TO THE URSA MAJOR. And Slavery forged his chains; and Wrath, and Hate, Leagued their base bands to tread out light and truth, Or are they yet all paradise, unfallen And uncorrupt? existence one long joy, Upon the heart, or weariness of life- And death unfeared; while fresh and fadeless youth Speak, speak! the mysteries of those living worlds May read and understand. The hand of God Bound to the surface of this pigmy globe, May know and ask no more. In other days, 63 Shall thus roll on with ever fresh delight; No pause of pleasure or improvement; world But adding to its glories. While the soul, WE ARE BUT TWO-the others sleep We are but two-O, let us keep Heart leaps to heart-the sacred flood That warms us is the same; That good old man-his honest blood Alike we fondly claim. F** In the same cradle we were rocked, Round the same hearth we played. Our boyish sports were all the same, Let manhood keep alive the flame, WE ARE BUT Two-be that the band To hold us till we die; Shoulder to shoulder let us stand, Till side by side we lie. SONNET. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. My friend, adown Life's valley, hand in hand, And when stern Death shall loose that loving band, The one shall strew the other's grave with flowers, My friend and brother! if thou goest first, Yea, when my heart seems happy causelessly That thou, unseen, art bending over me. |