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# Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences/Heri mundus exultavit

Heri mundus exultavit.
A Sequence for S. Stephen's Day: according to some, Adam's masterpiece. It was not in my first edition.
Yesterday, with exultation
Join'd the world in celebration
Of her promis'd Saviour's birth;
Yesterday the Angel nation
Pour'd the strains of jubilation
O'er the Monarch born on earth.
But to-day, o'er death victorious,
By his faith and actions glorious,
By his miracles renown'd,
Dared the Deacon Protomartyr
Earthly life for Heav'n to barter,
Faithful midst the faithless found.
​Forward, champion, in thy quarrel!
Certain of a certain laurel,
Holy Stephen, persevere!
Perjur'd witnesses confounding,
Satan's Synagogue astounding
By thy doctrine true and clear.
Lo! in Heaven thy Witness liveth:
Bright and faithful proof He giveth
Of His Martyr's blamelessness:
Thou by name a Crown impliest; Meetly then in pangs thou diest
For the Crown of Righteousness!
For a crown that fadeth never,
Bear the torturer's brief endeavour;
Victory waits to end the strife:
Death shall be thy birth's beginning,
And life's losing be the winning
Of the true and better Life.
Whom the Holy Ghost endueth,
Whom celestial sight embueth,
Stephen penetrates the skies;
There Good's fullest glory viewing,
There his victor strength renewing,
For his near reward he sighs.
​See, as Jewish foes invade thee,
See how Jesus stands to aid thee:
Stands to guard His champion's death: Cry that opened Heaven is shown thee:
Cry that Jesus waits to own thee:
Cry it with thy latest breath!
As the dying Martyr kneeleth,
For his murderers he appealeth,
And his prayer their pardon sealeth,
For their madness grieving sore;
Then in Christ he sleepeth sweetly,
Who His pattern kept completely,
And with Christ he reigneth meetly,
Martyr first-fruits, evermore! Amen.
* ↑ Our Lord's standing at the right Hand of the Father, here and here only, as a Friend to sympathise, as a champion to help, is continually dwelt on by mediæval writers.
* ↑ There are four additional, but very poor, verses.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Linklater, John Edmund

​Linklater, John Edmund, M.A., S.C.L. Christ Church, Oxon, goes the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 3 April, 1868 (then aged 19), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1872 (eldest son of John Linklater, of London, solicitor, dec.); born , 1849; married 17 Oct., 1876, Emma Georgiana, 2nd dau. of Walter L. Willson, of the Indian Geographical Survey.
    69, West Cromwell Road, S.W.; 3, Tanfield Court, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lindsell, Henry Martin

​Lindsell, Henry Martin, M.A. Trin. Coll., Oxon, junior examiner in education department since 1877, inspector of schools 1875–6, a student of the Inner Temple 29 Jan., 1869 (then aged 22), called to the bar 18 Nov., 1872 (eldest son of Lt.-Col. Robert Henry Lindsell, of Biggleswade, Beds); born 7 May, 1847.
    Fairfield, Biggleswade.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lindsell, William Harry Barber

​Lindsell, William Harry Barber, B.A. Corpus Christi Coll., Oxon, a member of the Midland circuit, a student of Lincoln's Inn 16 Nov., 1872 (then aged 24), called to the bar 7 June, 1875 (3rd son of late John Lindsell of Lincoln's Inn, bar.-at-law); born 26 Jan. 1848.
    3, Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lingham, Alfred Fraser

​Lingham, Alfred Fraser, first judge of small causes court Rangoon, Calcutta, matric, Lamartiniere Coll., Calcutta, a student of Lincoln's Inn 13 Jan., 1866 (then aged 33), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1868 (eldest son of Alfred Lingham, of Calcutta, merchant, dec.); born , 1833; married 21 Nov., 1867, Emily S., dau. of G. Hewitt, of Sydenham and Southwark.
    Rangoon, Calcutta.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Linklater, Frederick Harrie

​Linklater, Frederick Harrie, a student of Lincoln's Inn 11 Jan., 1871 (then aged 20), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1873 (only son of James Harrie Linklater, of Streatham Hill, Surrey, solicitor); born , 1851.
    Streatham Hill, Surrey.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lindley, Nathaniel

