THE THEMES OF SONG.
“Of truth, of grandeur, beauty, love, and hope,
And melancholy fear subdued by faith.” Wordsworth.
Where shall the minstrel find a theme?
—Where’er, for freedom shed,
Brave blood hath dyed some ancient stream,
Amidst the mountains, red.
Where’er a rock, a fount, a grove,
Bears record to the faith
Of love—deep, holy, fervent love,