Along the cloudless main, he, in those hours Over the vessel's side, and gaze and gaze, And, while the broad green wave and sparkling foam In union with the employment of his heart, Below him, in the bosom of the deep Saw mountains, saw the forms of sheep that graz'd On verdant hills, with dwellings among trees, And Shepherds clad in the same country grey Which he himself had worn. * And now at length, From perils manifold, with some small wealth To his paternal home he is return'd, *This description of the Calenture is sketched from an imperfect recollection of an admirable one in prose, by Mr. Gilbert, Author of the Hurricane. With a determin'd purpose to resume The life which he liv'd there, both for the sake Of many darling pleasures, and the love Which to an only brother he has borne They were the last of all their race; and now, That he began to doubt, and he had hopes That he had seen this heap of turf before, He had forgotten. He had lost his path, As up the vale he came that afternoon, Through fields which once had been well known to him. And Oh! what joy the recollection now Sent to his heart! he lifted up his eyes, And looking round he thought that he perceiv'd By this the Priest who down the field had come Unseen by Leonard, at the church-yard gate Stopp'd short, and thence, at leisure, limb by limb He scann'd him with a gay complacency. Aye, thought the Vicar, smiling to himself, 'Tis one of those who needs must leave the path The happy man will creep about the fields Write Fool upon his forehead. Planted thus Of this rude church-yard, till the stars appear'd LEONARD. You live, Sir, in these dales, a quiet life : And yet, some changes must take place among you, And see, that with our threescore years and ten There was a foot-way all along the fields By the brook-side-'tis gone-and that dark cleft! To me it does not seem to wear the face Aye, there indeed, your memory is a friend That does not play you false.-On that tall pike, (It is the loneliest place of all these hills) There were two Springs which bubbled side by side, |