MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820
XV. AFTER-THOUGHT
MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820
O LIFE! without thy chequered scene Of right and wrong, of weal and woe, Success and failure, could a ground For magnanimity be found; For faith, ‘mid ruined hopes, serene? Or whence could virtue flow? Pain entered through a ghastly breach– Nor while sin lasts must effort cease; Heaven upon earth’s an empty boast; But, for the bowers of Eden lost, 10 Mercy has placed within our reach A portion of God’s peace.