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common, and generally in great flocks ; frequents 

 ploughed fields 



Sp. 118. Lar. ridibundus, found in winter, and gene- 

 rally in stormy weather. 



Sp. 119. Lar. rissa ; common, especially in winter ; a 

 sportsman told me that he had killed fifteen in 

 a day. Frequently named " Kittiwake." 

 The Arctic skua and little Gulls are very rare. 



PHILOPHYSICUS. 



FAREWELL TO EVA. 



To the rich vales where the Rhine 

 Sweeps in strong and silent flow, 



Margined with the festooned vine 

 Imaged with the red grapes' glow : 



To thy loved land where the sun 



Looks abroad, in triple power, 

 Over glen and mountain-throne 



Flushed with leafage, fruit and flower : 



To thine ancient Father-land 



Eva ! thou hast bent thy way ; 

 Leaving on this cloudy strand 



One alas ! to weep thy sway. 



1 would fain be with thee now 



Even as bondsman : thy dear tone 



The radiance of thy lovely brow 

 Thy soft looks my rewards alone. 



Ah ! it may not cannot be, 

 Thy charms unconsciously were cast 



On one who would have worshipped thee. 

 And now ! Life's dearest dream is past. 



Yet hear my solitary prayer 



That ever near thee Joy's glad eye 



May smile away the gloom of care 

 And banish from thy breast a sigh. 



On thy sea-path may safety reign ; 



May Tempest quell his surging might 

 Till o'er the lightly heaving main 



Thy cherished blue hills rise in sight. 



And may that one for whom thy love 

 Hath lived unchanged though far apart 



In equal truth and fondness prove 

 Meet sharer of so pure a heart. LEON. 



Devonshire Place. 



