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THROUGH ITS LONG NIGHT OF GLOOM.

Ὼ χαρίεσσ᾽ Ἀμαρυλλὶ, μόνας σέθεν οὐδὲ θανοίσαςΛασεύμεσθα. — — —Αἲ αἲ τῶ σκληρῶ μάλα δαίμονος, ὅς με λελόγχη.Theoc. Idyl. iv. 38.
Through its long night of gloom My heart looks back to thee,The statues of the tomb Scarce watch more faithfully.But hopeless, and forlorn As the sad sculptur'd stone,My heart exists to mourn The loved-one's loss alone.
Swift as the rainbow's hues Melt in the weeping sky,The loving, the beloved, On earth's cold bosom die.In the fresh dawn of life Their spirits with us stay,But fade before its sultry noon, Its evening's chill decay.
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