Puslapio vaizdai
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LONG the shore, along the shore
I see the wavelets meeting;
But thee I see—ah, never more,
For all my wild heart's beating.

The little wavelets come and go,
The tide of life ebbs to and fro,

Advancing and retreating :

But from the shore, the steadfast shore,
The sea is parted never :

And mute I hold thee evermore,
For ever and for ever.

Along the shore, along the shore,
I hear the waves resounding,
But thou will cross them never more
For all my wild heart's bounding :
The moon comes out above the tide,
And quiets all the waters wide,

Her pathway bright surrounding:

While on the shore, the dreary shore,
I walk with weak endeavour,
I have thy love's light evermore,

For ever and for ever,

DINAH MARIA CRAIK.

SHE CAME AND WENT.

3S a twig trembles which a bird
Lights on to sing, then leaves unbent,
So is my memory thrilled and stirred ;—
I only know she came and went.

As clasps some lake, by gusts unriven,
The blue dome's measureless content,
So my soul held that moment's heaven ;—
I only know she came and went.

As, at one bound, our swift Spring heaps
The orchards full of bloom and scent,
So clove her May my wintry sleeps ;-
I only know she came and went.

An angel stood and met my gaze,

Through the low doorway of my tent;
The tent is struck, the vision stays ;—
I only know she came and went.

Oh, when the room grows slowly dim,
And life's last oil is nearly spent,
One gush of light these eyes will brim,
Only to think she came and went.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

NEVER AGAIN.

EVER again. This shivering rose, that sees
Its dwindled blossoms droop and fall to earth
Before the chillness of the autumn rain,

Will bud next summer with more fair than these-
But when have love's waned smiles a second birth?
Never again, never again.

Never again. Oh, dearest, do you know
All the long mournfulness of such a word?
And even you who smile now on my pain
May seek some day for love lost long ago,
And sigh to the long echo faintly heard-
Never again, never again.

Never again. The love we break to-day
May linger in my heart unto the last;

And even with you some memory must remain,

But ah! no more.

The sunlight died away

Will wake again, but never wakes the past

Never again, never again.

AUGUSTA WEBSTER.

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