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HARP OF SORROW.

I gave my Harp to Sorrow's hand,
  And she has ruled the chords so long,
They will not speak at my command;
  They warble only to her song.

Of dear, departed hours,
  Too fondly loved to last,
The dew, the breath, the bloom of flowers,
  Snapt in their freshness by the blast:—

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