Some to share the wine and oil, Devil's theories are these, Stifling hope, and love, and peace, 10. Scatter ashes on thy head, Ere they block the věry door And will hush for naught but gōre Hunger and Cold! III. 83. NOTHING TO WEAR. LADIES, dear ladies, the next sunny day, LOWELL.' Please trundle your hoops just out of Broadway, Have hunted their victims to gloom and despair. Grope through the dark dens, climb the rickety 2 stâir To the garret, where wretches, the young and the old, Hälf-starved, and half-naked, lie erouched from the cold! 2. See those skeleton limbs, those frost-bitten feet, All bleeding and bruised by the stones of the street; 'James Russell Lowell, an American poet, was born in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 22, 1819. Several editions of his collected poems have appeared in this country and in England. He has written much for the "North American Review," the Lon From the poor dying creature who writhes on the floor; Hear the cûrses that sound like Hope's dying farewell, As you sicken, and shudder, and fly from the door; IV. 84. UNSEEN SPIRITS. TH HE shadows lay along Broadway- And slowly there a lady fâir Was walking in her pride. 2. Peace charmed the street beneath her feet, She kept with châry 5 câre. 3. She kept with care her beauties râre 1 Dis'en chant'ed, delivered from the power of spells, or charms; freed from delusion. 2 Trǎp'pings, ornaments. 3 Pre'tense', false show. 4 William Allen Butler, an American lawyer and poet, was born in BUTLER. Albany, N. Y., in 1825. He has contributed many papers in prose and verse to periodicals. The poem of "Nothing to Wear," from which the above is an extract, appeared in 1857, and was very popular. 5 Chary (châr'y), cautious. For her heart was cold to all but gold- But honored well are charms to sell, 4. Now walking there was one more fair- And she had unseen company To make the spirit quail: 1 "Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn,2 And nothing could avail. 5. No mercy now can clear her brow For this world's peace to pray; For, as love's wild prâyer dissolved in âir, But the sin forgiven by Christ in heaven SECTION XXIII. I. RATI 85. THE BOY OF RATISBON, YOU know we French stormed Ratisbon; You A mile or so ǎwāy, On a little mound, Napoleon 5 Stood on our storming day; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how- 1 Quail, to become quelled; to shrink; to give way. 2 For lorn', forsaken; miserable. 8 Nathaniel Parker Willis, an American author, was born in Portland, Maine, Jan. 20, 1807. He has written much and well, both in prose and verse. His style is remarkably sprightly and graceful. No American writer has shown more skill in construction, or in a happy choice of WILLIS.& words. He died January 20, 1867. 5 Napoleon Bonaparte, a great warrior and statesman, first "Emperor of the French," was born at Ajaccio, in Corsica, Aug. 15, 1769, and died at St. Helena, May 5, 1621. 6 Prōne, inclined; bending forward. 2. Just as perhaps he mused, “My plans Out 'twixt the battery-smokes thêre flew, Until he reached the mound. 3. Then off there flung, in smiling joy, Just by his horse's mane, a boy; You hardly could suspect (So tight he kept his lips compressed, 4. "Well," cried he, "Emperor, by God's grace The marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon To see your flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him." The chief's eye flashed; his plans Sōared up again like fire. 5. The chief's eye flashed; but presently Softened itself, as sheathes A film the mother-eagle's eye When her bruised eaglèt breathes; "You're wounded !"-"Nay," his soldier's pride "I'm killed, sire!" And, his chief beside, 1 Jean Lannes (lănz), duke of Montebello, a marshal of Frånce, was born in Lectoure, old province of Guienne, April 11, 1769, and died in Vienne, May 31, 1809. 2 Robert Browning, one of the most remarkable English poets, was BROWNING. born in Camberwell, a suburb of London, in 1812. Though a true poet, many of his poems are not popular among the måsses. A few of his dramatic lyrics, however, of which the above is one, are unrivaled in elements of popularity. |