17, 1637. The
last two were feeble from infancy. Consumption soon showed itself in
Anne, and her short life, passed at Richmond, closed in November, 1640.
For her last words, we are indebted to Fuller, who adds: 'This done, the
little lamb gave up the ghost.'
The affection and care of the royal parents is well attested. 'Their
arrival,' when visiting the nursery, 'was the signal of a general
rejoicing.'
In the latter portion of this piece I have ventured, it will be seen, on
an ideal treatment. The main facts, and the words of the dear child, are
historical:--for the details I appeal to any mother who has suffered
similar loss whether they could have been much otherwise.
_Not seeing_; See the _Captive Child_.
_The frost_; It is noticed that death, the _Sarsar-wind_ of Southey's
_Thalaba_, often occurs at the turn between night and day, when the
atmosphere is wont to be at the coldest.
AFTER CHALGROVE FIGHT
June 18: 1643
Flags crape-smother'd and arms reversed,
With one sad volley lay him to rest:
Lay him to rest where he may not see
This England he loved like a lover accursed
By lawlessness masking as liberty,
By the despot in Freedom's panoply drest:--
Bury him, ere he be made duplicity's tool and slave,
Where he cannot see the land that he could not save!
Bury him, bury him, bury him
With his face downward!
Chalgrove! Name of patriot pain!
O'er thy fresh fields that summer pass'd
The brand of war's red furnace blast,
Till heaven's soft tears wash'd out the blackening stain;--
Wash'd out and wept;--But could not so restore
England's gallant son:
Ere the fray was done
The stately head bow'd down; shatter'd; his warfare o'er.
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