INSCRIPTIONS
SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND IN AND NEAR A HERMIT'S CELL, 1818
III
INSCRIPTIONS
SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND IN AND NEAR A HERMIT’S CELL, 1818
HAST thou seen, with flash incessant, Bubbles gliding under ice, Bodied forth and evanescent, No one knows by what device? Such are thoughts!–A wind-swept meadow Mimicking a troubled sea, Such is life; and death a shadow From the rock eternity!