And many a roof its recent structure showed,

And in the harbor many a sable prow,

Rocked by the billows, at her anchor rode;

And, ah! he saw (to him no temple now)

The lowly house where erst in prayer he bowed,

And strove to lead his little flock to Heaven;

His flock no more,—with strifes now sorely riven.

VI.

He turned his eyes again to that dear spot

Where, by the door, the waiting palfreys stood: