82 TO N. T. CARRINGTOM. 



sympathies, it is presumed the character of the design 

 proposed is more suitable. 



Of course, the material of the structure would be 

 Dartmoor granite, and composed of as few blocks as 

 might be allowed by the fixed scale of magnitude. 



It would be erected on that part of the Hoe, now 

 occupied by the Camera Obscura, and commanding at 

 once three prominent subjects of Carrington's muse, 

 viz. Dartmoor, Plymouth Sound, and Mount Edge- ^ 

 cumbe. 



TO N. T. CARRINGTON. 

 Hang not thy Harp upon the willow bough ! 



But teach thy native echoes its sweet song ! — 

 Though Wealth withholds her vigil from thy brow 



And Fame half yields thee to th' unnoted throng. — 



Doth not the Linnet her pure lay prolong 

 In the lone bosom of some pathless wood ? — 



Springs not the violet coarse weeds among. 

 The bud uncherish*d, and the flower unview'd ? — 

 Yet are they lovely where they dwell, tho* few intrude. 



Hang not thy Harp upon the willow bough 1 

 Nor midst its silent chords the cypress twine ! 



Long must the sapling to the breezes bow. 



Long will the diamond slumber in the mine : — 

 To time and chance the loftiest must resign — 



And as the fountain, bubbling 'neath the tree 

 Whose scanty waters some few weeds confine. 



Will be a river ere it reach the sea — 



So may thy fame increase, may such lot be for thee. 



So, when the bird is warbling in the shade. 

 Frame thou a benison for his soft lay ; — 



And v/hen the blossoms of the valley fade, 

 Sing their fair praises ere they pass away : — 

 And in the wilds where nature hath her sway 



A votary at her magic shrine be thou I 

 And she, such fervent worship to repay 



Will place a palm on thy un vaunting brow — 



So, hang thou not thy Harp upon the willow bough ! 



AUTHOR OF THE "LEGENDS OF THE WESTERN SHORE.' 



December, 1824. 



