me, 210
Though disappointment, like a morning cloud,
Hung on my early hopes, that cloud is passed,--
Is passed, but not forgotten,--and the light
Is calm, not cold, which rests upon the scene,
Soon to be ended. I may wake no more
The melody of song on earth; but Thee,
Father of Heaven, and Saviour, at this hour,
Father and Lord, I thank Thee that no song
Of mine, from youth to age, has left a stain
I would blot out; and grateful for the good
Thy providence, through many years, has lent,
Humbly I wait the close, till Thy high will
Dismiss me,--blessed if, when that hour shall come,
My life may plead, far better than my song.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 4: The reader is referred to Dr Buckland's most interesting
illustrations of these remains of a former world. The Bishop of Bath and
Wells has built a picturesque and appropriate cottage near the cave, on
the hill commanding this fine view.]

[Footnote 5: The stupendous Cheddar Cliffs, in the neighbourhood.]

[Footnote 6: Wookey, _Antrum Ogonis_.]

[Footnote 7: Uphill church.]

[Footnote 8: Flat and Steep Holms.]

[Footnote 9: Mr Beard, of Banwell, called familiarly "the Professor,"
but in reality the guide.]

[Footnote 10: Egyptian god of silence.]

[Footnote 11: Halt of the French army at the sight of the ruins.]

[Footnote 12: The Roman way passes immediately under Banwell.]

[Footnote 13: The abbey was built by the descendants of Becket's
murderers. Almost at the brink of the channel, being secured from it
only by a narrow shelf of rocks called Swallow-clift, William de
Courteneye, about 1210, founded a friary of Augustine monks at
Worsprynge, or Woodspring, to the honour of the Holy Trinity, the Virgin
Mary, and St Thomas a Becket. William de Courteneye was a descendant of
William de Traci, and was nearly related to the three other murderers of
a Becket, to whom this monastery was dedicated.]

[Footnote 14: See the late Sir Charles Elton's pathetic description of
the deaths of his two sons at Weston, whilst bathing in his sight; one
lost in his endeavour to save his brother.]

[Footnote 15: Called "The Wolves," from their peculiar sound.]

[Footnote 16: Uphill.]

[Footnote 17: Southey.]

[Footnote 18: Three sisters.]

[Footnote 19: Dr Henry Bowles, physician on the staff, buried at sea.]

[Footnote 20: Charles Bowles, Esq. of Shaftesbury.]

[Footnote 21: The author.]

[Footnote 22: