A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

234 l'OIIMit 0? Tl1l: IIOOLAL .A!rt> DOliflr3l'IC APnariOKS.

0, the~~ I remember,

In the gay and eunny spring,

When O'!lr laughter made the thickets

..Ud the arching alley• rin1 I

0 the merry b\U'Ilt of gladneu J

0 the soft and tender tone I

0 the whisper never utter'd

Save to ODe fond eu-alone t

0 the light of life that aparkled

In those bright and bounteous eyea!

0 the blush of happy beauty,

Tell-tAle of the beart'a awpriae I

0 the radiant light that girdled

Field a.nd foreat, land and sea,

When we all were young togetb~r,

And the earth wa.e new to me I

Where a.re now tbe flowers we tended 1

Wither'd, broken, branch and stem ;

Where are now the hopes we cherish'd 1

Bcatter'd to the winda with them.

For ye 1 too, were flowers, ye dear oues I

Nuri!ed in hope and rea.r'd in love,

Looking fondly ever upward

To the clear blne heaven abov!l.

AnoUll'.

Me it no:t eiuu.t to t~mh, ~u.euftu.

Is it not sweet to think, hereafter,

When the spirit leaves this srhere,

Love, with death lees wing, abal waft her

To t.hoae abe long bath mourn'd for here 1

Hearts, from which 'twa.a death to aev~

Eyes, this wotld can :ne'er reeto,re,

There, aa warm, aa bright 11.8 ever,

Shall ~eet ua and be lost no more.

Oh I if no other boon were gi Yen,

To keep our hea.rte from ·wrong and stain,

Who would not try to win a Heaven

Where all we love aballli'fe again f M.ooa&.