May He, that hears the poor man's prayer,

And grants it by His power in heaven,

So give thee honour, here and there,

As thou to Him hast given!

In Switzerland for a valiant knight
Thou 'rt known by deeds of right and might:
Six blooming maids are thine; I pray,
May each bring home a crown,' he cries,
Inspired, and Hapsburg's glories rise
As ages roll away!""

The Kaiser sate with face intent,

And scanned the by-gone years in thought:

As on the Bard his looks he bent,

The meaning then he caught;

The features of the Priest he knew;
He weeps; he hides the gushing dew

Within his mantle's purple folds.
To him alone each guest gives heed,
And the doer of that noble deed

In godlike honour holds.

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FROM DER FREISCHÜTZ.

German Verses from Der Freischütz.

Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle,

Die Sonne bleibt am Himmelszelt;

Es waltet dort ein heil'ger Wille;

Nicht blindem Zufall dient die Welt ;

Das Auge, ewig rein und klar,
Nimmt aller Wesen liebend wahr.

Für mich wird auch der Vater sorgen,

Dem kindlich Herz und Sinn vertraut;
Und wär dieß auch mein leßter Morgen,
Rief mich sein Vater-Wort als Braut,

Sein Auge, ewig rein und klar,
Nimmt meiner auch mit Liebe wahr.

THOUGH Wrapt in clouds, yet still, and still The stedfast Sun th' empyrean sways; There, still prevails a holy Will;

'Tis not blind Chance the world obeys; The Eye Eternal, pure, and clear, Regards, and holds all Being dear.

For me too will the Father care,

Whose heart and soul in Him confide;

And though my last of days it were,

And though He called me to His side,

His Eye, Eternal, pure, and clear,
Me too regards, and holds me dear.

Old Rome.

PAR. REGAINED. B. IV.

THE city, which thou seest, no other deem
Than great and glorious Rome, queen of the earth,
So far renowned, and with the spoils enriched
Of nations. There the Capitol thou seest
Above the rest lifting his stately head
On the Tarpeian rock, her citadel
Impregnable. And there Mount Palatine,
The imperial palace, compass huge, and high
The structure, skill of noblest architects,
With gilded battlements conspicuous far,
Turrets, and terraces, and glittering spires.
Many a fair edifice besides, more like
Houses of gods. . . . .

Thou may'st behold,

Inside and outside both, pillars and roofs,

Carved work, the hand of famed artificers

In cedar, marble, ivory, or gold.

Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see

What conflux issuing forth, or entering in:

Tu quoque neve putes aliam quam prospicis urbem
Romuleâ, rerum dominâ ; quæ scilicet orbis
Exuviis prædives ovat, numeratque triumphos.
En ubi rupe tuâ, Tarpeî, domus ipsa Tonantis
Sustulit insignem præstanti vertice formam;
Auratasque arces, et inexpugnabile saxum.
Deinde Palatinos colles, ædesque superbi
Principis immanemque premunt fastigia molem :
En turresque apicesque, et propugnacula longis
Conspicienda viis, et lucida despice tecta.

Quin splendens haud rara domus, similisque deorum.

Ecce et marmoreas, aurique, eborisque, columnas,
Cælatusque cedro ut ferit ardua sidera vertex,
Extrorsum introrsumque nitens; quæcunque per urbem
Artifices dederint monumenta insignia dextræ.
Nec non et portas circumspice, quæque catervam
Accipiat venientûm, et quæ vomat ædibus undam.