THE
Prophecy of Merlin
AND
O T H E R P O E M S.

BY
JOHN READE.
MONTREAL:
Published by Dawson Brothers.
——
1870.
Entered according to Act of Parliament, in the year 1870, by
John Reade,
in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.
MONTREAL: PRINTED BY THE MONTREAL PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.

“O living friends that love me!
O dear ones gone above me!
Careless of other fame,
I leave to you my name.

* * * *

Sweeter than any sung
My songs that found no tongue;
Nobler than any fact
My wish that failed of act.”

J. G. Whittier.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
[The Prophecy of Merlin][3]
[Devenish][29]
[Kings of Men][31]
[Vashti][32]
[Shakspere][38]
[Spring][45]
[In Memoriam][48]
[Winter][54]
[Per Noctem Plurima Volvens][55]
[Balaam][59]
[Good Night][69]
[Winter Sunshine][72]
[Christus Salvator][73]
[Who hath Begotten the Drops of Dew?][74]
[Thalatta! Thalatta!][76]
[Rizpah][78]
[Natalie][81]
[The Fenian Raid (June, ’66)][84]
[Humanum est Errare][86]
[Sing me the Songs I Love][87]
[In Memoriam—T. D. McGee][89]
[Killynoogan][92]
[What Can I Do?][98]
[Hastings][99]
[The Naughty Boy][103]
[Rosa][106]
[Jubal][108]
[Apollo Dropt a Seed of Song][119]
[Vox Dei][120]
[The Old War-horse][121]
[Eloise][125]
[When the Spring-time Comes][126]
[Hope][130]
[Dominion Day][131]
[In My Heart][143]
[Sisera][146]
[Columba Sibylla][148]
[Summer is Dead][149]
[To a Dead Field Flower][151]
[The Departure of the Prince of Wales from Portland][154]
[Ode on the Prince of Wales’ Marriage][157]
[To a Snow-bird][160]
[The Clouds are Blushing][161]
[Unspoken][163]
[Jephthah][166]
[De Profundis][169]
[Lochleven][172]
[Unus Abest][174]
[The Prodigal’s Return][176]
[It is the Quiet Hour][178]
[Hector and Andromache,—]
[ The Parting][181]
[ The Lament of Andromache][189]
[The Beacon Light][194]
[Priam and Helen][198]
[Song of the Trojan Captive][205]
[Bellerophon][208]
[Horace, Ode xi. Book I.][211]
[Orpheus and Eurydice][212]
[Adrian’s Address to his Soul][217]
[Pyramus and Thisbe][219]
[The Withered Leaf][225]
[André Chénier’s Death-song][226]
[The Lake][229]
[The Wandering Jew][233]