Will Hope and Fancy twine their roses.
[These spirited and graceful stanzas appeared in the “For-get-me-Not” for 1829, and are here for the first time admitted into the general collection of the author’s works. In all probability, they are an early effusion, and poured forth when the poetry of Moore was fresh in her mind.]
THE PALMER.
“The faded palm-branch in his hand
Show’d pilgrim from the Holy Land.” Scott.
Art thou come from the far-off land at last?
Thou that hast wander’d long!
Thou art come to a home whence the smile hath pass’d
With the merry voice of song.
For the sunny glance and the bounding heart