Note return — ARNOLD'S LECTURES ON HISTORY.

Seized by the god—behold the dark And dreaming Prophetess5 arise! She gazes from the lofty bark, Where Home's dim vapour wraps the skies— "A vapour, all of human birth! As mists ascending, seen and gone, So fade earth's great ones from the earth, And leave the changeless gods alone! Behind the steed that skirs away, Or on the galley's deck—sits Care! To-morrow comes—and Life is where? At least—we'll live to-day!"