"And sang old songs, and gather'd flowers,

And passionately bless'd once more life's thrilling hours."

Melanie, p. 166.

"But I was poor, with all my bright renown, And lowly born; and she-the Lady Clare!" Lord Ivon and his Daughter, p. 190.

LORD IVON.

ENGRAVED BY W. HUMPHRYS.

"She rose at last,

And, oh! so sweetly pale! And thou, my child!

My heart misgave me as I look'd upon thee."

Lord Ivon and his Daughter, p. 197.

MONK OF VALLOMBROSA.

ENGRAVED BY W. HUMPHRYS.

"In Vallombrosa's holy shade

Where nobles born the friars be."

The Confessional, p. 203.

"Glad with the birds, and silent with the leaves,

And happy with the fair and blessed world

And this, 'tis true, is only idleness!"

THE LADY JANE.

ENGRAVED BY J. J. PEASE.

Idleness, p. 295.

"And bending, with almost a mother's bliss, To his bright lips, she seal'd it with a kiss!"

The Lady Jane, p. 369.