. Death's doings : consisting of numerous original compositions in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers : principally intended as illustrations of thirty copper-plates . lgrims the palm-branch that told of the Holy Land. L. E. L. THE SCROLL. The maidens cheek blushd ruby her heart beat quick with its own delight;Again she should dwell on those vows so as if her lover were deemed she that letter would tellHow that true lover fought and maiden read till her cheek grew pale—Yon drooping eye tells all the tale :She sees
. Death's doings : consisting of numerous original compositions in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers : principally intended as illustrations of thirty copper-plates . lgrims the palm-branch that told of the Holy Land. L. E. L. THE SCROLL. The maidens cheek blushd ruby her heart beat quick with its own delight;Again she should dwell on those vows so as if her lover were deemed she that letter would tellHow that true lover fought and maiden read till her cheek grew pale—Yon drooping eye tells all the tale :She sees her own knights last fond she reads in that scroll her hearts ! grave, how terrible art thouTo young hearts bound in one fond ! human love, how vain is thy trust;Hope! how soon art thou laid in dust. b2 52 DEATH S DOINGS. Thou fatal pilgrim, who art thon. As thou flingst the black veil from thy shadowy brow? I know thee now, dark lord of the tomb. By the pale maidens withering bloom : The light is gone from her glassy eye. And her cheek is struck by mortality ; From her parted lip there comes no breath. For that scroll was fate—its bearer—Death. L. E.
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