Coleridge, other poets of the "Lake School." He was appointed poet
laureate in 1813, and received a pension of 300 Pounds a year from the
government in 1835. Mr. Southey was a voluminous writer in both prose and
verse. As a poet, he can not be placed in the first rank, although some of
his minor poems are very happy in thought and expression. Among his most
noted poetical works are "Joan of Arc," "Thalaba the Destroyer," "Madoc,"
"Roderick," and the "Curse of Kehama,"

1. It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he, before his cottage door,
Was sitting in the sun;
And by him sported on the green,
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.

2. She saw her brother Peterkin
Roll something large and round,
Which he beside the rivulet,
In playing there, had found;
He came to ask what he had found,
That was so large, and smooth, and round.

3. Old Kaspar took it from the boy,
Who stood expectant by;
And then the old man shook his head,
And, with a natural sigh,
" 'T is some poor fellow's skull," said he,
"Who fell in the great victory.

4. "I find them in the garden,