POETRY.
CANON G-IRDLESTON E.
[BORN SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1805; DIED DECEMBER 4TH, 1831.] 'LIE years have passed, and passed in other scenes,
Since that so kindly smile greeted me oft, And since that gentle hand fell warm and soft On my rough pony's head. But memory gleans, Searching through all her manifold demesnes, No grains more golden. Poor men's hearts have sent Blessings and tears ; and princely beads are bent Before that radiant face the dust now screens.
For princes knew his worth,—more princely they So knowing,—but the real knowledge grew In thy sweet hamlet, Olveston ! where his smile Gladdened alike the studious and the gay,
And gave rough toil a joy it rarely knew—
The sympathy and care that sweeten toil.
Richmond, Surrey, December 81h,1884. J. W. DALBY.
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