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mandy the British traitor Tostig) laid hold 
of the thatch of a cottage, and presented a 
piece of it to William as “ seizin,” or an ac¬ 
knowledgment that the kingdom accepted of 
his rule, and submitted to him. 
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SENTIMENT. 
They who may tell love’s wistful tale, 
Of half its cares enlighten’d, 
Their hark is tacking to the gale,— 
The sever’d cloud is brighten’d. 
Love, like the silent stream, is found 
Beneath the willows lurking, 
The deeper that it hath no sound 
To tell its ceaseless working. 
Submit, my heart; thy lot is cast, 
I feel its inward token; 
I feel this misery will not last, 
Yet, last till thou art broken. 
Joanna Baieeie. 
