And left the matron there,

To close the curtain of her eyes,

And bind her golden hair.

[601] Pa-tronˊ, (pronounced pattern,) assemblage of persons on the anniversary of the local patron saint of a parish or town in Ireland.

XC.—THE ANGELUS BELL.

CAMPION.

1. The large moon of autumn,

The guardian of night,

Had closed her pale lamp

In the firmaments height;