[347] Cope, the concave of the sky, an arch or vault over head.

[348] Nightˊ-shade, a noxious plant.

[349] Viˊ-sion-a-ry, prone to see or capable of seeing visions; imaginative.

XLII.—DAVID’S LAMENT FOR ABSALOM.

WILLIS.

1. Alas, my noble boy! that thou shouldst die!

Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair!

That death should settle in thy glorious eye,

And leave his stillness in this clustering hair!

How could he mark thee for the silent tomb,