372 POEKB Ol' OUJU..C'l'&R, Ali!II Jl18CXI.LUBOt18.
And it wa.a come to love me when
None lived to love me ao again,
And cheering from my dungeon'• brin~
Bad brought me back to feel and think.
I know not if it late were free,
Or broke ita cage to JM;rch on mine,
B!lt knowing well capt1vity,
Sweet bird I I could not wish for thine J
Or if it were, in winged guise,
A vieit&nt from Paradiae ;
For-Heaven forgive th&t thought! the wbUe
Which made me both to weel? And lllllile ;
1 eometimee deem'd that it uught be
M.y brother's soul come down to me ;
But then at la.at away it flew,
ADd then 'twa.a mortal-well I knew,
For he would never thua hAve !own,
And left me twioe eo doub9.' lone,-
Lone-u the cone within 1te shroud,
Lone-as a solitary cloud.
A single cloud on a sunny day,
While all the rest ofbea'Ven i.e clear,
A. frown upon the atmosphere,
That hath no buaiileea to appear
When skies are blue, a.nd earth ia gay.
BTRox.en * «rtinttion Df * fnutiu 5~
ONOB did abe bold the gorgeous Eaat in fH ;
And was the safeguard of theW eet: the worth
Of Venice did not fall below her birth,
Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. ·
She was a Maiden Cit.y, bright and free;
No guile seduced, no fol'ee could violate;
Alld, when she took unto herself a Mate,
She must espouse the everla.ating Sea.
And what if she bad seen those glories fade,
Thoee titlee vanish, and that s trength decay ;
Yet eha.U some tribute of regret be paid
Wben her long life hath reacb'd ite dual day:
Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade
Of that which onee wa.a grellt, ia paae'd a. way.
WolU>8WoRTH.