Be near us. Little have I yet to tell thee. Doug. A keeper of his chase thy garb bespeaks. The old, the good old day is cited, tears Roll down their reverend Deards, and genuine love Doug. I long To press the sons, and tell them what a lord Lives yet to rule them. Per. When first I mixed among them, oft I struck, Encouraged thus, I sought its latent seeds, There, to high strains, the minstrel harp I tuned, When their brave fathers, scorning to be slaves, And shared his triumphs in the festal hall. Doug. That lulled them, as the north wind does the sea: Per. From man to man, from house to house, like fire, The kindling impulse flew; till every hind, Scarce conscious why, handles his targe and bow; Still talks of change; starts if the banished name By chance he hears; and supplicates his saint, Doug. What lack we? Spread The warlike ensign. On the border side, Two hundred veteran spears await your summons. Doug. Sinews of the house; Ready to tread in every track of Douglas. By stealth I drew them in from distant points, And hid amidst a wood in Chevy-Chace. Per. O, Douglas! Douglas! even such a friend, For death or life, was thy great sire to mine. Doug. Straight, let us turn our trumpets to the hills; Declare aloud thy name and wrongs; in swarms Call down the warlike tenantry, and teach Aspiring Neville fatal is the day The Percy and the Douglas lead in arms. Per. If he were all-Remember haughty Henry, The nephew of his wife, whose word could speed A veteran army to his kinsman's aid. Doug. Come one, come all; leave us to welcome them. [Exit Douglas. Per. Too long, too long a huntsman, Arthur comes, His father's testament,-whose blood lies spilt; Steeped in a mother's and an orphan's tears. When others danced, struck the glad wire, or caught My birth-right home. Halls founded by my sires WHY shouldst thou weep? No cause hast thou For one desponding sigh; No care has marked that polished brow, Why shouldst thou weep? Around thee glows The purple light of youth, And all thy looks the calm disclose Of innocence and truth. Nay, weep not while thy sun shines bright, And cloudless is thy day, While past and present joys unite To cheer thee on thy way; While fond companions round thee move, And friends, whose looks of anxious love Nay, weep not now: reserve thy tears When thou, alas! no more canst see, The friends who ever looked on thee When some, thy fond companions now, View thee with anger-darkening brow, Or some, the faithful of that band, Bless thee with faltering breath, While from their lips thy trembling hand Nay, weep not now: reserve thy tears When, through the gradual lapse of years, When Memory a wavering light And Hope no longer veils from sight Nay, weep not then let but the ray : Of heavenly peace be thine, Glorious shall be thy summer's day, Then Memory's light, though dim, shall show Autumn.-H. W. LONGFELLOW. O, WITH What glory comes and goes the year!The buds of spring-those beautiful harbingers Of sunny skies and cloudless times-enjoy Life's newness, and earth's garniture spread out; And when the silver habit of the clouds Comes down upon the autumn sun, and, with A sober gladness, the old year takes up His bright inheritance of golden fruits, A pomp and pageant fill the splendid scene. There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellow richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory on the autumn woods, And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds. Morn, on the mountain, like a summer bird, Lifts up her purple wing; and in the vales The gentle wind-a sweet and passionate wooerKisses the blushing leaf, and stirs up life Within the solemn woods of ash deep-crimsoned, And silver beach, and maple yellow-leaved,Where Autumn, like a faint old man, sits down By the way-side a-weary. Through the trees The golden robin moves; the purple finch, That on wild cherry and red cedar feeds,A winter bird, comes with its plantive whistle, And pecks by the witch-hazel; whilst aloud, From cottage roofs, the warbling blue-bird sings; And merrily, with oft-repeated stroke, Sounds from the threshing-floor the busy flail. O, what a glory doth this world put on Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. To his long resting-place without a tear. The Bucket.-SAMUEL WOODWORTH. How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well! That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As fancy reverts to my father's plantation, And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hangs in his well. |