There sometimes doth a leaping fish Thither the rainbow comes- -the cloud- Not free from boding thoughts, a while Nor far had gone before he found From those abrupt and perilous rocks He instantly recalled the name, On which the traveller passed this way. But hear a wonder, for whose sake A lasting monument of words This wonder merits well. FIDELITY The dog which still was hovering nigh, 161 This dog, had been through three months' space A dweller in that savage place. Yes, proof was plain that, since the day When this ill-fated traveller died, The dog had watched about the spot, Or by his master's side: How nourished here through such long time WORDSWORTH GOOD NAME IN MAN AND WOMAN [From Othello.] GOOD name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing: 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him SHAKESPEARE. HOHENLINDEN ON Linden when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Then shook the hills with thunder riven, But redder yet that light shall glow 164 HOHENLINDEN 'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Few, few, shall part where many meet! THOMAS CAMPBELL. |