IMPROMPTU, ON BEING UNABLE TO FIND THE GRAVE OF MARGARET M. DAVIDSON, IN THE BURYING-GROUND AT SARATOGA SPRINGS. July 2, 1841. SHADE of Poesy, arise! Tell me tell me where she lies! If the clay that wrapped the soul, Like a passing angel's lay, Thus, neglected and alone, Sleepeth here, without a stone Yonder is a gorgeous tomb, Where the white rose is in bloom; Here a marble column stands, Reared and decked by kindred hand; But among them hers is not Genius!-oh, how sad thy lot! THE MAIDEN'S REVER Y. 'Tis eve, and by this stream I stand, And think, departed one, of theeWhen first thou here didst take my hand, And breathe thy hallowed love to me :"Twas 'neath this willow's pensive browAnd it is here, but where art thou? Years have rolled by with rapid flight, The stars and moon look down as bright; The hills are here, the mountains blue, This little streamlet, soft and clear, I'll question thus no more my love, But lift my streaming eyes awhile Up to the starry skies above, And bask in thy angelic smile; For well I know, beloved one, now In yon bright heaven abidest thou. THE SPOT I LOVE BEST. Thither where he lies buried! That single spot is the whole world to me. COLERIDGE. THERE is one only spot on earth, That holds my heart beyond all otherIt is the place that gave me birth— Where lonely dwells my aged mother : And where the pensive willow weeps, My father in his last repose. ELLA, OR LOVE'S SPELL. "Weep for the love that cannot change; Like some unholy spell, It hangs upon the life that loved, STRANGE I should have loved thee ever, Faithless, fickle as thou art; Stranger still, false one, that never Can I wrench thee from my heart. Scorn, like shaft shot from its quiver Which is dipped in fatal bane, And doth send death's icy shiver Through the heart and every vein; Lone neglect, the stern decision That thy presence bids me flee; Wrong, and hate, and cold derisionThese I all have borne from thee, Till my brow in youth's fresh hour Is by clouds of grief o'ercast, |