​Lindley, Rt. Hon. Sir Nathaniel, P.C. 1881, lord justice of appeal since Nov., 1881, a justice of common pleas May to Nov., 1875, of Common Pleas Division High Court of Justice 1875–9, of Queen's Bench Division 1879–81, knighted 13 May, 1875, entered at Univ. Coll., London, member of Council of Legal Education, author of The Law of Partnership and of Study of Jurisprudence, a student of the Middle Temple 23 Sept., 1847, called to the bar 22 Nov., 1850, Q.C. Jan., 1872, bencher 7 May, 1874, serjeant-at-law 24 May, 1875 (only son of late John T. Lindley, Ph.D., F.R.S., professor of botany at Univ. Coll., London); born 29 Nov., 1828; married 5 Aug., 1858, Sarah Katherine, eldest dau. of late Edward John Teale, Esq., of Leeds (see Foster's Baronetage).
    East Carleton, Norwich; 19, Graven Hill Gardens, W.; Athenæum Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lindsay, William Alexander

​Lindsay, William Alexander, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1872, a member of the Northern circuit, portcullis pursuivant of arms 1882, a student of the Middle Temple 21 Dec., 1869, called to the bar 30 April, 1873 (eldest son of Hon. Colin Lindsay, of Deer Park, Devon); born 8 June, 1846; married 7 May, 1870, Lady Harriet Gordon, 2nd dau. of George, 5th earl of Aberdeen, and has issue (see Foster's Peerage, E. Crawford).
    17, Cromwell Road, S.W.; Goldsmith Buildings, Temple, E.C.; College of Arms, E.C.; Carlton Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lingen, John Taylor

​Lingen, John Taylor, M. A., Pembroke Coll., Camb., 1877, practises before the supreme court at Sydney, a student of the Middle Temple 19 Nov., 1869, called to the bar 6 June, 1872 (only son of Charles Lingen, of Hereford, surgeon, M,D., J.P.); born , ; married 21 April, 1874, Julia Lucas, eldest surviving dau. of late Edwin Tooth, of Sydney, New South Wales, and of London.
    Elizabeth Street, Sydney, New South Wales.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lingen, Sir Ralph Robert Wheeler

​Lingen, Sir Ralph Robert Wheeler, K.C.B. 31 May, 1879, M.A. (fellow), Balliol Coll., Oxon, 1846, chancellor's prize Latin essay 1843, Eldon law scholarship 1846, B.A. Trin. Coll. 1841, scholar 1837, Ireland scholarship 1838, Hertford scholarship 1839, permanent secretary to the treasury since 1870, secretary to committee of Council on Education 1849-70, a student of Lincoln's Inn 4 May, 1844 (then aged 25), called to the bar 6 May, 1847 (only son of Thomas Lingen, of Birmingham, manufacturer); born 19 Feb., 1819; married 4 Dec., 1852, Emma, 2nd dau. of Robert Hutton, Esq., of Putney Park, Surrey (see Foster's Baronetage).
    6, Westbourne Crescent, W.; Treasury, Whitehall, S.W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Lindon, Clement Hemery

​Lindon, Clement Hemery, B.C.L. Magdalen Coll., Oxon, a student of the Inner Temple 19 Nov., 1878 (then aged 25), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1883 (eldest son of Rev. Thomas Angell Lindon, vicar of Highcliffe, Christchurch, Hants); born 23 June, 1853.
    5, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Morning and Evening by the Sea

At dawn the fleet stretched miles away  On ocean-plains asleep,— Trim vessels waiting for the day  To move across the deep. So still the sails they seemed to be White lilies growing in the sea.
When evening touched the cape's low rim,  And dark fell on the waves, We only saw processions dim  Of clouds, from shadowy caves; These were the ghosts of buried ships Gone down in one brief hour's eclipse!
# Morning and I

