Then the sound of drums aroused me. The

awakened city's roar

Chased the phantoms I had summoned back into

their

graves once more.

Hours had passed away like minutes; and, before

I was aware,

Lo! the shadow of the belfry crossed the sunillumined square.

MISCELLANEOUS.

2

A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE.

THIS is the place.

Stand still, my steed,

Let me review the scene,

And summon from the shadowy Past

The forms that once have been.

The Past and Present here unite

Beneath Time's flowing tide,

Like footprints hidden by a brook,
But seen on either side.

POEMS.

Here runs the highway to the town;

There the green lane descends,
Through which I walked to church with thee,
O gentlest of my friends!

The shadow of the linden-trees

Lay moving on the grass;

Between them and the moving boughs,
A shadow, thou didst pass.

Thy dress was like the lilies,
And thy heart as pure as they :
One of God's holy messengers
Did walk with me that day.

I saw the branches of the trees

Bend down thy touch to meet, The clover-blossoms in the grass Rise up to kiss thy feet.