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But lo, at last he comes with crowded sail!

Lo, o'er the cliff what eager figures bend!
And hark, what mingled murmurs swell the gale!
In each he hears the welcome of a friend.

'Tis she, 'tis she herself! she waves her hand! Soon is the anchor cast, the canvas furled; Soon thro' the whitening surge he springs to land, And clasps the maid he singled from the world.

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TO AN OLD OAK.

Immota manet; multosque nepotes,

Multa virum volvens durando sæcula, vincit.

ROUND thee, alas, no shadows move!
From thee no sacred murmurs breathe!
Yet within thee, thyself a grove,

Once did the eagle scream above,

And the wolf howl beneath.

VIRG.

There once the steel-clad knight reclined,
His sable plumage tempest-tossed';

And, as the death-bell smote the wind,

From towers long fled by human kind,

His brow the hero crossed!

Then Culture came, and days serene;
And village-sports, and garlands gay.
Full many a pathway crossed the green;

And maids and shepherd-youths were seen

To celebrate the May.

Father of many a forest deep,

Whence many a navy thunder-fraught!

Erst in thy acorn-cells asleep,

Soon destined o'er the world to sweep,
Opening new spheres of thought!

Wont in the night of woods to dwell,
The holy Druid saw thee rise;

And, planting there the guardian-spell,

Sung forth, the dreadful pomp to swell

Of human sacrifice!

Thy singed top and branches bare

Now straggle in the evening-sky;

And the wan moon wheels round to glare On the long corse that shivers there

Of him who came to die!

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TWO SISTERS.*

WELL
ELL may you sit within, and, fond of grief,
Look in each other's face, and melt in tears.
Well may you shun all counsel, all relief.

Oh she was great in mind, tho' young in years!

Changed is that lovely countenance, which shed Light when she spoke; and kindled sweet surprise, As o'er her frame each warm emotion spread, Played round her lips, and sparkled in her eyes.

Those lips so pure, that moved but to persuade,
Still to the last enlivened and endeared.
Those eyes at once her secret soul conveyed,
And ever beamed delight when you appeared.

* On the death of a younger sister.

Yet has she fled the life of bliss below,
That youthful Hope in bright perspective drew?
False were the tints! false as the feverish glow
That o'er her burning cheek Distemper threw !

And now in joy she dwells, in glory moves!
(Glory and joy reserved for you to share.)
Far, far more blest in blessing those she loves,
Than they, alas! unconscious of her care.

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