And then, blest pair, endured no painful strife,
But, sweetly smiling, languished into life.
II.
UPON A GRECIAN VASE SCULPTURED IN BASALT, SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE PORTLAND VASE, AND SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES OR ELYSIAN FIELDS, A FEMALE FIGURE IS SEEN, IN A THOUGHTFUL ATTITUDE, TO WHOM A YOUTH DESCENDS FROM ANOTHER REGION.
Springs not the gentle sadness of her brow
From her own sorrow, but man’s general doom.
This youthful bride, nipped in her dewy bloom,
Was torn from him, whose passion’s early glow
Bade every flower that crowns existence blow,
To scent her path. Lo! in her bridal room,
While hymeneal garlands breathe perfume,