Poem by George Darley

Lenimina Laborum. 25. Gayer than forest horn

"Who can see worse days than he that, yet living, doth
follow at the funeral of his own reputation?"
                            Lord Verulam.

Gayer than forest horn
As Fame's approaching trumpet sweetly blows
In young Ambition's ear; so when its breath
Pines to an echo, far from grievous Age,
(Like Revelry deserting ruined towers)
To our forsakenness as sad it seems
As to the dying wretch his burial knell
Rung ere its time; the sounds fleet with his soul.

1. Lenimina Laborum. 55. Deep in the ocean's thundering wave
2. Lenimina Laborum. 37. The Lost One
3. My Own Epitaph
4. Lenimina Laborum. 10. Fair as the flower is, it will yet decay
5. Lenimina Laborum. 62. On the Picture of a Girl

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