Volume 7 — Saint Columba.

Columba, gentlest of all names! Bequest Of a strong Celtic mother to a child Who, unto life's meridian, kept the wild, Impassioned grandeur of his race; his guest The patriot bard; while innocence oppressed Flew, with the instinct of souls undefiled, To his great heart, who, to the guileless mild. Called heaven's swift curse upon the lifted crest Of lawless power. And still the generous mind Pores, kindling, o'er heroic legends quaint, In which grave history dips her brush to paint That nature fierce and tender; but combined With grace celestial, till the man we find Crowned with th' eternal glories of the saint.