...hearthstone clings, Whate'er our household gods protect of dear, Are gather'd round us by the look of rest ; Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on'the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim...

...dear, Are gather'd round us by thy look of rest ; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but something mourns ! When Nero perish'd by the justest doom Which ever...

...through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Soft hour ! whieh makes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the...vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's deeay ; Is tisis a faney whieh our reason seorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but something mourns !...

...And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Soft hour ! whieh makes the wish and melts the Of those who sail the seas, on the first day ; When...Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the fer bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's deeay ; Is this a faney whieh our...

...And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Soft Hour! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...day's decay; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but something mourns ! ISbenmg, — Montgomery. J LOVE thee, Twilight !...

...; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. STUDY AND BEAUTIES OF WORKS OP NATURE. 237 Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the far hell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason...

...prayer. Soft hour ! whieh makes the wish and melts the Of those who sail the seas, on the first day l When they from their sweet friends are torn apart...vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's deeay ; la this a faney whieh our reason seorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but something mourns ! Byron....

...tho above passage of Dante in tho following stanza : — Soft hour which wakes the wish and melts tho heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn opart ; Or fdls with love the pilgrim on his way, As the fur bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming...

...child, too, to the mother's breast. CVIII. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart 103 Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When...weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a fancy which pur reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but something mourns. CIx. When Nero perish'd by the justest...

...and the resting place of those far away— and felt the full force of those well known lines — " Soft hour which wakes the wish and melts the heart...seas, on the first day When they from their sweet home are torn apart, And fills with love the traveller on his way, As the far distant gun-fire makes...