The moon their mistress had expired before; D CHURCHILL'S GRAVE, A FACT LITERALLY RENDERED. I STOOD beside the grave of him who blazed The comet of a season, and I saw The humblest of all sepulchres, and gazed With not the less of sorrow and of awe On that neglected turf and quiet stone, With name no clearer than the names unknown, 66 Why frequent travellers turn to pilgrims so "He died before my day of Sextonship, I know not what of honour and of light Of which we are but dreamers;-as he caught "Was a most famous writer in his day, "And therefore travellers step from out their way Some certain coins of silver, which as 'twere So much but inconveniently;-Ye smile, I see ye, ye profane ones! all the while, eye, THE DREAM. I. OUR life is twofold; Sleep hath its own world, And dreams in their developement have breath, They pass like spirits of the past,-they speak 10 |