THE MAGIC GLASS.
BY MRS. HEMANS.
How lived—how loved—how died they?
Byron.
I.
"The Dead! the glorious Dead!—And shall they rise?
Shall they look on thee with their proud, bright eyes?—
Thou ask'st a fearful spell!
Yet say, from shrine or dim sepulchral hall,
What kingly vision shall obey my call?—
The deep grave knows it well!
II.
"Wouldst thou behold earth's Conquerors?—Shall they pass
Before thee, flushing all the Magic Glass
With Triumph's long array?—
Speak! and those dwellers of the marble urn,
Robed for the feast of victory, shall return,
As on their proudest day.
