School Exercise, 10th May 184

There lies within a long recess a bay,

An isle with gulfing sides restrains the sea,

The waves, divided ere they reach the shore,

Run through the winding bay, and cease to roar;

On this side and on that vast rocks arise,

And two twin crags ascending threat the skies,

Beneath whose shade the water silent lies;

Above, with waving branches, stands a wood,

A grove with awful shade o'erhangs the flood,

And on the further side a cave is shown,—

Within, fresh springs, and seats of living stone—

The nymphs' abode; no chains or anchors bind

The worn-out ships, secure from waves and wind.

(School Rhymes). [Nov.] 1844.

O Academic muse that hast for long

Charmed all the world with thy disciples' song,

As myrtle bushes must give place to trees,

Our humbler strains can now no longer please.

Look down for once, inspire me in these lays

In lofty verse to sing our Rector's praise.

The mighty wheel of Time to light has rolled

That golden age by ancient bards foretold.