III. Watch in the deepest cell Of the foeman's dungeon tower, Till hope's most cherished spell Has lost its cheering power; And sing, while the galling chain On every stiff limb freezes, Of the huntsman hurrying o'er the plain, Of the breath of the mountain breezes. IV. Talk of the minstrel's lute, The warrior's high endeavor, When the honeyed lips are mute, And the strong arm crushed for ever: Look back to the summer sun, From the mist of dark December; Then say to the broken-hearted one, ""Tis pleasant to remember!" TELL HIM I LOVE HIM YET. TELL him, I love him yet, Ah, in that joyous time! Tell him, I ne'er forget, Though memory now be crime. Tell him, when fades the light I dream of him by night He must not dream of me! Green, green upon his brow The laurel wreath shall be Although that laurel now Must not be shared with me! Tell him to smile again In pleasure's dazzling throng, Before the loveliest there, I'd have him bend the knee, And breathe to her the prayer He used to breathe to me! Tell him, that day by day, Life looks to me more dim I falter when I pray Although I pray for him. And bid him when I die, Come to our fav'rite tree— I shall not hear him sigh— -Nor let him sigh for me! THE RACE.* THE sun hath shed a mellower beam, Alas! how sweet a scene were here For shepherd or for sonneteer; * Fragments of a description of the procession of Eton boats by the river, and Eton cavaliers by land, to Surly Hall, on the evening of "Election Saturday"-the last poem written by Praed while at Eton. 'Tis not to listen to the sound That Eton's sons are thronging round. Blue eyes send out a brighter shine; We have no hour so gay as this, When the kind hearts and brilliant eyes Stay, Pegasus, and let me ask, And cry-"How fast them boys does go!" Lord! what would be the cynic's mirth, If fate would lift him to the earth, |