Henry Glassford Bell

Henry Glassford Bell (5 November 1803 – 7 January 1874) was a Scottish lawyer, poet and historian. Quotes Summer and Winter Hours (1831) thumb|The blood of beauty, wealth, and power—the heart-blood of a queen,The noblest of the Stuart race—the fairest earth has seen,—Lapped by a dog! Go think of it, in silence and alone,Then weigh against a grain of sand the glories of a throne! I look'd far back into the past, and lo! in bright array,I saw, as in a dream, the forms of ages pass'd away.It was a stately convent, with its old and lofty walls,And gardens with their broad green walks, where soft the footstep falls. "Mary Queen of Scots", l. 1 Variant, in The Literary Souvenir (1829), p. 111: 'other years' for 'the past' The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way,And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay;And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyesUpon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise. "Mary Queen of Scots", l. 41 Her neck is bared—the blow is struck—the soul has pass'd away;The bright—the beautiful—is now a bleeding piece of clay!—A solemn text! Go, think of it, in silence and alone,Then weigh against a grain of sand the glories of a throne! "Mary Queen of Scots", l. 118 Variant, in The Literary Souvenir (1829), p. 119: The blood of beauty, wealth, and power—the heart-blood of a queen,The noblest of the Stuart race—the fairest earth has seen,—Lapped by a dog! Go think of it, in silence and alone,Then weigh against a grain of sand the glories of a throne! External links Category:1803 births Category:1874 deaths Category:Poets from Scotland