le
Unmoved: 'tis rent, like some eternal tower
The sea hath shaken, and its stately power
Lies lonely, fallen, scatter'd on the shore:
'Tis rent, like some great mountain, that, before
The Deluge, stood in glory and in might,
But now is lightning-riven, and the night
Is clambering up its sides, and chasms lie strewn,
Like coffins, here and there: 'tis rent! the throne
Where passions, in their awful anarchy,
Stood sceptred! There was heard an inward sigh,
That took the being, on its troubled wings,
Far to the land of dim imaginings!

All three are dead; that desolate green isle
Is only peopled by the passing smile
Of sun and moon, that surely have a sense,
They look so radiant with intelligence,--
So like the soul's own element,--so fair!
The features of a God lie veiled there!

And mariners that have been toiling far
Upon the deep, and lost the polar star,
Have visited that island, and have seen
That lover's grave: and many there have been
That sat upon the gray and crumbling stone,
And started, as they saw a skeleton
Amid the long sad moss, that fondly grew
Through the white wasted ribs; but never knew
Of those who slept below, or of the tale
Of that brain-stricken man, that felt the pale
And wandering moonlight steal his soul away,--
Poor Julio, and the ladye Agathe!

* * * * *

We found them,--children of toil and tears,
Their birth of beauty shaded;
We left them in their early years
Fallen and faded.

We found them, flowers of summer hue:
Their golden cups were lighted
With sparkles of the pearly dew--
We left them blighted!

We found them,--like those fairy flowers;
And the light of morn lay holy
Over their sad and sainted bowers--
We left them, lowly.

We found them,--like twin stars, alone,
In brightness and in feeling;
We left them,--and the curse was on
Their beauty stealing.

They rest in quiet, where they are:
Their lifetime is the story
Of some fair flower--some silver star,
Faded in glory!

POEMS

THE IRIS

A pale and broken Iris in the mirror
Of a gray cloud,--as gray as death,
Slow sailing in the breath
Of thunder! Lik