His own dream-life for ever share ;

"He who with England's liousehold's grace, And with the brave romance of Sijain. Tradition's lore and Nature's face, Imbued his visionary brain :

" Mused in Granada's old arcade

As gu^h'd the Moorish fount at noon.

With the last minstrel thoughtful stray'd,

To ruin'd shrines beneath the moon ;

"And breathed the tenderness and wit Thus garner'd, in expression pure, As now his thoughts with humour flit. And now to pathos wisely lure ;

" Who traced with sympathetic hand Our peerless chieftain's high career. His life that gladden'd all the land. And blest a home-- is ended here !"

(There was a fascination about Mr. Irving that drew every living creature towards him. His personal character, like his writings, was distinguished by extreme modesty, sweetness, and simplicity. ''He was never willing to set forth his own pretensions," wrote a friend, after his death; "he was willing to leave to the public the care of his literary

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reputation. He had no taste for controversy of any sort ; his manners were mild, and his conversation, in the sockty of those with whom he was intimate, was most genial and playful." ) James Russell Lowell has, given the following admirable outline of his character : -- ■

'■ But allow mo to speak wliat I liumbly feel,-- To a true poet-heart add the fun of Dick Steele Throw in all of Addison, mmiis the chill ; With the whole of that partnership's stock and good- will, Mix well, and while stirring, hum o'er as a spell, The fine old English Gentleman ; simmer it well. Sweeten .just to j'our own private liking, then strain. That only the finest and purest remain ; Let it stand out of doors till a soul it receives From the warm, lazy sun loitering down through green leaves, And you'll find a choice nature, not wholly deserving A name either English or Yankee-- just Irving."