Till slowly widening by degrees,
The grey climbs upward from afar,
And golden youth and passion stray
Along the ridges of the strand—
Not far apart, but hand in hand—
With all the darkness danced away!
Vere Vereker's Vengeance. By Thomas Hood, the younger, 1865.
A NEW CHRISTMAS SONG.
(Adapted to the Times from In Memoriam).