Former splendours bring thee never,
Tyre is fallen, fallen forever!"


_Kirton Lindsey_.
ANNIE R.

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LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART.[2]

(_For the Mirror_.)


Let science weep and droop her head,
Her favourite champion, Davy's dead!
The brightest star among the bright,
Alas! has ceased to shed its _light_.
Yet say not darkness reigns alone,
While "Safety Lamps" are burning on,
And shedding _life_ that never dies.
Around the tomb where Davy lies


J.F.C.


[2] See vol. xiii. MIRROR.