oving thoughts there seem to meet,
And come and go with golden feet.

Below me lies the old French town,
With narrow rues and churches quaint,
And tiled roofs and gables brown,
And signs with names of many a saint.
And there in all I see appears
The heart of twice an hundred years.

Beyond, by inky steamers mailed,
Point Levi's painted roofs arise,
Where emigration long has hailed
The empires of the western skies;
And lightly wave the red flags there,
Like roses of the damask air.

Peace o'er yon garden spreads her palm,
Where heroes fought in other days;
And Honor speaks of brave Montcalm
On Wolfe's immortal shaft of praise.
What lessons that I used to learn
In schoolboy days to me return!

Fair terrace of the Western Rhine,
I leave thee with unwilling feet,
I long shall see thy castle shine
As bright as now, in memories sweet;
And cheerful thank the kindly eyes
That lent to me their sympathies.

Go, friendly hearts, that met by chance
A stranger for a little while;
Friendship itself is but a glance,
And love is but a passing smile.
I am a pilgrim,--all I meet
Are glancing eyes and hurrying feet.

Farewell; in dreams I see again
The northern river of the vine,
While crowns the sun with golden grain
The hillsides of the greater Rhine.
And here shall grow as years increase
The empires of the Rhine of Peace.

University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge.

Transcriber's Note

This book contains some archaic spelling, which has been preserved as
printed. Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.

There is some variable spelling, particularly of place names; this has
been repaired where there was a definite prevalence of one form over
the other, but is otherwise left as printed.

Page 12--"Castle at" amended to "Bell Tower of"--"Bell Tower of
Heidelberg 229"

There are two references on page 57 to "Crofe Castle" in Dorsetshire,
which appear to be an author error for "Corfe Castle". These have
been preserved as printed.

Character dialogue sometimes transitions into tales, which do not use
continuing quote marks. As a result, some closing quotes are omitted,
and this has been preserved as printed.

The frontispiece illustration and advertising material have been moved
to follow the title page. Other illustrati