These the clear fount and fertile field

Still to the wearied shepherd yield;

And when repose and visions reign,

Then we are equals all, the monarch and the swain.

FRANCISCO MANUEL.

ON ASCENDING A HILL LEADING TO A CONVENT.

“No baxes temeroso, o peregrino!”

Pause not with lingering foot, O pilgrim! here,

Pierce the deep shadows of the mountain-side;

Firm be thy step, thy heart unknown to fear—