THE CITY IN THE SEA.

IV.

But, lo, a stir is in the air!

The wave-there is a movement there! As if the towers had thrust aside, In slightly sinking, the dull tide,As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy heaven. The waves have now a redder glow, The hours are breathing faint and low ; And when, amid no earthly moans, Down, down that town shall settle hence, Hell, rising from a thousand thrones,

Shall do it reverence.

TO ONE IN PARADISE.

I.

THOU wast that all to me, love,
For which my soul did pine—

A

green isle in the sea, love,

A fountain and a shrine,

All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,

And all the flowers were mine.

II.

Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry hope, that didst arise
But to be overcast!

A voice from out the future cries, "On! on!"-but o'er the past

(Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies, Mute, motionless, aghast!

III.

For, alas, alas, with me

The light of life is o'er!

"No more-no more-no more

TO ONE IN PARADISE.

(Such language holds the solemn sea To the sands upon the shore) Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree,

Or the striken eagle soar

!

IV.

And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy dark eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams;

In what ethereal dances,

By what eternal streams.

ELDORADO.

II.

But he grew old,

This knight so bold,

And o'er his heart a shadow

Fell, as he found

No spot of ground

That looked like Eldorado.

III.

And as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow ;

"Shadow," said he,

"Where can it be,

This land of Eldorado ?"

IV.

"Over the Mountains

Of the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,

Ride, boldly ride,"

The Shade replied,

"If