31 MAY 1879, Page 14

POETRY.

PHILOCTETES' FAREWELL TO LEMNOS. [" Xsip' piAceepom HOME that hast watched with me, farewell!

And Nymphs that haunt the springs, or dwell In seaward meadows, and the roar Of waves that break upon the shore, Where often through the cavern's month The drifting of the rainy south Has coldly drenched me as I lay ; And Hermes' hill, whence, night and day, When anguish seized me, to my cry Hoarse-sounding Echo made reply ; 0 Fountains of the land, and thou, Pool of the Wolf ! I leave you now; Beyond all hope, I leave thy strand, 0 sea-encircled Lemnian land !

Grant me with favouring winds to go Whither the mighty Fates command, And this dear company of friends, And mastering Powers, that shape our ends To issues fairer than we know.

ALFRED CHURCH.