As the dew of the morning bestars every blade, Yet abides in the bell of the flower in the shade So the feelings of youth, the fond faith of the heart, Oh! let them survive in the soul's better part, LINES. If I were young as I have been, TO A FRIEND LEAVING GRASMERE. SWEET Grasmere vale, though I must leave Thy hills and quiet waters, Nor sing again at fragrant eve To glad thy winsome daughters, Yet will I fondly think of thee, And thy fair maids will think of me, When I am far away. I think of thee, but 'tis a thought I joy to think that I have brought Such thoughts I fain would leave behind To maidens that are fair and kind, When I am far away. SONG. HAVE you seen the stars at morning, How they blend with rising day, Paling still and still adorning All the morn with their decay; Paling, blinking, Coyly winking, While the gold usurps the grey? So the fancies of the heathen, Melt in morning, End their task and bid good night. SONG. You ask me to sing-I'd be glad if I could Like a twinkling lark that sings up in the sky, But I cannot sing now I protest, I vow, Could I sing like a syren-but that would I not, Could I sing like a minstrel whose name is forgot, But whose strain is a treasure which all men may borrow, To harmonise joy and to sweeten their sorrow, Oh, then I would sing to my dear, dear thing, Like cock-crow loud and clearly, But I cannot sing now, I protest, I vow, Could I sing what I feel, and express by a note How wisely esteeming, how fondly I dote, Then would music no more be a uice thing of art, But I cannot sing now, I protest, I Vow, Because I love you dearly. THE SOLACE OF SONG. WHEN on my mother's arm I lay Baby, baby, do not cry, I was a boy, a wayward boy, With something like a baby joy, VOL. II. Το Sing up, sing high, a merry lay, P |