The eye to bless, and the hand to save, Were not the gifts that the altar gave! She never knew the sweet control That wins, that guards the cherish'd soul; But met the keen repulsive glance From furious eye-balls turn'd askance!-- A _licensed outcast_, bade to roam, No husband's bed--no friend--no home-- The treacherous _Spy_ in ambush placed, Our British name defiled, disgraced! {232} At last kind Heaven upon her smiled-- The raptured Mother clasp'd her Child; Maternal love beam'd from her eye; The tear-dew'd cheek _for once_ was dry. But devilish hate could ne'er endure A joy so sweet, a bliss so pure; And the cherub-smile that cheer'd her life, Was rudely torn from the widow'd wife! But who shall tell--or who shall believe, That malice could deeper wrongs conceive? O, learn the deed from the daughter's bier-- In Judgment bid her _Tomb_ appear; On the dark vault let the day-beam shine; Behold the broken lincage-line! The Record rests on the sculptured stone-- _Robb'd of the Mother's name_ alone. The surpliced Priest made no appeal-- His Earthly Masters check'd his zeal-- From those who bent their heads to Heaven, To pray that mortals be forgiven; No kind behest for her was sent, No Priestly hand to her was lent; But when, at length, she lifeless fell, Rose the _hollow_ sound of _their_ passing bell! Well fed, well paid, to blast her name, Swarms of Italian Monsters came; And English Monsters, fouler still, Obey'd their Masters' deadly will! The fiends have chased her day by day, Her _Sabbath_ death-bed was their prey!-- These are not men!--they never press'd The life-streams from a human breast; Nor are they woman-born--but thrown From some vile source to man unknown! She struggled long--she nobly rose Triumphant o'er her rancorous foes; Bravely she stood the lengthen'd strife For honest fame--more dear than life-- But ah! the nerve, too finely strung, Was wrench'd, was torn, was rudely wrung-- She won the prize--_that_ strength was given, Then burst from earth to kinder Heaven! ADVERTISEMENTS {233} [Illustration: 241] ROYAL CUCKOO CLOCK.