104 THE DEPARTED. 



mouth Institution," he is of opinion that the Mew- 

 stone was formerly joined to the main land. 



Theobald. 



THE DEPARTED. 



She 's gone — she 's left me! can I grieve? Ah, no I 



She was not of this world : — a visitant, 



An angel pattern of bright purity ! 



I grieve not ; yet the knowledge of her loss 



Lies heavy at my heart. I cannot smile; 



And though a tear may trickle down my cheek 



It flows involuntarily. T is true 



Th' attempt were vain to check its downward course. 



As myriads still would gush to follow it. 



Ah she was kind indeed ! a seraph's form 



Blessed with celestial loveliness : a hearty 



That knew but love, that truly learned to mine 



In sweetest innocence and confidence. 



A love for ever fixed — that, day by day. 



Threw forth .new blossoms of serenity. 



And when on bed of pain the wearied sigh 



'Scaped, but unconscious, from her beating heart. 



Why ? wherefore did it burst ? VVas it for pains^ 



That ceaseless racked her agonized frame ? 



Or boding musings on futurity ? 



Or worldly pleasures left? or fear of death ? 



Oh no ! these gave no cause for sorrowing. 



She sighed for him she left ; she wept for me. 



And when the lamp of life grew sadly pale, 



And fluttered on the verge of endless gloom. 



Was her last prayer to her all powerful God — 



Breathed with her dying lips and bursting heart — 



To ask a benediction on herself? 



Or supplicate to stay the grasp of death ? 



Truth answers — No ! Oh, Nature 1 — why was that ? 



A universal answer will respond — 



*T was Woman's prayer ! 



G. P. II. 



