A glow-worm fallen, and on the marge remounting Shines and its shadow shines, fit stars for our sweet fountain. O ever-ever be thou blest! For dearly, ASRA! love I thee! This depth of tranquil bliss-ah me! The shadows dance upon the wall, By the still dancing fire-flames made; And now they slumber, moveless all! And now they melt to one deep shade! But not from me shall this mild darkness steal thee: I dream thee with mine eyes, and at my heart I feel thee! Thine eyelash on my cheek doth play'Tis Mary's hand upon my brow! But let me check this tender lay Which none may hear but she and thou ! Like the still hive at quiet midnight humming, Murmur it to yourselves, ye two beloved women ! TO A LADY, OFFENDED BY A SPORTIVE OBSERVATION THAT WOMEN HAVE NO SOULS. NAY, dearest Anna! why so grave ? I said, you had no soul, 'tis true! 'Tis I, that have one since I first had you ! I HAVE heard of reasons manifold What outward form and feature are LINES SUGGESTED BY THE LAST WORDS OF BERENGARIUS. OB. ANNO DOM. 1088. No more 'twixt conscience staggering and the Pope REFLECTION ON THE ABOVE. Lynx amid moles! had I stood by thy bed, All are not strong alike through storms to steer death And dungeon torture made thy hand and breath That truth, from which, through fear, thou twice didst start, Fear haply told thee, was a learned strife, And myriads had reached Heaven, who never knew Where lay the difference 'twixt the false and true ! Ye, who secure 'mid trophies not your own, The ascending Day-star with a bolder eye THE DEVIL'S THOUGHTS. FROM his brimstone bed at break of day A walking the DEVIL is gone, To visit his little snug farm of the earth Over the hill and over the dale And he went over the plain, And backward and forward he swished his long tail As a gentleman swishes his can e. And how then was the Devil drest? Oh! he was in his Sunday's best : His jacket was red and his breeches were blue And there was a hole where the tail came through. He saw a LAWYER killing a Viper On a dung heap beside his stable, And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind Of Cain and his brother, Abel. |