Not thus for thy last parting unsustain’d—
Heirs of a purer day, with its unsetting star.
IMAGES OF PATRIARCHAL LIFE.
Calm scenes of patriarch life! how long a power
Your unworn pastoral images retain
O’er the true heart, which in its childhood’s hour
Drank their pure freshness deep! The camels’ train
Winding in patience o’er the desert plain—
The tent, the palm-tree, the reposing flock,
The gleaming fount, the shadow of the rock—