Joyfully doth hear again
Voice and string
Swell to thee the exulting strain,
God our King!
THE PAINTER’S LAST WORK.
[Suggested by the closing scene in the life of the painter Blake, which is beautifully related by Allan Cunningham.]
“Clasp me a little longer on the brink
Of life, while I can feel thy dear caress;
And when this heart hath ceased to beat, oh! think,
And let it mitigate thy woe’s excess,