XLII. LOWTHER. LOWTHER! in thy majestic Pile are seen And charters won and guarded by the sword And will maintain, if God his help afford. For airy promises and hopes suborned The strength of backward-looking thoughts is scorned. Fall if ye must, ye Towers and Pinnacles, With what ye symbolise; authentic Story Will say, Ye disappeared with England's Glory! XLIII. TO THE EARL OF LONSDALE. 'Magistratus indicat virum.' LONSDALE! it were unworthy of a Guest, Yet be unmoved with wishes to attest How in thy mind and moral frame agree With truth, 'THE MAGISTRACY SHOWS THE MAN;' Shall place thy virtues out of Envy's reach *. *See Note. XLIV. ΤΟ CORDELIA M HALLSTEADS, ULLSWATER. NoT in the mines beyond the western main, Nor is it silver of romantic Spain But from our loved Helvellyn's depths was brought, XLV. CONCLUSION. MOST sweet it is with unuplifted eyes Το pace the ground, if path be there or none, The Mind's internal heaven shall shed her dews THE SOMNAMBULIST. List, ye who pass by Lyulph's Tower' Fit music for a solemn vale! And holier seems the ground To him who catches on the gale The spirit of a mournful tale, Embodied in the sound. Not far from that fair site whereon The Pleasure-house is reared, As story says, in antique days A stern-brow'd house appeared; Foil to a Jewel rich in light There set, and guarded well; * A pleasure-house built by the late Duke of Norfolk upon the banks of Ullswater. FORCE is the word used in the Lake District for Water-fall. |