Found Drowned

BShe searche? , carches everywhcio. As om; would treasure ftnd- And long-bevvildorod mlnd. All uu and down the eWntog 6aás Withcagor stop she goos; And spcaks with healtatj volee, Not knowing friends from foos. "Oh, havo you scen my pretty boy, My littie baby brollieri She lef t him to me when Bhe died, And bade me be bia mother- "Oor mother. She frowns out oí heawi On me, as once she smiled; 9o I go searcuing uight and daj Um.il I flnd hor c-hild. "Ti& a few weelcs ago"- (alas, She has lost eount of years !) "I laid him on the soft warm sanil Asleep, and had no fears. "I only went a little way, And eat behlnd that stoae, Writing to Wffliam Bevorlcy, That is to India gonc. "He wlll come back and marry me, Hesays, in two yoars more ; I shall be then but just eighteen, And he scarce twenty-four. "But can he marry mei sm6(bks Somebody told the Quoeu, "And she said-wliat, I do not know ; Itfcinklsleptordied, And woke up in a worlu of dreams Most horrible and wide. "I did not lïill the boy," Bhe moans; "I only left him here- . Forgot him- and the tide fiowcd ra And ebbed out- no one ncar. "Not guilty 1 oh,my lord, my lord, Notguiltyl" sobbingwild; "I only let him float away And drown-my mother's child! "And so my mother made them shut On me the prison door, TUI I was doad; vet now, ït seems, I am alive once more. "I walk along the shining sands, I hear his shout of joy ; I know Til flnd him voiy soon, My little darling boy." So on Bhe goos with wutious tvead, And eager oyes and wild ; But nevor, ncvor will she hml Thn little drowned child. __ „__