[263] Pompˊ-ous, ostentatious.
[264] Ac-costˊ, speak to; address.
XXXIII.—MY BIRTHDAY.
THOMAS MOORE.
1. “My birthday!”—what a different sound
That word had in my youthful ears!
And how, each time the day comes round,
Less and less white the mark appears!
When first our scanty years are told,