He shook his aged locks of snow;
And twice he turned, and rose to go.
She hung; and was St. Pierre to blame,
If tears and smiles together came ?
"Oh no-begone! I'll hear no more."
But, as he spoke, his voice relented.
"That very look thy mother wore

When she implored, and old Le Roc consented.
True, I have erred and will atone;

For still I love him as my own.

And now, in my hands, yours with his unite;

A father's blessing on your heads alight!

Nor let the least be sent away.

All hearts shall sing 'Adieu to sorrow!'
St. Pierre has found his child to-day;
And old and young shall dance to-morrow."

Had Louis then before the gate dismounted,
Lost in the chase at set of sun;
Like Henry when he heard recounted†
The generous deeds himself had done,

(What time the miller's maid Colette

Sung, while he supped, her chansonnette)

*Louis the Fourteenth.

Alluding to a popular story related of Henry the Fourth of France similar

to ours of "The King and Miller of Mansfield."

Then-when St. Pierre addressed his village-train,
Then had the monarch with a sigh confessed
A joy by him unsought and unpossessed,
-Without it what are all the rest ?-
To love, and to be loved again.

HUMAN LIFE.

1819.

THE ARGUMENT.

Introduction-Ringing of Bells in a neighbouring Village on the Birth of an Heir--General Reflections on Human Life-The Subject proposed Childhood · YouthManhood-Love-Marriage - Domestic Happiness and Affliction-War-Peace-Civil Dissension-Retirement from active Life-Old Age and its Enjoyments—Conclusion.

THE lark has sung his carol in the sky;
The bees have hummed their noon-tide harmony.
Still in the vale the village-bells ring round,
Still in Llewellyn-hall the jests resound:
For now the caudle-cup is circling there,

Now, glad at heart, the gossips breathe their prayer,

BB