LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.--1840.



HOLYROOD PALACE.

_("O palais, sois benie.")_

[II., June, 1839.]


Palace and ruin, bless thee evermore!
Grateful we bow thy gloomy tow'rs before;
For the old King of France[1] hath found in thee
That melancholy hospitality
Which in their royal fortune's evil day,
Stuarts and Bourbons to each other pay.

_Fraser's Magazine._

[Footnote 1: King Charles X.]



THE HUMBLE HOME.

_("L'eglise est vaste et haute.")_