with the growths of ancient forests. His mind was still immature when he left us, for it was one of those plenteous urns that filter its waters slowly, but it was a mind capable of severe training, and great leadings. Give me an amulet That keeps intelligence with you, Alas, that neither bonds nor vows Can certify possession; Torments me still the fear that love Died in its last expression. FROM UHLAND. THE CASTLE BY THE SEA. "SAW'ST thou a castle fair? Yon castle by the sea ? Golden and rosy, there, The clouds float gorgeously. And fain it would descend Into the wave below: And fain it would soar and blend With the evening's crimson glow." Yon castle I have viewed, Yon castle by the sea : And the mists hung heavily. "The wind and the heaving sea, The winds and the waters all And I heard from the moaning hall Music that made me weep. "Saw'st thou the King and his spouse? Walked they there side by side? The diadem on their brows, And their mantles waving wide. Led they their cherished one, In the light of her golden hair." Well saw I the royal pair; But without the crown, I wot: H. ETERNITY. UTTER no whisper of thy human speech, Of the great waves of God that through us swell, But with these pines, and with the all-loving moon, D. VESPERS. I. SERENEST evening! whether fall With speech is thy clear blue endowed, Mine is the beauty of the hour, Mine most, when most I feel its power. II. Behold the vast array of tents For me to sentinel to night; An instant, this magnificence Has faded out of sight. The tents are struck: the warriors' march Subsides along the stately arch. I saw the sword their leader drew Beneath the banner's crimson edge; 'T was lightning to the common view, To me, a solemn pledge, |