As the Hours and the Fates shall decree,

But till then in our bosoms we cherish

Remembrance of thee!

Eremus.

From College Rhymes. Volume XI. 1870.


The following are extracts from an imitation of A. C. Swinburne which appeared in The Century Magazine, February, 1883. As to any meaning to be attached to the lines each reader is perfectly at liberty to make what sense out of them he can.

The Song of Sir Palamede.

“Came Palamede, upon a secret quest,

To high Tintagel, and abode as guest