...meditations. There is great power, we think, and great bitterness of soul, in the fallowing stan/as. ' To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude 4 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and see her stores unroll'd. But midst the crowd,...

...grace, they frequently possess. Let us take, for example, the two following stanzas on solitude. ' To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foamiug falls to lean ;..,.. This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold „. Converse with nature's charms,...

...flashing pang! of which the weary breast Would stilli albeit in vain, the heavy heart divest. XXV. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flsck that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude...

...flashing pang ! of which the wear}' breast Would still, albeit in vain, the heavy heart divest. XXV. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain ail unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean;...

...more suited to his spirit, than the repose of calmer prospects; !•• ', ' To sit on rocks, to mute o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's...mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the tracklese mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and...

...! once more who would not be a boy ? Thus bending o'er the vessel's laving side, To gaze on Diau's wave-reflected sphere ; The soul forgets her schemes...needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to'lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and see her stores...

...executed, but we pass it over to give the truly beautiful portrait of " Solitude," which follows: " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock, thai never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean: This is not solitude; 'tis but...

...can the beautiful stanza of Lord Byron with so much justice be applied. " To sit alone, to muse on flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady...mountain all unseen, With the wild flock, that never need a fold; Alone, o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; tis but to hold...

...• " To sit alone, to muse on flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where.things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot...mountain all unseen, With the wild flock, that never need a fold; Alone, o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; tis but to hold...

...who would not be a boy? XXIII. XXIV. Thus bending o'er the vessel's laving side, To gaze on Dian's wave-reflected sphere ; The soul forgets her schemes...to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Copverse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. XXV. But midst the crowd, the hum, the...