His tender touch,—a cure for every ill.

He is the king of peace, when all is done.

Earth and the air are moulded to his will.


XIX.
TO ONE I LOVE.

Oh, let me plead with thee to have a nook,

A garden nook, not far from thy domain,

That there, with harp, and voice, and poet-book,

I may be true to thee, and, passion-fain,

Rehearse the songs of nature once again:—