...to notice the telling contrast between this and the preceding stanza : — ' The building rook 'ill caw from the windy tall elm-tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea.' Here the poor girl is recalling the cheerful sights and sounds •which she so well remembers ; and,...

...see a flower so before the day I die. v. " The building rook 'ill caw from the windy tall elm tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea, And...shall lie alone, mother, within the mouldering grave. " Upon the chancel-casement, and upon that grave o' mine, In the early, early morning the summer sun...

...and the sun come out on high: I long to see a flower so before the day I die. The building rook 'ill caw from the windy tall elm-tree, And the tufted plover...the swallow 'ill come back again with summer o'er Upon the chancel-casement, and upon that grave of mine. In the early early morning the summer sun 'ill...

...the sun come out on high: I long to see a flower so before the day I die. T. . The building rook 'ill caw from the windy tall elm-tree, And the tufted plover...shall lie alone, mother, within the mouldering grave. n, Upon the chancel-casement, and upon that grave of mine, In the early early morning the summer sun...

...submissive, and how plaintive her language. " The building rook will caw from the windy, tall elm tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea— And the swallow will come back, with the Hummer, o'er the ware ; But I shall be alone, mother, within the mouldering...

...and the sun come out on high ; I long to see a flower so before the day I die. The building rook will caw from the windy tall elm-tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea. And the swallow will come back again with summer o'er the u;ivr, But I shall lie alone, mother, within the mouldering...

...but I shall never see The blossom on the black thorn, the leaf upon the tree. The building rook will caw from the windy tall elm-tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea, Upon the chancel-casement, and upon that grave of mine, In the early, early morning the summer sun...

...the sun come out on high: I long to see a flower so before the day I die. v. The building rook 'ill caw from the windy tall elm-tree, And the tufted plover...shall lie alone, mother, within the mouldering grave. Vz. Upon the chancel-casement, and upon that grave of mine, In the early early morning the summer sun...

...long to see a flower so before the day I die. The building rook 'ill caw from the windy tall elm tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea, And...'ill come back again with summer o'er the wave, But I 'ihall lie alone, mother, within the mouldering grave. Upon the chancel-casement, and upon that grave...

...the snow would melt, and the sun come out on high, I long to see a flower so, before the day I die. The building rook '11 caw from the windy, tall elmtree...plover pipe along the fallow lea, And the swallow '11 come back again with summer o'er the wave, But I shall lie alone, mother, within the mouldering...