AN OLD INHABITANT OF CLIFFORD'S INN.


THE ROSE OF THE CASTLE.

A summer morn, with all its golden light,

Gilded the snowy bosom of the cloud,

And robed the verdant earth with sunny hues.

The bees sang music to their passion-flow'rs,

The birds, with melody which seem'd to gush

From joyful hearts, entranced the crystal air;

But, spectre-like, the ancient castle frown'd