’Twas death in all his power, their very names had died. }

“These tales of terror views terrific bred,

And sent the hearers trembling to their bed.”


In an autumnal evening, cool and still,

The sun just dropp’d beneath a distant hill,

The children gazing on the quiet scene,

Then rose in glory Night’s majestic queen;

And pleasant was the chequer’d light and shade

Her golden beams and maple shadows made; 80