy toys Its surface o*er. And there was round thee, Love, A charm, which stole, E'en from its source above, The wildered soul ; Yet, when thy smiles on all Thus undistinguish'd fall, The heart disdains the thrall Of love's controul. -i'W'M klUOKLLANBOUS POmiS> 151 The vexed flood may lie A waveless plain — The rose may fade and die, And bloom again : — And I will sigh for thee, For thou wast dear to me, But time shall never free Thy «now from stain. I m ^aiMi mmM0im 152 MISCBLLANBOUS POBMB. TO MAIA. ON A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO WAS DUMB. « IIer ^rm, so exquisitely fine. Was Nature's fairest, best des'gn, Ne'er deviating from the line Of peerless beauty. Her auburn hair, her polish'd brovv, Her eye, vvhich shamed the vesUil's vow, Her lip, her cheek, her neck of snow, Were fairy swcetiiewi. '■V'-imiiim iw »ni I »iw MISCELLANEOUS FOEMS. 153 But Nature willM perfection rare — And tlio', each charm seemM blended there, She knew that Maia was as fair, As bright and vvinuing. IS DUMC. Long Nature held the forming clay : What could she add — my fair one say ?- She stole the power of speech away, And left perfection I I *y" T V i y «WHwW!W»;^^*^ Parents, children, death cnm setcf For a season — not forever ; When the storms of life are o*er, All shall meet to part no more. 162 MiaoELiiAvikotHk vioaas* SONNET. TO MR. JOHN BURKE. In dawning life, I said, if fortune throw One generous heart upon my opening path — One hearty where Friendship's gentle ilowrets hath A genial soil wherein to spring and grow — Life shall be made of light and lovely things — All hope and gladnesR. — And, in journeying on. Such did I find in thee ; but thou art gone, Following the track of fortune's wanderings. Burke ! I would wish thee all that tliy young heart And manly spirit, merits — halcyon days, And sunny smiles, and golden hopes, which raise From life's despondency, and steal a part Of those convulsions which must come to thee, On time's tempestuous atd deceitful sea. )i.^jti^i.J»*t&^^^iC31*£^l^^ ■ isi'msusBim^s.': HiaC^LLAHKOll^ P0SM4* 163 TO £LLA. See yon bank of virgin snow Gatker'd by the biting blast : Pure and cold — yet bright its glow As the sunbeam o*er it pass*d. But when waimer sunbeams shine, And Euroclydon shall fail. That shall melty and wild-flowers twine Where it murmurs through the vale. O 2 i I ,-&Uiy 164: MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Xiike that bank i& £lla*s mind — Fuie as angels' holiest dream ; And to passions unrefin'd, Cold as Dian's midnight beam. Yet, when pity's welcome gleam Found that heart of spotless snow, I have seen the lucent stream From its yielding fountains flow. Beauty, like the morning sky, Charms with evanescent hues , Which, when Sol appears on high, Perish with their twin-born dews. Like the shining, spotless blue, Spreading o*er yon boundless heaven, Virtue** everduring hue Brightens at the close of even. MISCBXiLAMKOUS 70SM9. 16^ LINES ON SEEING A STRAWBERRY BLOSSOAI IN AUTUMN. Wanderer from the sun-lit bowel's, Where Spring reclines mid a thousand flowers, Why hast thou left thy lowly bed ?— The Autumn blast is upon thy head ; And blighting storms, on their sable wings, Have swept o'er the tomb of all lovely things. Come ye to cherish the vision of days, When the sui\ sent forth his glorious rays, 3 \*h. m*»itlMlMtt 166 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. On mountain, valley, and lucid bticam, In many a waving, gulden gleam, Piercing the wild-wood's leafy wreath. And dancing in chequers underneath ? Days of joy ! when the morning light Came on the eailh in glory brigiil — Azure, crimson, and liquid g.oId ; And the llowcrs pelucid dews infold. In each fragrant, silk-envelop*d c«ll. O'er burnish 'd hill and shadowy deli. Hours of light ! when the sunny gic:ttn Sl^pt upon lake and lucid stream^ Pure as the spirit free from sins — Where the fishes lloated on crimson liui». And the fragrant lily bent to dip The snowy film of its parted lip. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 167 Kvcs of biiss ! when the wciiiv eye — AVcaiy with sceues oi' misery — Rests on the beauteous hues, vvhieh rise As sinks the suit IVuni the western skies ; And the listless, wounded, desolate hi east Feels for h moment it muif be blest. Not long' that vision of bliss ciin last — Not long the drcnm of the summer past ; For the blast has brcathM on this frail youn^ ilo* • And witherM its loveliness in an hour : So falls the blighting of sorrow*s sway On the bei' ;tiful forms of the young; and gay 168 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. SLANDER. jf.-v., Let gouty and stone, and spltcn by day. Conspire to show me fouler play Than e'er did fox, a goose or gander ; Let pains rheumatic^ and the itch Deform my skin, my muscles twitch, But sare me from the tongue of slander. Let ghostly visions haunt my sleep. And driye me headlong down the steep, Or bare through nettles make me wander ; Let devils blue, and gray, and black, Kide me, and lash my reeking back, But spare me from the tongue of slander. L 'j^-^n MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 169 ^Uay, Let doctors vex me with tlicii* slull, And freely use tiicir art — tu kill ; 1*11 not refuse to be trepannM, or With powders, pills, and plasters plied, Pukes, patches, poultices, beside, If plagued with the disease of slander. ider ; slander. steep, 16 wander ; ack, ckf of slander. This is the mildew uf the soul, Forever marring joy*s coutroul — This is the misbegotten jtandcr, Who raises to our forcM en^bnice Foul shame and infamous disgrace — This is the llendish work of slander. It is the solemn Knell of all Our noblest hopes : — It is the call Uiddiug the desperate heart to wander 0*er wastes, which it hath never known, Until its all of life Irul n«mii • At the invidious touch ur>l:«ii(ttt. f 1^0 MISv;£LLANEOUS POEMS. L WRITTKN lOR A LADY'S ALBUM. ■f Youthful hope is an eveuiiig bky, GennirU with n^any a golden light ; But gaze not, Lady, too foudiy on high, For clouds and ten)]Ki>ti> m an'bush lie, To deform the lovely and bright. Yet, might the wish of a stranger rise. Cloud nor spot should ever appear On thy calm and beautiful skies. To veil one ray of those luminous eyes Beaming in glory theie. ■-• .«to^*«.HV >• ALBUM. t; light lie. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. I71 Youthful hope is a mountain flower, Cherish 'd beneath the wild-tree*s shade ;— Coiiie but the mid-day sun for an hour, Frost, or blight, or the tempest's power, And the beautiful flower will fade- Yet, may tiie pure, bright llowers of thy heart Flourish in delicate beauty long ; Far from the tempest's breath apart. And guarded from each malignant dart Hy a shade both deep and strong. ise» 11 !VCS Youthful hope is a placid stream. Moving in beauty thio' the vale ; — But trust not, Lady, its silvery gleam, As it flows in music along, nor deem Its bOsom ne*cr lieav'd by a gale. » .. f s ) 1 \ 172 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Yet, for thee, may thai treacherous tide l^:>ii