100 PEOSB HALIETJTICS. 



rains set in — continues unimpaired till the aftemoon^when 

 the wind chops rotmd and brings up again detachments 



And the sparks they danced 



As the lightning glanced, 

 And he rings the deep-toned beU ; 



And the tocsin rolls 



As the deep beU tolls. 

 Wide over the flood and fell.. 



Though the lark sing high 



In that ocean sky, 

 On the verge of the darkling olond, 



There's the mischief dire 



Of no earth-bom fire, 

 Conceal'd in that purple shroud : 



And the storm they know 



Wm not be slow. 

 When they hear that warning loud. 



The swineherd hastes from the woodland height, 



And hurries his herd before him : 

 The fisherman pulls with main and might, 

 Ere the first loud peal burst o'er him : 

 The peasant is fled 

 To the hUl-side shed. 

 Ere the blinding flash he see ; 

 Not a sound is heard, 

 Nor of beast nor bird. 

 Far over that wide country. 



Hark ! Duino's beU 

 Eings the warning knell ! 

 In, in, with the wandering kine ! 

 For the flinty shower 

 Shall its vengeance pour, 

 And the grape be torn from the vine : 

 Oh ! there's many a knee. 

 In fair Italy, 

 Before the Madonna's shrine. 

 And heads aU bare, in the convent prayer. 

 When that bell swings loud, and that spear is there ! 

 (M-om • Becollections of Italy,' ly the late Prof. Badham). 



