...change that comes over all lovely things, can not restrain himself; Landor writes with composure : " I see the rainbow in the sky, The .dew upon the grass,...I see them, and I ask not why They glimmer or they pass."2 1Poenw, II, p. 89. 211, p. 130. His friends depart, Death stands before him whispering low,...

...stylistic or artistic individuality is further suggested by their own confessions. When Landor says : I see the rainbow in the sky, The dew upon the grass....them and I ask not why They glimmer or they pass, (viii. 71) not impertinently we may waive the circumstance that places this quatrain in his Miscellaneous...

...should never see more. ANONYMOUS RESIGNATION WHY, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipp'd away? Some the stern Fates will never lend, And all refuse to stay. 1 see the rainbow in the sky, The dew upon the grass; I see them, and I ask not why They glimmer or...

...prompters! what a chorus! WHY, WHY, REPINE (1846) Why, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipped away? Some the stern Fates will never lend, And all refuse to stay. I see the rainbow in the sky, J The dew upon the grass, — I see them, and I ask not why They glimmer or they pass. With folded...

...at tlie grave. 1835. 1846. WHY, WHY REPINE WHY, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipped supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind,...desire. Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline ; The Witli folded arms I linger not To call them back ; 'twere vain ; In this, or in some other spot, I...