"Well hast thou chosen!—I blame thee not—I that unwept must die;

Live, thou beloved, and trustful yet! No more on human head,

Be the sorrows of unworthy gifts from bitter vials shed!"

Blackwood's Magazine.


A MOORE-ISH MELODY.

Oh! give me not unmeaning smiles,

Though worldly clouds may fly before them;

But let me see the sweet blue isles

Of radiant eyes when tears wash o'er them.