from The Century Magazine, Sep 1917
Morning and I
By JAMES OPPENHEIM
WHEN the corn is full of glory from the wind-play,
Morning, the blue-caped singer,
Crosses his legs on the hills, and with sun-eye winking,
Sings me this song:
Why laugh as you loaf alone in the garden?
Why laugh?
It 's seven o'clock, and no one 's up,
Saving, of course, the chicks,
Saving, of course, the calves.
No one 's up;
I pick a seckel pear from the grass.
Bite it, and wink back slowly at laughing Morning,
And, looking careless.
Sing him this stave:
I laugh because of a mighty secret that 's mine;
That 's why.
Is it seven o'clock? Then let it be;
Let the chicks go pecking the corn.
And the calves go cropping the grass.
Am I alone?
Then Morning bursts out laughing; twenty birds are startled to song;
And he and I in the silence
Wink once again to each other.
Had n't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before
I was born?
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# Mornings in Florence

* The First Morning: Santa Croce
* The Second Morning: The Golden Gate
* The Third Morning: Before the Soldan
* The Fourth Morning: The Vaulted Book
* The Fifth Morning: The Strait Gate
* The Sixth Morning: The Shepherd's Tower
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# Morning Song (Field)

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The eastern sky is streaked with red,  The weary night is done, And from his distant ocean bed  Rolls up the morning sun. The dew, like tiny silver beads  Bespread o'er velvet green, Is scattered on the wakeful meads  By angel hands unseen. "Good-morrow, robin in the trees!"  The star-eyed daisy cries; "Good-morrow," sings the morning breeze  Unto the ruddy skies; "Good-morrow, every living thing!"  Kind Nature seems to say, And all her works devoutly sing  A hymn to birth of day,  So, haste, without delay, Haste, fairy friends, on silver wing,  And to your homes away!
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# Morning is due to all—

Morning is due to all — To some — the Night — To an imperial few — The Auroral light.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parkin, Thomas

​Parkin, Thomas, F.R.G.S., M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1871, from Rugby, late lieut. royal Cumberland militia, a student of the Inner Temple 21 Nov., 1870 (then aged 25), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1874 (2nd son of Rev. John Parkin, vicar of Halton, Sussex); born 3 Feb., 1845.
    Halton Vicarage, Hastings.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parkyns, Thomas Mansfield Forbes

​Parkyns, Thomas Mansfield Forbes, a member of the Midland circuit, undergrad. Brasenose Coll., Oxon, a student of the Inner Temple 16 Nov., 1874 (then aged 21), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1879 (eldest son of Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, Bart.); born 30 April, 1853 (see Foster's Baronetage).
    1, Victoria Mansions, Victoria Street, S.W.; 2, Mitre Court Buildings, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parkins, William Trevor

​Parkins, William Trevor, M.A. Merton Coll., Oxon, revising barrister since 1875, counsel for the Post Office and Mint on the North Wales and Chester circuit since 1875, a student of the Inner Temple 22 April, 1844 (then aged 21), called to the bar 31 Jan., 1851 (only son of Rev. Christopher Parkins, dec.); born 8 June, 1822; married 21 July, 1846, Margaret Arabella Jane, dau. of Rev. W. Lloyd, of Blaen-y-Glyn, co. Merioneth, rector of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey.
    Glaspyn, Gresford, Wrexham.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parnell, Hugh

​Parnell, Hugh, M.A., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1845, a student of the Inner Temple 28 Oct., 1842 (then aged 23), called to the bar 21 Nov., 1845 (eldest son of late Hugh Parnell, of London, solicitor); born , 1819.
    3, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parnell, John

​Parnell, John, M.A., St Peter's Coll., Camb., 1850, J.P. Essex, a student of the Inner Temple 12 April, 1847 (then aged 21), called to the bar 3 May, 1850 (2nd son of late Hugh Parnell, of London, solicitor); born , 1826.
    The Grange, Waltham Abbey; 3, Garden Court, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parnell, Thomas Parnell

​Parnell, Thomas Parnell, B.A. Christ Church, Oxon, assumed the name of Parnell in lieu of his patronymic, a member of the Western circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 21 Nov., 1877 (then aged 21), called to the bar 6 June, 1883 (eldest son of John Griffin, gent., of Portbury House, Somerset); born , 1856.
    Portbury House, Ken, Yatton, Somerset.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parkinson, Robert John Hinman

