—Strange, sweet Echo! even like thee replying.[414]
[414] This song is in the possession of Mr Power.
THE MUFFLED DRUM.[415]
The muffled drum was heard
In the Pyrenees by night,
With a dull, deep rolling sound,
Which told the hamlets round
Of a soldier’s burial-rite.
But it told them not how dear,
In a home beyond the main,