On earth shall scorn thee, and the damn'd below. Helen. Delay not either fate. If death is mercy, Send me among the captives; so that Zeus May see his offspring led in chains away, And thy hard brother, pointing with his sword [shore, At the last wretch that crouches on the Cry, "She alone shall never sail for Greece!" Menelaus. Hast thou more words? Her voice is musical As the young maids who sing to Artemis: How glossy is that yellow braid my grasp Seiz'd and let loose! Ah! can then years have past With wing at either shoulder, Then somewhat seem'd to whisper near I doubted it: I felt no fear, I may not call thee back; but thou Of gentle Sleep waves o'er my brow Then smiling eyes bend over mine, 1853. I was indocile at an age When better boys were taught, But thou at length hast made me sage, If I am sage in aught. Little I know from other men, Too little they from me, Thanks for expelling Fear and Hope, Rather what lies before my feet He who hath braved Youth's dizzy heat ON SOUTHEY'S DEATH FRIENDS! hear the words my wandering thoughts would say, And cast them into shape some other day. Southey, my friend of forty years, is gone, And, shattered by the fall, I stand alone. 1858. HEART'S-EASE THERE is a flower I wish to wear, Bring it; and bring enough for two. 1858. THE THREE ROSES1 WHEN the buds began to burst, (Rose from that same stem) have told Carried home my tenderest lay: From her lap I now have heard Rhyme with nuptial wreath shall twine; Mute the tongue and closed the eye. 1858. LATELY OUR SONGSTERS LOITERED IN GREEN LANES LATELY our songsters loiter'd in green lanes, Content to catch the ballads of the plains; I fancied I had strength enough to climb A loftier station at no distant time, And might securely from intrusion doze Upon the flowers thro' which Ilissus flows. 1 See pages 428 and 441. "Rose the Third" was the daughter of " the Second Rose," and thus the grand-niece of Rose Aylmer. |