Anonymous translation from the French
TOWN, tower,
Shore, deep,
Where lower
Cliffs steep;
Waves gray,
Where play
Winds gay,—
All sleep.
Hark! a sound,
Far and slight,...
From the French from Fraser’s Magazine
“Tu domines notre âge; ange ou démon, qu’importe!”
ANGEL or demon! thou—whether of light
The minister, or darkness—still dost sway
This age of ours; thine eagle’s soaring flight
Bears us, all breathless, after it away.
The eye that from thy presence fain would stray
Shuns thee in...
