THE GRAVE OF A POETESS ["EXTRINSIC interest has lately attached to the fine scenery of Woodstock near Kilkenny, on account of its having been the last residence of the Author of Psyche. Her grave is one of many in the churchyard of the village. The river runs smoothly by. The ruins of an ancient abbey, that have been partially converted into a church, reverently throw their mantle of tender shadow over it."-Tales by the O'Hara Family.] I STOOD beside thy lowly grave; And music in the river-wave All happy things that love the sun Fresh leaves were on the ivy bough And mournful grew my heart for thee! Mournful, that thou wert slumbering low, Of this world's vernal dawn. Parted from all the song and bloom The bird, the insect on the wing, But then, even then, a nobler thought Surely on lovelier things, I said, Thou must have looked ere now, Than all that round our pathway shed Odours and hues below. The shadows of the tomb are here, What see'st thou, then, where no dim fear, No haunting dream hath birth! Here a vain love to passing flowers Thou hast left sorrow in thy song, Where couldst thou fix on mortal ground MISCELLANEOUS POEMS THE HOMES OF ENGLAND "Where's the coward that would not dare THE stately homes of England! O'er all the pleasant land! The deer across their greensward bound, And the swan glides past them with the sound The merry homes of England! Around their hearths by night, What gladsome looks of household love Meet in the ruddy light! |