To which George Hollybrand at once concurred:

And silently pour’d forth this orison,—

“O righteous God, bless Thou this gen’rous man!”

[237] Yes!

IX.

Sleep’s slumbering influence now began to fall,

And Arnold must have felt it most of all,—

The day had been a double-day to him;

His dark blue eye had lost its sparkling beam

(And only those who pass through similar scenes,—