ADALINA'S REVERY.

[FROM THE ITALIAN.]

"TIs eve-and by this stream I stand
And think, departed one, of thee,
When first thou here didst take my hand,
And breathe thy holy vows to me ;
When first the flood-gates of thy heart

Were lifted, and thy love in gushes
Came down, as vernal fountains dart

Upon my soul suffused with blushes ;"Twas underneath this willow's boughAnd it is here!-but where art thou?

Twelve years ago this July night,

When all the guardian saints above Were gazing through the gates of light

To see our souls dissolve in love—