"But, PERI, see-the crystal bar
"Of Eden moves not-holier far
"Than ev'n this sigh the boon must be
"That opes the Gates of Heav'n for thee."

Now, upon SYRIA's land of roses
Softly the light of Eve reposes,
And, like a glory, the broad sun
Hangs over sainted LEBANON;
Whose head in wintry grandeur towers,
And whitens with eternal sleet,
While summer in a vale of flowers,
Is sleeping rosy at his feet.

To one, who look'd from upper air
O'er all th' enchanted regions there,
How beauteous must have been the glow,
The life, the sparkling from below!
Fair gardens, shining streams, with ranks
Of golden melons on their banks,
More golden where the sun-light falls ;-
Gay lizards, glittering on the walls
Of ruin'd shrines, busy and bright
As they were all alive with light;—
And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks
Of pigeons, settling on the rocks,
With their rich restless wings, that gleam
Variously in the crimson beam

Of the warm west,—as if inlaid
With brilliants from the mine, or made
Of tearless rainbows, such as span
Th' unclouded skies of PERISTAN!
And then, the mingling sounds that come,
Of shepherd's ancient reed, with hum
Of the wild bees of PALESTINE,

Banquetting through the flowery vales,-
And, JORDAN, those sweet banks of thine,
And woods, so full of nightingales!

But nought can charm the luckless PER1;
Her soul is sad-her wings are weary-
Joyless she sees the sun look down
On that great Temple, once his own,
Whose lonely columns stand sublime,
Flinging their shadows from on high,
Like dials, which the wizard, Time,

Has rais'd to count his ages by '

Yet haply there may lie conceal'd
Beneath those Chambers of the Sun,
Some amulet of gems, anneal'd
In upper tires, some tablet seal'd

With the Great Name of SOLOMON,
Which, spell'd by her illumin'd eyes,
May teach her where, beneath the moon,
In earth or ocean lies the boon,
The charm, that can restore so soon,
An erring Spirit to the skies!

Cheer'd by this hope she bends her thither ;-
Still laughs the radiant eye of Heaven,
Nor have the golden bowers of Even
In the rich West begun to wither;-
When, o'er the vale of BALBEC winging
Slowly, she sees a child at play,
Among the rosy wild-flowers singing,
As rosy and as wild as they;
Chasing, with eager hands and eyes,
The beautiful blue damselflies,

That flutter'd round the jasmine stems,
Like winged flowers or flying gems:
And, near the boy, who tir'd with play
Now nestling 'mid the roses lay,
She saw a wearied man dismount

From his hot steed, and on the brink
Of a small imaret's rustic fount

Impatient fling him down to drink.
Then swift his haggard brow he turn'd
To the fair child, who fearless sat,
Though never yet hath day-beam burn'd
Upon a brow more fierce than that,—
Sullenly fierce-A mixture dire,
Like thunder-clouds, of gloom and fire!
In which the PERI's eye could read
Dark tales of many a ruthless deed;
The ruin'd maid-the shrine profan'd—
Oaths broken-and the threshold stain'd
With blood of guests!—there written, all,
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
Ere Mercy weeps them out again!

Yet tranquil now that man of crime,
(As if the balmy evening time
Soften d his spirit) look d and lay,
Watching the rov infant's play :—

Though,

Though, still, whene'er his eye by chance
Fell on the boy's, its lurid glance
Met that unclouded, joyous gaze,
As torches, that have burnt all night
Through some impure and godless rite,
Encounter morning's glorious rays.

But hark! the vesper call to prayer,
As slow the orb of day-light sets,
Is rising sweetly on the air,

From SYRIA'S thousand minarets!
The boy has started from the bed
of flowers, where he had laid his head,
And down upon the fragrant sod

Kneels, with his forehead to the south,
Lisping th' eternal name of God

From purity's own cherub mouth,
And looking, while his hands and eyes
Are lifted to the glowing skies,
Like a stray babe of Paradise,
Just lighted on that flowery plain,

And seeking for its home again!

Oh 'twas a sight-that Heav'n—that Child—

A scene, which might have well beguil'd

Ev'n haughty EBLIS of a sigh

For glories lost and peace gone by!

And how felt he, the wretched Man
Reclining there-while memory ran
O'er many a year of guilt and strife,
Flew o er the dark flood of his life,
Nor found one sunny resting-place,
Nor brought him back one branch of grace'
"There was a time," he said in mild,
Heart-humbled tones—“ thou blessed child!
"When young and haply pure as thou,
"I look'd and pray'd like thee-but now—'
He hung his head-each nobler ain

And hope and feeling, which had slept
From boyhoods hour, that instant came
Fresh o'er him, and he wept-he wept '

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow

Is felt the first, the only sense

Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.

"There's a drop," said the PF1, "that down from the

"* moon

"Falls through the withering airs of June

“I'pon EGyrr's land, of so healing a power,
"So balmy a virtue, that ev n in the hour
"That drop descends, contagion dies,
"And health reanimates earth and skies!--
** Oh, is it not thus, thou man of sin,
"The precious tears of repentance fall?
"Though foul thy fiery plagues within,
"One heavenly drop hath dispell'd them all !''
And now-behold him kneeling there

By the child side, in humble prayer,
While the same sun-beam shines upon
The guilty and the guiltless one,

And hymns of joy proclaim through Heaven
The triumph of a Soul forgiven!

"Twas when the golden orb had set,
While on their knees they linger'd yet,
There fell a light, more lovely far
Than ever came from sun or star,
Upon the tear that, warm and meek,
Dew'd that repentant sinner's cheek :
To mortal eye this light might seem
A northern flash or meteor beam-
But well th' enraptur'd PERI knew
"I was a bright smile the Angel threw
From Heaven's gate, to hail that tear
Her harbinger of glory near

"Joy, joy for ever! my task is done-
"The Grates are pass d, and Heaven is won!
" Oh! am I not happy? I am, I am—

** To thee, sweet Eden' how dark and sad
Are the diamond turrets of SHADUKIAM,
"And the fragiant bowers of AMBERABAD!

"Farewell, ye odours of Earth, that die,
"Passing away like a lovers sigh ;—
“My feast is now of the Teoba Tree,

Whose scent is the breath of Eternity!

“Farewell ve vanishing flowers, that shone

"In my fairy wreath, so bright and brief,"Oh, what are the i ri : test that e'er have blown, "To the lote tree, springing by ALLA'S Throne, Whose dowers have a soul in every leaf! "Joy, joy for ever-iny tesk is done

"The Gates are pissid, and Heav'n is won !“

THE

THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE,

WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA, IN 1808.

Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried,
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
O'er the grave where our hero was buried.

We buried him darkly at dead of night,
The sods with our bayonets turning,
By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,
And the lantern dimly burning.

No useless coffin enclosed his breast,

Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him;
But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,
With his martial cloak around him.

Few and short were the prayers we said,
And we spoke not a word of sorrow,
But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead,
And we bitterly thought of the morrow.

We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed,
And smooth'd down his lonely pillow,

That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head,
And we far away on the billow.

Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone,
And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,
But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on
In the grave where a Briton has laid him,

But half of our heavy task was done,
. When the clock toil'd the hour for retiring,
And we heard by the distant and random gun,
That the foe was suddenly firing

Slowly and sadly we laid him down,

From the field of his fame fresh and gory:
We carved not a line, we raised not a stone,
But we left him alone with his glory.