​Parkinson, Robert John Hinman, M.A., B.C.L., Magdalen Coll., Oxon, 1873, J.P. co. Linc., (parts of Lindsey), a student of the Inner Temple 4 Nov., 1870 (then aged 26), called to the bar 7 June, 1873 (eldest son of late Rev. John Posthumous Parkinson, D.C.L., of Ravendale, co. Linc.); born 8 Jan., 1844; married 17 Oct, 1867, Frances, eldest dau. of James Thompson, Esq., of Workington.
    Ravendale Hall, Great Grimsby; 3, Belmont, Tenby; Oxford and Cambridge Club, S.W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parnell, Henry Tudor

​Parnell, Henry Tudor, B.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1873, a student of Lincoln's Inn 23 Jan., 1872 (then aged 21), called to the bar 30 April, 1875 (5th son of John Henry Parnell, Esq., late of Avondale, co. Wicklow, dec.); born Dec., 1850; married 21 Oct., 1882, Penelope Jane, youngest dau. of late Rev. Thomas Luby, D.D., and has issue (see Foster's Peerage, B. Congleton).
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parnell, Victor Alexander Lionel Dawson

​Parnell, Hon. Victor Alexander Lionel Dawson, B.A., Christ Church, Oxon, 1877, a student of Lincoln's Inn 8 June, 1874 (then aged 21), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1877 (6th son of Henry William, 3rd Lord Congleton); born 25 Aug., 1852 (see Foster's Peerage).
    12, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Parr, Cecil Francis

​Parr, Cecil Francis, B.A. Exeter Coll., Oxon, a member of the Northern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 28 Jan., 1871 (then aged 23), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1874 (6th son of Thomas Parr, of Warrington, co. Lanc.); born 2 Aug., 1847.
    Warrington; 1, Harcourt Buildings, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Peto, Henry

​Peto, Henry, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1869, B.A. London Univ. 1861 (from Amersham Grammar School), and a member of Convocation also a member of the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 15 Jan., 1864 (then aged 23), called to the bar 18 Nov., 1867 (eldest son of Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart., M.P.); born 10 Aug., 1840; married 11 July, 1874, Mary, younger dau. of late Rev. Thomas Fuller, of London (see Foster's Baronetage).
    Heathfield House, Wimbledon Common; Fleet House, Weymouth.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Petre, Francis Loraine

​Petre, Francis Loraine, matric. London Univ. 1868 from Oscott Coll., assistant magistrate North-west Provinces India, a student of Lincoln's Inn 17 Nov., 1870 (then aged 18), called to the bar 7 June, 1873 (only son of Hon. Edmund George Petre, of Cheltenham); born 22 Feb., 1852 (see Foster's Peerage).
    32, Merrion Square South, Dublin.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Phelps, William John

​Phelps, William John, M.A., Oriel Coll., Oxon, 1838, high sheriff co. Glouc. 1860, J.P., a student of Lincoln's Inn 25 April, 1828 (then aged 14), called to the bar 30 April, 1839 (2nd son of Rev. James Phelps, rector of Aldersley, co. Glouc.); born , 1814.
    Chestal, Dursley; Oxford and Cambridge Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Philipps, Charles Edward Gregg

​Philipps, Charles Edward Gregg, lord lieutenant Haverfordwest since 1876, high sheriff co. Pembroke 1882, J.P., J.P. co. Carmarthen, capt. Pembroke yeomanry cavalry since 1878, assumed the surname of Philipps in lieu of his patronymic by royal licence 29 July, 1876, a member of the Midland circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 14 Nov., 1865, called to the bar 6 June, 1868 (eldest son of Edward Fisher, of Spring Dale, Huddersfield, merchant); born 6 Oct., 1840; married 5 June, 1868, Mary Philippa, eldest surviving dau. and co-heir of late Rev. James Henry Alexander Philipps, of Picton Castle, co. Pembroke, and niece of late Baron Milford, and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage, Philipps).
    Picton Castle, Haverfordwest; 7, Kensington Palace Gardens, W.; Carlton and Junior Carlton Clubs.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Phear, Sir John Budd

