Maimoune.

HOAV sigh for some belov'd and loving one , To whom he might in solitude reveal Bliss which the hearts around him could not feel I So ho grew pensiveand at times would '

, wander Through lonely dell , and unfrequented AVOOCI ; And on his fate in deep abstraction ponder , And in his more imaginative mood

Would picture to himself a dream of wonder , A lot ho Avould have chosen if he could ; Ancl shadoAv out a creature Avho AVOUIC ! be The gentle sharer of his sympathy .

Ancl then he search'd the tomes of old romance , ( I don't IOIOAV IIOAV he got romances ) there He cull'd from many a heroine ' s countenance

lho traits lie thought most exquisitely fair . ; From one he stole her eyes' o ' erwhelmiiig glance , ;> : And from another clipp'd her auburn hair : From this her lipsfrom that her blushes

, stole , And from five hundred form'd one lovely Avhole . And then for taste and feeling , sense and Avit , With which this dainty creature must

abound ; Again he search'd all Tales that e ' er were writ , Ancl chose the bri ghtest models that he

found ; Which blending Avith his dreamings , in a fit Of joy he SAvore that all the world around No living beauty could be found so bri ght

As that Avhich swam in his Quixotic sight . 'Twas ever with him , this hnagin'd form , And as the Avayivard fancy stronger grew ; The bright creation shone in hues so warm , So palpably apparent to his view ,

That ho greAV quite enraptur'd , and a storm Of such Avild passion on his bosom bleAv , That in his fits he cleem'd the vision real ,

And fell in love AA'ith this bright shape ideal . It Avas a silly fancy—never mind ; It made him happy , if it made him mad : The Avorst on't was he could'iit feel

resign'd To execute tho orders of his Dad . But Avhen he A \ r as , in consequence confin'd , Wrapt in this vision he Avas seldom sad , The King imagin'd that the boy Avas

frantic , Though the fact Avas he only was romantic . The good old Monarch lov'd his headstrong

son ( Though 'twas a cruel measure , I must say , A thing Avhich no Avise Father Avould have done , To lock him up in that outrageous way ) , I

And , fearing sorely that his ' wits were gone , He bled and closed him every other day . 'Tivas all in vain , —no physic could remove His Avild , ideal , solitary love . Affairs bore UOAV a most forlorn appearance , Both Monarchs Avere confoundedly

afraid , That , spite of their ptarental interference , The marriage Avould be grievously clelay'd . Though both had hopes , they said , " that in a year hence

They might perhaps contrive to ho obey'd . " So in this state we'll leave them for the present , And turn to prospects rather less unpleasant .

I don't knoiv IIOAV for many a Aveary line I ' ve pros'd of courtship ,. wedlock , love , ancl fighting , Till I ' ve arriv ' cl at Stanza forty-nine , And gi'OAvn half-Aveary of the stuff I ' m writing ; Ancl yet ( confound this stupid head of mine )