Reflect the light of heaven.

THE SWALLOWS.

FROM THE FRENCH OF BERANGER.

Captive on Afric’s barren shore,

And bending ’neath the Moorish chain,

A warrior cried—“I see once more

The birds that fly from winter’s reign.

Swallows! which Hope with welcomed glance

Hath followed o’er the burning sea,

Ye left my native sunny France—