Towards the end of Cervantes' life he belonged to the third order of Trinitarian monks, and was buried in their church with his face uncovered. These brothers having quitted their convent in 1633, the site of the interment could not be discovered when a search was afterwards made. The house he occupied in Madrid being pulled down about twenty years since, his bust has been placed in a niche in front of the new building. ------ {29} SILENT GRIEF. You bid me raise my voice, And pray For tears; but yet this choice Resteth not with me. Too much grief Taketh the tears and words that give relief Away: Though I weep not, silent and apart, Weeps and prays my heart You like not this dead, calm, Cold face. So still, unmoved, I am. You think that dark despair begins To brood upon me for my many sins' Disgrace: Not so; within, silent and apart, Hopes and trusts my heart. Down underneath the waves Concealed Lie in unfathomed graves A thousand wrecks, storm never yet-- That did the upper surface madly fret-- Revealed. Wreck'd loves lie deep; tears, with all their art, Ne'er could show my heart. Complaint I utter not. I know That He who cast my lot, In silence also bore His cross. Nor counted lack of words or tears a loss In woe. Alone with Him, silent and apart, Weeps and prays my heart. -------- {30} Original. THE GODFREY FAMILY; OR, QUESTIONS OF THE DAY. CHAPTER I. MR. GODFREY AND HIS FAMILY.