So—angel guarded—may’st thou tread
The narrow path, which few may find;
And at the end look back, nor dread
To count the vanished years behind!
And pray, that she whose hand doth trace
This heart-warm prayer, when life is past,
May see and know thy blessed face
In God’s own glorious Light at last!—Good Words.
Mr. Robert Browning has also written lines upon this “Tower,” and has consented to their publication in a late issue of the Pall Mall Gazette. In an introduction to the poem, the Gazette remarks: “The difference in treatment of the same subject by the two poets will, we are sure, interest our readers. Mr. Browning’s tribute to the love-inducing qualities of the late Lady Gifford was no mere compliment, as all who knew her will bear witness.”