LADY THROCKMORTON'S BULFINCH. 223 Above, below, in all the house, Dire foe alike to bird and mouse, No cat had leave to dwell; And Bully's cage supported stood Well-latticed-but the grate, alas! But smooth with wands from Ouse's side, Night veiled the pole. All seemed secure. A beast forth sallied on the scout, He, entering at the study-door, -And something in the wind Just then, by adverse fate impressed, A rat, fast clinging to the cage, For, aided both by ear and scent, Minute the horrors that ensued; กร He left it but he should have tales; Might have repaid him well, I wote, Maria weeps The Muses mourn THE ROSE. THE rose had been washed just washed in a shower, Which Mary to Anna conveyed, The plentiful moisture incumbered the flower, The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, I hastily seized it, unfit as it was, For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, And such, I exclaimed, is the pitiless part This elegant rose, had 1 shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner a while, And the tear, that is wiped with a little address, May be followed perhaps by a smile. THE DOVES. I. REASONING at every step he treads, While meaner things, whom instinet leads, II. One silent eve I wandered late, Our mutual bond of faith and truth While innocence without disguise, Shall fill the circles of those eyes, V. Those ills, that wait on all below, When lightnings flash among the trees, Or kites are hovering near, I fear lest thee alone they seize, And know no other fear. VII. 'Tis then I feel myself a wife, And press thy wedded side, Resolved an union formed for life VIII. But oh! if fickle and unchaste, IX. No need of lightning from on high, Denied the endearments of thine eye, X. Thus sang the sweet sequestered bird, A lesson for mankind; A FABLE. A RAVEN, while with glossy breast |