Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
CHARING-CROSS, AND THE REGICIDES
EXECUTED THERE. |
Stones from The Quarry | ||
CHARING-CROSS, AND THE REGICIDES EXECUTED THERE.
Time, Time “forgetting and forgiving” still,Who healeth wounds of human hearts as he
Material ruin softens, till it be
Enamoured of itself, and so fulfil
Its last end, and the Beautiful instil;
Time, and kind Heaven, who in this agree,
With Holy Water cleanse, with winds sweep free,
This spot from stain of blood, from taint of ill!
Here rose, the weights transpos'd, that other scale,
Which Nemesis inclines still, turn about:
Deceived deceiver, slayer slain; all bail
To Fortune give, till Time the cause try out.
Then sweeps he clean the board; to that old wail
Turns a deaf ear, and “On!” cries, with a shout!
Stones from The Quarry | ||