...door " Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past,* 3 That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets, of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...

...the door " Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past,a That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets, of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whisfers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...

...That sunk so low that sacred head of thine. Return, Alpheus ; the dread voice is past, That shrunk5 thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use6 Of shades, and wanton winds,...

...devours apace, and nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to smite once, & smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use. Of shades, & wanton winds,...

...distinguish between the flowers of Spring and the flowers of Summer. The " Sicilian Muse " is to " call the vales, and bid them hither cast their bells, and flow'rets of a thousand hues." There were not only to be cast the " quaint enamell'd eyes" of " vernal flowers," but " every flower...

...fictions of Paganism and Theocritus to come back : — " Return, Alpheus ; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...

...which contains that exquisite description of the flowers : " Return, Alpheus ; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flo w'rcts of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades and wanton winds...

...Lochinvar." " Return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowreis of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild...winds, and gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, — Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes, That oo the green turf su^k...

...ut the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian- Muse,...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...

...and running waters, and consequently with those beautiful scenes which nature often presents — " In valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades,...winds, and gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks," will ever render the aspen an agreeable object with those whose regard for...