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And kepi: hoi for Sir Thomas,”■— Captain Dugald said grace,
Then set himself down in Sir Thomas's place.

Wearily, wearily, all that night,
That live-long night, did tlie hours go by;
And the Lady Jane,
In grief and pain,
She sat herself down to cry!
And Captain MacBride,
Who sat by her side,
Though I really can’t, say that, he actually cried,
At least had a tear in his eye!
As much as can well be expected, perhaps,
From "very young fellows" for "very old chaps/'
And if he had said
What, he'd got in the head,
Twoulrl have been “ Poof o^d Buffer, he’s certainly dead!”

The morning dawned—-and the next— and tlie next,
And all in the mansion were still perplexed;
No knocker fell,
His approach to tell;
Not so much as a runaway ring at the bell.

Yet the sun shone bright upon tower and tree,
And the meads smiled screen as green mav be, >
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And the dear little dickey birds caroled with glee,
And the iambs in the park skipped merry and free.—
Without all was joy and harmony!

And thus 'l.wifl be— nor lone tlie dav—
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Ere we, iike him, shall pass away!
Von sun that now our bosoms warms,
Shall shine—but shine on other forms ;