...little children wild with glee They linked their dimpled hands. They linked their hands — but ere 1 caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled check, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its...

...with glee, They linked their dimpled hands. They linked their hands — but ere I caught Their mingled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought,...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace,...

...with a cotemporary that Moore never conceived a more exquisite fancy than the following by " Amelia." The twilight hours like birds flew by As lightly and...sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped up in the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. Too much gravity argues...

...conceptions, the more striking the figure, under such circumstances. I will give one other example : . " The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea; For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace...

...can^lit Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and quick as thought, Away the ripples Hew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace...

...and warbled wild, As here and there I flew, For I was but a careless child And did as children do. The waves came dancing o'er the sea In bright and...and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, • M Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught...

...conception, unless, perhaps, the following, from a piece of her own, entitled, (if we remember,) MUSINGS : " The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...every wave with dimpled face, That LEAPED UPON THE AIH, Had caught a star in its embrace, Jlnd held it TREMBLING there." In the same poem : " I heard...

...and warbled wild, As here and there I flew, For I was but a careless child And did as children do. The waves came dancing o'er the sea • In bright...star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. 30 MUSINGS. The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor...

...which we think there is also a correspondence of sound and idea : The waves came dancing o'er the seu In bright and glittering bands: Like little children,...a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. We quote in conclusion a single stanza from the address to " Time." We think it will compare in stately...

...hours like birds flow by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stare were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea. For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped...star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." It was early morn, and swelling sails told that the ship sailed on. A light mist floated in the morning...