CANZONET.

I.

MAIDEN! wrap thy mantle round thee,
Cold the rain beats on thy breast:
Why should horror's voice astound thee?
Death can bid the wretched rest!
All under the tree

Thy bed may be,

And thou mayst slumber peacefully.

II.

Maiden! once gay pleasure knew thee;
Now thy cheeks are pale and deep:
Love has been a felon to thee;

Yet, poor maiden, do not weep:

There's rest for thee

All under the tree,

Where thou wilt sleep most peacefully.

COMMENCEMENT OF A POEM

ON DESPAIR.

SOME to Aonian lyres of silver sound
With winning elegance attune their song,
Formed to sink lightly on the soothed sense,
And charm the soul with softest harmony:
"Tis then that Hope with sanguine eye is seen
Roving through Fancy's gay futurity;

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