And ravish'd was that constant heart, Amid those unrelenting flames, She bore this constant heart to see; But when 'twas mould'red into dust, "Now, now," she cry'd, "I'll follow thee. "My death, my death alone can show The dismal scene was o'er and past, Tho' justice ever must prevail, The tear my Kitty sheds is due; Percy's Reliques. COLIN AND LUCY. OF F Leinster, fam'd for maidens fair, Nor e'er did Liffy's limpid stream Till luckless love and pining care Her coral lip, and damask cheek, Oh! have you seen a lily pale, By Lucy warn'd, of flattering swains Of vengeance due to broken vows, Three times, all in the dead of night, A bell was heard to ring; And at her window, shrieking thrice, The raven flap'd his wing. Too well the love-lorn maiden knew "I hear a voice you cannot hear, I see a hand you cannot see, "By a false heart, and broken vows, In early youth I die; Am I to blame, because his bride Is thrice rich as I? "Ah Colin! give not her thy vows ; Vows due to me alone: Nor thou, fond maid, receive his kiss, "To-morrow in the church to wed, Impatient, both prepare: But know, fond maid, and know, false man, That Lucy will be there. "Then bear my corpse, ye comrades, bear, The bridegroom blithe to meet; He in his wedding trim so gay, She spoke, she dy'd ;-her corse was borne, She in her winding-sheet. Then what were perjur'd Colin's thoughts? Confusion, shame, remorse, despair, The damps of death bedew'd his brow, From the vain bride (ah, bride no more!) The varying crimson fled, When, stretch'd before her rival's corse, She saw her husband dead. Then to his Lucy's new-made grave, Oft at their grave the constant hind And plighted maid are seen ; With garlands gay, and true-love knots, But, swain forsworn; whoe'er thou art, And fear to meet him there. Percy's Reliques, MARGARET'S GHOST. "TWAS at the silent solemn hour, Her face was like an April morn, And clay-cold was her lily hand, So shall the fairest face appear, Her bloom was like the springing flower, The rose was budded in her cheek, Just op'ning to the view. |