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Raven he was, yet was no gloomie fowle,
Merrie at hearte, though innocente of soule;
Where'er he perkt, the birds that came anighe
Constrayned caught the humour of his eye:
Under that shade no spights and wrongs were
spred,

Care came not nigh with his uncomlie head.

Somewhile the thicke embranching trees amonge,

Where Isis doth his waters leade alonge,

Kissinge with modeste lippe the holie soyle, Reflecting backe each hallowed grove the while; Here did my raven trie his dulcive note, Charming old Science with his mellow throat.

Sometimes with scholiasts deep in anciente lore,
Through learnings long defyles he would explore;
Then with keene wit untie the perplext knot
Of Aristotle or the cunning Scot;

Anon loud laughter shook the arched hall,

For mirth stood redy at his potento call.

Oxforde, thou couldst not binde his outspred wing, My raven flew where bade his princelye king; Norwiche must honours give he did not crave, Norwiche must lend his palace and his grave;

And that kinde hearte which gave such vertue birth

Must here be shrouded in the greedie earth.

Ofte hath thy humble lay-clerke led along,
When thou wert by, the eve or matin song ;
And oftimes rounde thy marble shall he strole,
To chaunte sad requiems to thy soothed soul ;-
Sleep on, till Gabriel's trump shall break thy sleep,
And thou and I one heavenlie holiday shall keep.

Bp. Corbet's Poems.

POEMS.

DR. THOMAS RAVIS.

In the following tribute to the memory of a fellow-collegian, and predecessor in the deanery of Christ Church, it will not be too much to conjecture that Corbet was urged by gratitude for kindness experienced while the latter was young. The 66 Elegie" was evidently written immediately upon the interment of its subject, as towards its conclusion he complains that no tomb was raised over his remains; a complaint which was soon after obviated, when a fair monument was erected, bearing the following inscription, which contains all that is necessary to be told here of the circumstances of his life and character:

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