And filled the cup of Beauty to the lip.

O thou, who wast beside me when we loved

This vision of the evening and the sea;

Why art thou silent, why so far removed?

Implore of Death, ask God to set thee free.

STOPFORD A. BROOKE.

A VENETIAN NIGHT

’Tis a goodly night; the cloudy wind which blew

From the Levant hath crept into its cave,

And the broad moon has brightened. What a stillness!...