The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell Author:Sydney Dobell Title: The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell ...: Memoir. the Roman (a Dramatic Poem) Miscellaneous Poems. Sonnets on the War (the Crimean Struggle) England in Time of War General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1875 Original Publisher: Smith, Elder Subjects: English poetry Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / Gen... more »eral Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: TO A CATHEDRAL TOWER, ON THE EVENING OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF WATERLOO. (first Printed In The 'athenum' Of August 3, 1850.) And since thou art no older, 'tis to-day ! And I, entranced, -- with the wide sense of gods Confronting Time -- receive the equal touch Of Past and Present. Yet I am not moved To frenzy ; but, with how much calm befits The insufficient passions of a soul Expanding to celestial limits, take Ampler vitality, and fill, serene, The years that are and were. Unchanging Pile ! Our schoolboy fathers play in yonder streets, Wherethro' their mothers, new from evening prayer, Speak of the pleasant eve, and say Good Night. Say on ! to whom, oh never more shall night Seem good ; to whom for the last time hath eve Been pleasant! Look up to the sunset skies As a babe smiles into his murderer's face, Nor see the Fate that flushes all the heaven, Unconscious Mother ! Hesper thro' the trees Palpitates light; and thou, beholding peace, Keepest thy vigil and art fond to think His heart is beating for a world of bliss. ' Oh Sabbath Land !' Ah Mother, doth thine ear Discern new silence ? Dost thou dream what right The earth may have to seem so still to thee ? Oh Sabbath Land ! but on the Belgian plain The bolt has fallen ; and the sto...« less