The illustrious line, that in long order led, Of those, that loved Him living, mourned Him dead ; Oh say, of Him now rests there but a name ; What tho' with war the madding nations rung, When in retreat He laid his thunder by, And they, by virtue and by blood allied, Whom most He loved, and in whose arms He died. 1 "Et rien enfin ne manque dans tous ces honneurs, que celui à qui - BOSSUET, Oraison funèbre de Louis de Bourbon. on les rend," WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Friend of all humankind! not here alone 221 WRITTEN AT DROPMORE. JULY, 1831. GRENVILLE, to thee my gratitude is due Search where we would, no fairer bowers than these, -Still to delight, instruct, whate'er the theme. WRITTEN AT STRATHFIELDSAYE. THESE are the groves a grateful people gave Preyed, ere to arms the morning-trumpet called; For on, regardless of himself, He went; 1 "How strange," said he to me, "are the impressions that sometimes follow a battle! After the battle of Assaye I slept in a farm-house, and so great had been the slaughter that whenever I awoke, which I did continually through the night, it struck me that I had lost all my friends, nor could I bring myself to think otherwise till morning came, and one by one I saw those that were living." And fairer still, awaited him at home; Where to the last, day after day, he stood, The party-zeal, that round him raged, restraining; WRITTEN IN JULY, 1834. GREY, thou hast served, and well, the sacred Cause A lofty mind, loftiest when most assailed; 1 On Friday, the 19th of November, 1830, there was an assembly at Bridgewater House, a house which has long ceased to be, and of which no stone is now resting on another. It was there that I saw a lady whose beauty was the least of her attractions, and she said, "I never see you now.' "-"When may I come?"-"Come on Sunday at five."-"At five, then, you shall see me."-"Remember five.”— And through the evening, wherever I went, a voice followed me, repeating in a tone of mock solemnity, "Remember five!"-It was the voice of one who had overheard us; and little did he think what was to take place at five. On Sunday when the time drew near, it struck me as I was leaving Lord Holland's, in Burlington Street, that I had some engagement, so little had I thought There were the of it, and I repaired to the house, No. 4, in Carlton Gardens. "But Duke of Wellington's horses at the door, and I said, "The Duke is here."you are expected, sir."—I went in and found him sitting with the lady of the house, the lady who had made the appointment, nor was it long before he spoke as follows: "They want me to place myself at the head of a faction, but I tell them that I never will. "To-morrow I shall give up my office and go down into my county to restore order there, if I can restore it. When I return, I shall take my place in Parliament -to approve when I can approve; and, when I cannot, to say so. I have now served my country forty years-twenty in the field and ten, if not more, in the cabinet; nor, while I live, shall I be found wanting, wherever I may be. never, no never, will I place myself at the head of a faction." But Having met Lord Grey, who was to succeed him in his office, again and again under my roof, and knowing our intimacy, he meant that these words should be repeated to him; and so they were, word for word, on that very night. "To the last," said Lord Grey, "he fulfilled his promise." |