This deep, stern silence of the Dead!
The whispers of the Grave, severe,
The listening Soul alone can hear!




Song: The Robin.


[Illustration: The Robin]

At misty dawn,
At rosy morn,
The Redbreast sings alone:
At twilight dim,
Still, still, his hymn
Hath a sad, and sorrowing tone.

Another day, his song is gay,
For a listening bird is near--
O ye who sorrow, come borrow, borrow,
A lesson of robin here!




Thoughts at Sea.