New-York tribune., 1879-12-07


. longer length" and the mortal race is nearl
'un." In the shadow of the chimney corner Tia
yarrulous old husband aud wife sat and cooed To
,ether on the thick-conng memories Of the past
hey talked and laughed. they wcpt and prayed,
Until with weary, wistful look.
They saw the embers fade
And darkly through the Wintry air
Came nightfall and the shade.
The poem closes with perhaps too bold. but
'ingalarly effective conception. In which tn
welded hearts that had clung closely together Il
life are again united in the sweet repose Of death
"Tbou and L."
The voice no longer said
But two white stones. instead,
Above the twain, loug dead,
Still utter, each TO each,
The same familiar speech.
"1hOu and II"
Not spoken 10 the passeT-by,
But just rs A. beneath the grass,
Dcep underfOot OF all who pass.
The sleeping dust should wake TO say,
Each 10 its fellow-clay,
Each in the same old way.
Thou and ~
And each 10 either should reply
tTOinb murmuring INTO tomb.
Stone answering unto stone.
Yet not with sound of human moan,
Nor breath Of mortal sigh,
But voiceless as the deads dumb cry,)-
Thou and ~
And whosoever draweth NIGH
With reverent feet and holy fear
And tarTeth for space.
The letters on the stone To trace,
Or drop tender tear.
Shall III we have an ear 10 hear,
Aud know the language of The place.
Hear other whisperings tO and fro,
Half-mrfied in the dust below;
Not SAID IN words. nor sounded clear,
But, though all mystic 10 the ear
Yet 10 the heart all plain -
A grf u a nd
More sweet than anv language spoken -
At first, the old refrain,
Thou and "
Then. by and by,
This family added strain -
ave twain
As here we rest within the gloom.
Are sundcred not. but still Iemaln
Twain one,
As wien we walked bcenath the sun
Love. lying IN the gIove-its bed
j. not uuwed.
But new ly-nuptialed- groom and bride
Forever side by side
As ii the faithful dead
Had never dieI!
"The spirit and the body part.
Yet love abldetll, heart TO heart.
90 silent comrade OF my rest.
With hands here crossed upou thy breast.
know thee who thou art
q marble brow
Here pilOwcd next 10 nine,
know the soul divine
That tenantcd thy shrinel
"For. though above US, green and high.
The yew-trees grow.
And churchY ard ravens fly,
And mourncrs come and 10,
Yet thou aud |,
WHO dust to dust lie here below.
Still one another know,
"Yca, thee know-it still IS thou;
And me thou knoW'st-t still is |;
True lovers once, true lovers non!-
The same old vow,
The same old thrill,
The same old love between MS still
THE gloomy grave hath frosts that kill,
But love is chilled not with their chill.
"Loye's fame
Consuming. unconsumed-
In breasts that breathe-in hearts ertOmbed-
Is fed by life and death the samel
Loves spark
l. brightest when loves house is dark
Loves shroud-
That wraps its bosom round
Must crumbc in the charnel ground.
Till all the long white winding sheet
Shall drop L. dust from head to feet;
But loves strong cord,
tn eternal tie,
Tn immortal bond that binds
Loves twain immortal minds -
This silken knot
Shall never rot
Nor moulder i'm the mouliy mound
Nor mldew-nOr decay
Nor fall apart-nOr drop away
Nor ever be unbound!
Loves dust.
Whatever grsve il fill,
Though buried deep, Is deathless still!
Love hath no death, and cannot die
This love Is ours, as here We lie,-
Thou and ~
Many of the smaller poems. as will be seen by
he specimens already published in our colums, ar
# a striking character, original in thought an,
powerful IN expression, revealing the true essenc
# poetry IN beautiful aud impressive forms. Il
ONE instances perhaps the author draws too freel
N his classical lore the frequent allusions to whcl
the movement of the verse, and give il
n artificial air. instead of the spontaneous vivacit,