The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

APPENDIX. 461
He has been in the world and seen
The dealings of the sons of men.
He has been in the world : awhile
He basked in Fortune's specious smile
Had many friends ; and happy Love
A chaplet for his brow had wove.
His guileless breast, with candor fraught,
Ne'er harbored a suspicious thought
Of woman's faith or man's regard ;
And all who sought his friendship, shared.
But changing Fortune's adverse gale
Foundered his bark of gallant sail,
And he awoke !—" And did I dream f
Are love andfriendship but a theme
Existing in the poet's brain ?
O ! let me sleep and dream again ! "
Such are the thoughts that now possess
His inmost bosom's deep recess,
And o'er his face that gloom have spread
Thoughts that impel that measured tread
That step so sullen, timing only
With "waters deep and slow and lonely."
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