...Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane! But, fairest, coldest wonder! Thy glorious clay Lieth the green sod under — Alas, the day! And it boots...Where thine earthly part is lying, Florence Vane! Philip Pciidlelon Cooke [1816-1850] "IF SPIRITS WALK" IF spirits walk, love, when the night climbs...

...the closes Of sweetest rhyme; Thy heart was as a river Without a main. Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane! "The lilies of the valley By young graves weep, The pansies love to dally Where maidens sleep ; May their bloom, in beauty vying, Never wane Where thine...

...Would I had loved thee never, Florence Vane. But fairest, coldest wonder ! Thy glorious clay Lieth the green sod under; Alas the day ! And it boots not...Where thine earthly part is lying, Florence Vane. A NEW ENGLAND DIPLOMAT Or JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND THE GHENT TREATY BY JOHN G. WINANT. JN March, 1813,...

...the subject, fragile but undimmed, remains with the poet. Thus, the lyric ends: May [the flowers'] bloom in beauty vying, Never wane, Where thine earthly part is lying, Florence Vane! At the end of each stanza, the name is repeated, leaving the reader with the fading sound of a long...

...Would I had loved thee nevor, Florence Vane ! But fairest, coldest wonder! •Thy glorious clay Lieth the green sod under : Alas the day ! And it boots...wane Where thine earthly part is lying, Florence Vane ! PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE MAKING PORT. ALL day long till the west was red, Over and under the white-flecked...

...1S6S, is au exeallent artiele on Mr. Cooke. The lilies of the valley By young graves weep, The pansies love to dally Where maidens sleep; May their bloom,...vying, Never wane 'Where thine earthly part is lying, Florenee Vane ! LUCY HOOPER, 1S16—1S41. " And tbou urt gone ! sweet daughter of the lyre, Wboso strains...