Involv'd, the thunder-smitten demon fled,
And sunk desponding to th' infernal pit.

The sun was verging to the western main,
And ev'ning zephyrs with their cooling wings
Fann'd the clear air on Pisgah's lofty brow,
When now the Levites, from the vale below,
Up the high steep had borne their aged seer,
And gain'd the summit. On the topmost peak,
High above all the interjacent hills,

The conscious legate of Jehovah took

His station, and by Heav'n endow'd with strength,
Proportion'd to his purpose, stood apart,

Nor needed man's support. Distinct and clear,
In long perspective to th' horizon's verge,
The camp of Israel, Jordan's winding stream,
And the whole circuit of the promis'd land,
Burst on his sight; for in the pow'r of God,
The great archangel, watching at his side,"
Had with celestial touch dispell'd the mist,
Which else had clouded objects so remote.
Pond'ring in thought anticipant the scene
Of Israel's triumphs, and that here, redeem'd
From bondage, they might dwell in cities built
By other nations, and for them reserv'd
By their providing God, the prophet stood
And gaz'd delighted; holy rapture seiz'd
His swelling heart, and, as he turn'd aside
To his attendant ministers, he said—

"Lead me to yonder plain where Joshua stands,
And with the chiefs and elders of the tribes
Awaits my coming: for I feel a hand,
That warns me thither, and arrested holds
The stroke of death, till I shall breathe a pray'r
For my beloved people, and expire."

ANTICIPATION.

(From Mr. WORDSWORTH'S Poems.)

HOUT, for a mighty Victory is won!

"S"

On British ground the invaders are laid low

The breath of Heaven has drifted them like snow,

And left them lying in the silent sun,

Never to rise again!-the work is done.

Come forth, ye old men, now in peaceful show

And greet your sons! drums beat, and trumpets blow !

Make merry, wives! ye little children stun

Your grandame's ears with pleasure of your noise!

Clap, infants, clap your hands! Divine must be

That

That triumph, when the very worst, the pain,
And even the prospect of our brethren slain,
Hath something in it which the heart enjoys :
In glory will they sleep and endless sanctity.

SONG AT THE FEAST OF BROUGHAM CASTLE,

Upon the Restoration of Lord Clifford, the Shepherd, to the Estates and Honours of his Ancestors.

H'

(From the Same.)

IGH in the breathless hall the Minstrel sate,
And Emont's murmur mingled with the song,

The words of ancient time I thus translate,
A festal st n that hath been silent long.

"From town to town, from tower to tower,
The red rose is a gladsome flower.

Her thirty years of Winter past,
The red rose is revived at last;

She lifts her head for endless spring,
For everlasting blossoming!
Both roses flourish, red and white,
In love and sisterly delight;

The two that were at strife are blended,
And all old sorrows now are ended.
Joy joy to both! but most to her
Who is the Flower of Lancaster !
Behold her how she smiles to day
On this great throng, this bright array!
Fair greeting doth she send to all
From every corner of the hall;
But, chiefly, from above the board
Where sits in state our rightful lord,
A Clifford to his own restored.

They came with banner, spear, and shield;
And it was proved in Bosworth-field.
Not long the avenger was withstood,
Earth help'd him with the cry of blood :
St. George was for us, and the might
Of blessed angels crown'd the right.
Loud voice the land hath utter'd forth,
We loudest in the faithful North:
Our fields rejoice, our mountains ring,
Our streams proclaim a welcoming;
Our strong abodes, and castles see
The glory of their loyalty.
How glad is Skipton at this hour
Though she is but a lonely tower!

Silent, deserted of her best,

Without an inmate or a guest,

Knight, Squire, or Yeoman, Page, or Groom,
We have them at the Feast of Brough'm.
How glad Pendragon, though the sleep
Of years be on her! She shall reap
A taste of this great pleasure, viewing
As in a dream her own renewing.
Rejoiced is Brough, right glad I deem
Beside her little humble stream;
And she that keepeth watch and ward
Her statelier Eden's course to guard;
They both are happy at this hour,
Though each is but a lonely tower:
But here is perfect joy and pride
For one fair house by Emont's side,
This day distinguished without peer
To see her master and to cheer;
Him, and his Lady Mother dear.
Oh! it was a time forlorn
When the fatherless was born-
Give her wings that she may fly,
Or she sees her infant die!

