contains a richly poetical thought, melodiously embodied. We only
refrain, however, from declaring, flatly, that the line is not the
property of Mr. Mathews, because we have not at hand the volume from
which we believe it to be stolen.
We quote the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth stanzas in full. They
will serve to convey some faint idea of the general poem. The Italics
are our own.