Ah me! to see their silken manors trail'd

In purple luxuries—with restless gold,—

Flaunting the grass where widowhood has wail'd

In blotted black,—over the heapy mould

Panting wave-wantonly! They never quail'd

How the warm vanity abused the cold;

Nor saw the solemn faces of the gone

Sadly uplooking through transparent stone:

And she, the lonely widow,

XIV.