​Phear, Sir John Budd, M.A. (senior fellow 1847, and assistant tutor), Clare Coll., Camb., 1850, B.A., 6th wrangler, Pembroke Coll., Camb., 1847, chief justice of Ceylon 1877-9, puisne judge Calcutta 1864-76, knighted 11 Oct., 1877, chairman quarter sessions Devon, J.P., author of Treatise on the Rights of Water, Elementary Mechanics, Elementary Hydrostatics, The Aryan Village, and International Trade, a student of the Inner Temple 12 Nov., 1847 (then aged 22), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1854 (eldest son of Rev. John Phear, rector of Earl Stonham, Suffolk); born 9 Feb., 1825; married 16 Oct., 1865, Emily, widow of George Cardale Tabart, Esq., dau. of John Bolton, Esq., of Stockwell, Surrey.
    Marpool Hall, Exmouth, Devon; United University and National Liberal Clubs.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Philbrick, Frederick Adolphus

​Philbrick, Frederick Adolphus, Q.C., recorder of Colchester since 1870, B.A., Univ. Coll., London, 1853, and a member of Convocation, also a member of the South-eastern circuit, examiner in common law, etc., London Univ. since 1882, a student of the Middle Temple 19 April, 1858, studentship Nov., 1858, called to the bar 6 June, 1860, Q.C. 19 March, 1874, called to the bench 30 Jan., 1877 (eldest son of Frederick Blomfield Philbrick, of Colchester, attorney-at-law); born , 1835; married 1st, 27 Aug., 1863, Charlotte, dau. of James Beadel, Esq., of Broomfield Lodge, Essex; she died , 1868; he married 2ndly, 23 Aug., 1870, Minnie Caroline, dau. of late James Cockburn, Esq., 17th lancers; she died , 1879.
    Bickley, Kent; Lamb Buildings, Temple, E.C.; Reform and Grafton Clubs.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Philby, Rev. James Bridger

​Philby, Rev. James Bridger, B.A., S.C.L., Lincoln Coll., Oxon, 1872, curate of Chigwell 1879-80, of Eastney, Kent, 1880-3, and of Holy Trinity, Stepney, since 1883, a student of Lincoln's Inn 17 Nov., 1868 (then aged 20), called to the bar 27 Jan., 1873 (eldest son of Henry Adams Philby, of Chigwell, Essex, solicitor); born , 1848.
    9, Whitman Road, E.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Philip, Michel Maxwell

​Philip, Michel Maxwell, solicitor-general of Trinidad since 1871, acting attorney-general 1873-4, a student of the Middle Temple 30 Aug., 1850, called to the bar 10 Nov., 1854 (3rd son of Michel Maxwell Philip, of Naparino, Trinidad, dec.); born
    Naparino, Trinidad.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Philips, Francis

​Philips, Francis, B.A. Christ Church, Oxon, high sheriff Lanc. 1871, J.P., a student of the Inner Temple 24 Jan., 1853 (then aged 23), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1855 (eldest son of Francis Aspinall Philips, Esq., of Bank Hall, co. Lanc.); born 3 Jan., 1830; married 17 Jan., 1850, Caroline Mary, 4th dau. of Rev. Charles Kenrick Prescot, M.A., rector of Stockport (see Foster's Baronetage, 1883 edn.).
    Lee Priory, Sandwich; Junior Carlton Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Philips, Francis Charles

​Philips, Francis Charles, journalist and novelist, a member of the South Wales circuit, late capt. 3rd batt. King's light infantry (Shropshire regt.), served in 2nd Queen's royal regiment, anihor of Social Vicissitudes and Le Journal d'une Mondaine, matric. Edinburgh Univ., a student of the Middle Temple 24 Nov., 1879, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1884 (3rd son of late Washington Edwardes Philips, of Ruxley Park, Surrey); born 3 Feb., 1849; married 1st, 28 July, 1871, Maria, dau. of late Charles Jones, Esq., of Whitland, Carmarthenshire; she died 11 Feb., 1873, leaving issue; he married 2ndly, 8 Nov., 1878, Eva Maude Mary, youngest dau. of Rev. W. Trevelyan Kevill-Davies, of Croft Castle, co. Hereford, and has issue.
    29, Piccadilly, W.; 5, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C.
# Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican/Volume 2/Frontispiece

