“The sheep-dog barks, ’tis time to go;—

“The night-fly hums, the moonlight beam

“Peeps through the yew-tree’s shadowy row—

“It falls upon the white grave-stone,

“Where my dear mother sleeps alone.—

XII.

“O stay me not, for I must go

“The upland path in haste to tread;

“For there the pale primroses grow

“They grow to dress my mother’s bed.—