Swords that are with slaughter wild
Hunt the mother and the child.
Who will take them from the light?
-Yonder is a man in sight-
Yonder is a house-but where ?
No, they must not enter there.
To the caves, and to the brooks,
To the clouds of heaven she looks;
She is speechless, but her eyes
Pray in ghostly agonies.
Blissful Mary, mother mild,
Maid and mother undefiled,

Save a mother and her child?

Now who is he that bounds with joy
On Carrock's side, a Shepherd Boy?
No thoughts hath he but thoughts that pass
Light as the wind along the grass.
Can this be he who hither came
In secret, like a smothered flame?
O'er whom such thankful tears were shed
For shelter, and a poor man's bread?
God loves the child; and God hath will'd
That those dear words should be fulfill'd,
The Lady's words, when forc'd away,

The last she to her babe did say,

Alas! when evil men are strong
No life is good, no pleasure long.

The boy must part from Mosedale's groves,
And leave Blencathara's rugged coves,
And quit the flowers that Summer brings
To Glenderamakin's lofty springs;
Must vanish, and his careless cheer
Be turned to heaviness and fear.
Give Sir Lancelot Threlkeld praise!
Hear it, good man, old in days!
Thou tree of covert and of rest
For this young bird that is distrest,
Among thy branches safe he lay,
And he was free to sport and play,
When falcons were abroad for prey.
A recreant harp, that sings of fear
And heaviness in Clifford's ear!
I said, when evil men are strong,
No life is good, no pleasure long,
A weak and cowardly untruth!
Our Clifford was a happy youth,
And thankful through a weary time,
That brought him up to manhood's prime.
Again he wanders forth at will,
And tends a flock from hill to hill;
His garb is humble; ne'er was seen
Such garb with such a noble mien;
Among the shepherd-grooms no mate
Hath be, a child of strength and state!
Yet lacks not friends for solemn glee,
And a chearful company,

That learn'd of him submissive ways;
And comforted his private days.
To his side the fallow-deer
Came, and rested without fear;

The eagle, lord of land and sea,

Stoop'd down to pay him fealty;

And both the undying fish that swin
Through Bowscale-Tarn did wait on him,

The pair were servants of his eye

In their immortality,

They moved about in open sight,

To and fro, for his delight.

He knew the rocks which angels haupt

On the mountains visitant;

He hath kenn'd them taking wing:
And the caves where fearies sing
He hath entered; and been told
By voices how men liv'd of old.
Among the heavens his eye can see
Face of thing that is to be;

And

And, if men report him right,
He can whisper words of might.
Now another day is come,
Fitter hope and nobler doom :
He hath thrown aside his crook,
And hath buried deep his book ;
Armour rusting in his halls

On the blood of Clifford calls;
"Quell the Scot,' exclaims the Lance,
Bear me to the heart of Frano,
Is the longing of the shield-
Tell thy name, thou trembling field;
Field of death, where'er thou be,
Groan thou with our victory!

Happy day, and mighty hour,

When our Shepherd, in his power,

Mail'd and hors'd, with lance and sword,

To his ancestors restored,

Like a re-appearing star,

Like a glory from afar,

First shall head the flock of war !"

Alas! the fervent harper did not know
That for a tranquil soul the lay was framed,
Who, long compell'd in humble walks to go,
Was softened into feeling, sooth'd and tamed.
Love had he found in huts where poor men lie,
His daily teachers had been woods and rills,
The silence that is in the starry sky,
The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
In him the savage virtue of the race,

Revenge, and all ferocious thoughts were dead :
Nor did he change; but kept in lofty place
The wisdom which adversity had bred.

Glad were the vales, and every cottage hearth;
The Shepherd Lord was honour'd more and more:
And, ages

after he was laid in earth,

The Good Lord Clifford' was the name he bore.

THE BATTLE OF MORVEN.

(From Mr. Ross's Translation of Book I. of Fingal)

"L'

IKE the thunder of autumn from two (opposing) mountains,

The heroes advanced to the charge;

Like torrents from two (opposing) rocks,

Rushing and pouring on the plain:
Loud, dark, and rough in battle,

Met Innisfail and Lochlin.

Chief mixed his strokes with chief,

And