Shall live and bloom as bright again;—
I, constant in my grief the while,
In gloom unchanged alone remain.
TO THE LANCE-FLY.
Forth with the breezy sweep
Of spirit wings upon thy path of light,
Thou creature of the sunbeam! upward keep
Thine earth-defying flight!
The glowing west is still;
In hallowed slumber sinks the restless sea;