Lamartine, Harmonies Poëtiques.
or, as Mrs. Norton renders it:—
“And like a mourner's mantle, with sad grace,
Waves the dark ivy—hiding half the door
And threshold, where the weary traveller's foot
Shall never find a courteous welcome more.”
It is fast falling to pieces. The principal part remaining is an octagonal turret of three stories, with elegant Renaissance decoration round the windows. One more quotation from Mrs. Norton, and we quit these hallowed ruins:—
“We know the healthy stir of human life
Must be for ever gone!
The walls where hung the warrior's shining casque