Here are sad flowers, with wintry weeping wet,
Dews of the dark that drench the violet.
Thus over Her, whom death yet more endears,
Nature and Man together blend their tears.
by Marietta HolleyHigh on a rocky cliff did once a gray old castle stand,
From whence rough-bearded chieftains led their vassals--ruled the land.
For centuries had dwelt here sire and son, till it befell,
Last of their ...