A gallery of famous English and American poets . away in battle with the lived; and long mightst thou have seenAn old man wandering as in quest of he could not find—he knew not he was gone, the house remained awhileSilent and tenantless—then went to fifty years were passed, and all on an idle day, a day of searchMid the old lumber in the mouldering chest was noticed; and twas saidBy one as young, as thoughtless as Ginevra,Why not remove it fiom its lurking-place?Twas done as soon as said; but on the wayIt burst,
A gallery of famous English and American poets . away in battle with the lived; and long mightst thou have seenAn old man wandering as in quest of he could not find—he knew not he was gone, the house remained awhileSilent and tenantless—then went to fifty years were passed, and all on an idle day, a day of searchMid the old lumber in the mouldering chest was noticed; and twas saidBy one as young, as thoughtless as Ginevra,Why not remove it fiom its lurking-place?Twas done as soon as said; but on the wayIt burst, it fell; and lo, a skeleton,With here and there a pearl, an emerald stone,A golden clasp, clasping a shred of else had perished—save a nuptial a small seal, her mothers legacy,Engraven with a name, the name of both,Ginevra. There then had she found a grave!Within that chest had she concealed with joy, the happiest of the happy,—When a spring-lock, that lay in ambush there,Fastened her down forever I. r ft »^f IN
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