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LAYS OF MANY LANDS.
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HE NEVER SMILED AGAIN*[1].



It is recorded of Henry the First, that after the death of his son, Prince William, who perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Normandy, he was never seen to smile.


The bark that held a prince went down,
    The sweeping waves roll'd on;
And what was England's glorious crown
    To him that wept a son?
He lived—for life may long be borne
    Ere sorrow break its chain;—
Why comes not death to those who mourn?
    —He never smiled again!

  1. ↑ *Originally published in the Literary Gazette.
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