WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

(For the Mirror.)

"There is a voice from the grave sweeter than song."—Washington Irving.

Illustrious dead! one tributary sigh,

In that great temple where the mighty lie,

I breath'd for you—a magic charm was there

Where rest the great and good, the wise and fair;

Their glittering day of fame has had its close

And beauty, genius, grandeur, there repose.