arrival,' when visiting the nursery, 'was the signal of a general
rejoicing.'

In the latter portion of this piece I have ventured, it will be seen, on
an ideal treatment. The main facts, and the words of the dear child, are
historical:--for the details I appeal to any mother who has suffered
similar loss whether they could have been much otherwise.

_Not seeing_; See the _Captive Child_.

_The frost_; It is noticed that death, the _Sarsar-wind_ of Southey's
_Thalaba_, often occurs at the turn between night and day, when the
atmosphere is wont to be at the coldest.



AFTER CHALGROVE FIGHT


June 18: 1643

Flags crape-smother'd and arms reversed,
With one sad volley lay him to rest:
Lay him to rest where he may not see
This England he loved like a lover accursed
By lawlessness masking as liberty,
By the despot in Freedom's panoply drest:--
Bury him, ere he be made duplicity's tool and slave,
Where he cannot see the land that he could not save!
Bury him, bury him, bury him