"And thou art dead, as young and fair" On Thyrza (Wolfe) 228 (Mrs. Hemans) 230 (Lamb) 232 (Scott) 235 ( do. ) 236 (do. ) 237 ( do.) 239 (Dibdin) 240 ( do. ) 241 (do. ) 244 (Shelley) 245 ( do. ) 268 ( do. ) 269 (do. ) 270 (Kirke White) 272 do. ) 274 (Byron) 276 ( do. ) 280 "Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb ( do.) 287 "This world is all a fleeting show" On the Death of James Hogg do. ( do.) 289 (do. ) 290 (Wordsworth) 291 ( do. ) 293 ( do. ) 295 do. ) 299 On the expected Death of Mr. Fox "Oh Death, thou art indeed an awful thing" (H. Coleridge) 301 "We watched her breathing through the night" ( do. ) 308 "The bright-haired morn is glowing" Epilogue. . (Keble) 309 (Fouqué) 312 When the last shower is stealing down, And ere they sink to rest The sunbeams weave a parting crown For some sweet woodland nest. The promise of the morrow Is glorious on that eve, When good men cease to live, Still tending with intenser ray Say not it dies, that glory, 'Tis caught unquenched on high, No smile is like the smile of death, Rise wafted with the parting breath, The sweetest thought—the last. (Keble). EPILOGUE. HEN death is coming near, When thy heart shrinks in fear Then raise thy hands and pray Seest thou the eastern dawn? O lift thy drooping head, Thou who in gloom and dread Hast lain so long. Death comes to set thee free; O meet him cheerily As thy true friend, And all thy fears shall cease, And in eternal peace Thy penance end. (Translated from De la Motte Fouqué.) INDEX. PAGE Adieu, farewell earth's bliss (Nash) 106 Ah! who is nigh? come to me, friend or foe (Shakespeare) 117 25 As, when some great and gracious monarch dies (Dryden) 172 At a melancholy season A voyage at sea and all its strife Away with death, - away (Cotton) 153 (Dibdin) 241 (Kirke White) 274 Be absolute for death; either death or life (Shakespeare) 122 By vain affections unenthralled Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren 20 (Wordsworth) 298 (Webster) 105 Drawn was thy race aright from princely line (Spenser) 100 Each day me cometh tidings three 16 Fear no more the heat o' the sun. (Shakespeare) 1III For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground ( Glories, pleasures, pomps, delights, and ease (Ford) 108 abound Hear ye of one thing (Spenser) 98 PAGE Heaven and yourself (Shakespeare) 116 Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate (Pope) 191 I saw where in the shroud did lurk (Herrick) 147 (Collins) 211 (Moore) 290 (Lord Vaux) 84 (Herrick) 144 (Lamb) 232 (Skelton) 71 131 50 (Mrs. Barbauld) 222 (F. Beaumont) 136 Lo! dead, he lives, that whilome lived here Loud is the vale, the voice is up Man may long life ween. Marble, weep, for thou dost cover. Mark that swift arrow, how it cuts the air 80 (Wordsworth) 299 17 (Ben Jonson) 125 My prime of youth is but a frost of cares Oft in the stilly night (Cowley) 180 (Burns) 219 (Southey) 225 Oh death! thou art indeed an awful thing (H. Coleridge) 301 Oh, I do fear thee, Claudio, and I quake (Shakespeare) 120 |