In sad procession moves along,

Lorn Loves inverted torches bear,

And Pity weeps o’er Vernon’s bier.

To shade the distant ground, and lay

The rising group in bolder day,

A Dryad chalks some dusky strokes,—

Behind umbrageous frown her oaks!

And Swilcar, rent by many a storm,

Rears high in air his leafless form.

Pleas’d Mundy stood with eager eyes,