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And then the darkness-clad withdrew
The long rich robe of tyrian hue

Which, folded round her beauteous waist,
And underdrawn, her hips embraced;
Leaving her naked, where she lay,

To be of worms and wolves the prey.
Thus sternly Highest Love decided,
That not by death divided,

But side by side, like groom and bride,
Should lie, at last, His sternly tried;
And, lo, the pair are not alone,

Though priest, and nun, and guard are gone!

Above them bends

A form that godlike man's transcends,

When godlike most; a face of pride,
More mournful than a fallen king's
Whose world-wide realms are miseries,
Whose empire, splendors fled!

And in his mien

Such majesty is seen,

That in heav'n's courts he might have borne

A demigod's regalities,

And on immortal shoulders worn

Archangel's wings.

"These are but seeds of future weeds

Sown to replace our hated race,"

In thought, he sighs,

Contemplating the dead;

And to the skies

Raising his heav'n-reft eyes,

Adds, with serenely saddest brow,

"Will not the seed He soweth grow?"

LAST LINES.

The Poet's last utterances, dictated on his death-bed to his daughter.

Thy notes, sweet Robin, soft as dew,
Heard soon or late, are dear to me;
To music I could bid adieu,

But not to thee !

When from my heart Earth's lifeful throng
Shall pass away, no more to be,
Oh! Autumn's primrose, Robin's song,
Return to me!

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