DO  7

to  hear,  too,  from  his  own  lips,  such  words  as  these,  your  own
most  true  reflection  :  '  His  has  been  a  life  devoted  to  the  cultiva-
tion of  the  poet's  art  for  its  best  and  most  lasting  uses — a  self-
dedication  as  complete  as  the  ivorld  has  ever  u•itnesscd.,  Your
remark  with  regard  to  his  having  outlived  many  of  his  contem-
poraries among  the  poets,  he  read  with  affecting  simplicity  ;  his-
manner  being  that  of  one  who  looked  backward  to  the  past  with
entire  tranquillity,  and  forward  with  sure  hope.  I  felt  that  his
honoured  life  was  drawing  rapidly  to  a  close,  and  with  him  there
was  evidently  the  same  consciousness.
4^4     Conversations  and  Personal  Reminiscences.
