TO THE MOON.

WHAT is it that gives thee, mild queen of the night,
That secret intelligent grace?

O why should I gaze with such tender delight
On thy fair but insensible face?

What gentle enchantment possesses thy beam,
Beyond the warm sunshine of day?
Thy bosom is cold as the glittering stream,
Where dances thy tremulous ray.

Canst thou the sad heart of its sorrow beguile,
Or grief's fond indulgence suspend?

Yet where is the mourner but welcomes thy smile,
And loves thee almost as a friend?

The tear that looks bright on thy beam as it flows,
Unmov'd thou dost ever behold;

The sorrow that loves in thy light to repose,
To thee it has never been told;

And yet thou dost sooth me, and ever I find,
While watching thy gentle retreat,

A moonlight composure steal over the mind,
Poetical, pensive, and sweet.

I think of the years that for ever are fled,
Of follies by others forgot;

Of joys that have vanish'd, of hopes that are dead,
Of friendships that were, and are not.

I think of the future-still gazing the while
As thou could'st those secrets reveal;

But ne'er dost thou grant an encouraging smile,

To answer the mournful appeal.

Those beams that so bright through my casement appear,

To far distant scenes they extend;

Illumine the dwellings of those that are dear,

And sleep on the grave of my friend.

Then still I must love thee, mild queen of the night,

Since feeling and fancy agree

To make thee a source of unfailing delight,

A friend and a solace to me.

J.

SONETTO DE P. SALANDRI.

Più che leggiadra sei, più vezzosa,
Serba intatta la fede al tuo diletto;
Vivi di tua beltà, vivi gelosa

Del bel candore, che non ha difetto.
Ogni alito di molle insidiosa

Aura che spira da caduco obretto,
Può la dolce scemar vampa amorosa,
Che per gli occhi bevesti, e nutri in petto.
Sgorga dal cavo sen di balza Alpina
Limpido il fonte, nel cui vivo umore
Il Sol per vaghezza i raggi affina,
Ma se del picciol solco, or erba, or fiore,
Folleggiando a lambir, per via declina,
A poco a poco impoverisce e muore.

IMITATED BY MR MONTGOMERY.

The more divinely beautiful thou, art,
Lady! of love's inconstancy beware,

Watch o'er thy charms, and with an angel's care Preserve thy maiden purity of heart.

At every whisper of temptation start,

The lightest breathings of unhallow'd air
Love's tender, trembling lustre will impair,
Till all the light of innocence depart.
Fresh from the bosom of an Alpine hill,

When the coy fountain sparkles into day,
And sunbeams bathe and brighten in its rill,
If here an herb and there a flower, in play,
Bending to sip, its little channel fill,

It ebbs, and languishes, and dies away,

SONETTO DI PETRARCA.

Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi
Vo misurando a passi tardi e lentì;
E gli occhi porto per fuggire intenti
Dove vestigio uman l'arena stampi:

Altro schermo non trovo, che mi scampi
Del manifesto accorger de le genti,
Perchè negli atti d'allegrezza spenti
Di fuor si legge, com' io dentro avvampi.
Si ch' io credo omai, che monti e piagge,
E fiume, e selve, sappian di che tempre
Sia la mia vita, ch'è celata altrui,
Ma pur sì aspre vie, ne si selvagge
Cercar non so, ch' amor non venga sempre
Ragionando con meco, ed io con lui.

IMITATED BY MR MONTGOMERY.

Lonely and thoughtful, o'er deserted plains
I pass with melancholy steps and slow,
Mine eyes intently shunning as I go
The track of man; from him to hide my pains
No refuge save the wilderness remains :

The curious multitude would quickly know,
Amidst affected smiles, the cherished woe
That wrings my spirit and consumes my veins.
O that the rocks and streams of solitude,
The vales and woods alone, my griefs might see!
But paths, however secret, wild, and rude,
I find not from tormenting passion free;
Where'er I wander, still by Love pursued,

With him I hold communion; he with me.

WOMAN.

These two stanzas were originally designed for the Scotch air, for which Burns has composed a song,

thus:

"She's fair and fause," in Thomson's collection. It ends

"O woman, lovely woman fair,

An angel-form's fa'n to thy share,

"Twou'd ha' been our mickle to ha' gie'n thee mair,

I mean an angel mind.”

WOMAN, dear woman, in whose name

Wife, sister, mother, meet;

Thine is the heart by earliest claim,

And thine its latest beat:

In thee the angel-virtues shine,
An angel-form to thee is given;
Then be an angel's office thine,
And lead the soul to heaven.

From thee we draw our infant strength,
Thou art our childhood's friend;
And when the man unfolds at length,
On thee his hopes depend :

For round the heart thy power has spun
A thousand dear mysterious ties:
Then take the heart thy charms have won,
And nurse it for the skies.

C.

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