Which calls the Christians to their holiest rite,

With a funereal voice of solitary might.

LXII.

Again, and yet again! A startling power

In sounds like these lives ever; for they bear,

Full on remembrance, each eventful hour

Checkering life’s crowded path. They fill the air

When conquerors pass, and fearful cities wear

A mien like joy’s; and when your brides are led

From their paternal homes; and when the glare