To swell this tear, which sorrow drew,

Do they remain?—alas how few!

Swilcar! from thee a wither’d bough

Will best become my temples now.

And pendent here my shell I leave

Mournfully mute; save when, at eve,

While Silence lists on brooding wings,

Soft airs shall brush the murmuring strings:

So still be fond complaint preferr’d,

Its master’s voice no longer heard!