I HAD a message to send her, To her whom my soul loved best; But I had my task to finish, And she was gone home to rest. To rest in the far bright Heaven : I had a message to send her, I placed it, one summer evening, I gave it the Lark next morning, And it fluttered to earth once more. To the heart of a Rose I told it; I laid it upon a Censer, Could not reach the far blue skies. I cried in my passionate longing:- Then I heard a strain of music, And I felt in my soul's deep yearning, It rose in harmonious rushing I heard it float farther and farther, Farther than soul can reach. And I know that at last my message And I am content to wait. A. A. PROCTER. SOUL OF MY FRIEND. SOUL of my Friend! if in thy heavenly rest This burning under which my spirit lies Is it the brand which heals, or that which sears? O God! I see a trembling in thine eyes, As when deep joy falls back, disdaining tears. T. BURBIDGE. THE LULLABY. I SAW two children hush'd to death, Her face is very pale and fair, Is like a crown around her head. Each ripple sinking in its place, Along the lute's faint-ebbing strain, Seems echoed slowlier from her face, And echoed back from theirs again. Yes, now is silence. Do not weep. Her eyes are fixed; observe them long; And spell, if thou canst pierce so deep, The purpose of a nobler song. W. ALLINGHAM. A DIRG E. CALM on the bosom of thy God, Young spirit! rest thee now! T ERRAT A. Page 17, line 14-for has read hath. Page 35, line 17-erase the second comma. Page 62, line 19-for love read lone. Page 127, line 16--for Spirit read Spirit of. Page 136, line 9-for drear read dear. Page 153, line 13-for warm read warn. Page 171, line 5-for second comma put full stop. Page 213, line 15-for breas read breast. Page 226, line 3—for their read your. |