The self-devoted rested with the dead.

COMPLAINT OF HARALD.

IMITATED FROM AN ICELANDIC SONG.

My gallant ship a rich freight bore

Around Sicilia’s tideless shore;

Laden with gold and warriors brave

With rapid keel she ploughed the wave;

We woo’d the fresh’ning breeze in vain—

I mourn a Russian maid’s disdain!

Strong in the pride of youthful might,