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# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/A Farewell to Abbotsford

A FAREWELL TO ABBOTSFORD.
These lines were given to Sir Walter Scott, at the gate of Abbotsford, in the summer of 1829. He was then apparently in the vigour of an existence whose energies promised long continuance; and the glance of his quick, smiling eye, and the very sound of his kindly voice, seemed to kindle the gladness of his own sunny and benignant spirit in all who had the happiness of approaching him.
A FAREWELL TO ABBOTSFORD.
Home of the gifted! fare thee well,  And a blessing on thee rest; While the heather waves its purple bell  O'er moor and mountain crest; While stream to stream around thee calls,  And braes with broom are drest, Glad be the harping in thy halls—  A blessing on thee rest!
While the high voice from thee sent forth,  Bids rock and cairn reply, Wakening the spirits of the North,  Like a chieftain's gathering cry;
While its deep master-tones hold sway,  As a king's o'er every breast, Home of the Legend and the Lay!  A blessing on thee rest.
Joy to thy hearth, and board, and bower!  Long honours to thy line! And hearts of proof, and hands of power,  And bright names worthy thine! By the merry step of childhood still  May thy free sward be prest! —While one proud pulse in the land can thrill,  A blessing on thee rest!
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/A Song of Delos

A SONG OF DELOS.
The Island of Delos was considered of such peculiar sanctity by the Ancients, that they did not allow it to be desecrated by the events of birth or death. In the following poem, a young priestess of Apollo is supposed to be conveyed from its shores during the last hours of a mortal sickness, and to bid the scenes of her youth farewell in a sudden flow of unpremeditated song.
A SONG OF DELOS.
Terre, soleil, vallons, belle et douce Nature, Je vous dois une larme aux bords de mon tombeau; L'air est si parfumé! la lumiere est si pure! Aux regards d'un Mourant le soleil est si beau! Lamartine.
A song was heard of old—a low, sweet song, On the blue seas by Delos: from that isle, The Sun-God's own domain, a gentle girl, Gentle—yet all inspired of soul, of mien, Lit with a life too perilously bright, Was borne away to die. How beautiful Seems this world to the dying!—but for her,
The child of beauty and of poesy, And of soft Grecian skies—oh! who may dream Of all that from her changeful eye flashed forth, Or glanced more quiveringly through starry tears, As on her land's rich vision, fane o'er fane Coloured with loving light—she gazed her last, Her young life's last, that hour! From her pale brow And burning cheek she threw the ringlets back, And bending forward—as the spirit swayed The reed-like form still to the shore beloved, Breathed the swan-music of her wild farewell O'er dancing waves:—"Oh! linger yet," she cried,
"Oh! linger, linger on the oar,  Oh! pause upon the deep!  That I may gaze yet once, once more, Where floats the golden day o'er fane and steep, Never so brightly smiled mine own sweet shore; —Oh! linger, linger on the parting oar!
"I see the laurels fling back showers  Of soft light still on many a shrine;  I see the path to haunts of flowers Through the dim olives lead its gleaming line; I hear a sound of flutes—a swell of song— Mine is too low to reach that joyous throng!
 "Oh! linger, linger on the oar  Beneath my native sky!  Let my life part from that bright shore With Day's last crimson—gazing let me die! Thou bark, glide slowly!—slowly should be borne The voyager that never shall return.
 "A fatal gift hath been thy dower,  Lord of the Lyre! to me;  With song and wreath from bower to bower, Sisters went bounding like young Oreads free; While I, through long, lone, voiceless hours apart, Have lain and listened to my beating heart.
"Now, wasted by the inborn fire,  I sink to early rest;  The ray that lit the incense-pyre, Leaves unto death its temple in my breast. —O sunshine, skies, rich flowers! too soon I go, While round me thus triumphantly ye glow!
 "Bright Isle! might but thine echoes keep  A tone of my farewell,  One tender accent, low and deep, Shrined 'midst thy founts and haunted rocks to dwell! Might my last breath send music to thy shore! —Oh! linger, seamen, linger on the oar!"