The Works of Frederick Schiller Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Works of Frederick Schiller novel. A total of 559 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Works of Frederich Schiller in English.by Frederich Schiller.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH ED
The Works of Frederich Schiller in English.by Frederich Schiller.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION.The present is the best collected edition of the important works of Schiller which is accessible to readers in the English language.Detached poems or dramas have
- 401 MARGOT (embracing JOHANNA).Gladden our father--follow our example!Let this day see three unions ratified!THIBAUT.Now go; make all things ready; for the morn Shall see the wedding. Let our village friends Be all a.s.sembled for the festival.[The two couple
- 402 Thus she pursued me closely through the streets, Still offering the helm, which I refused.I marked it well, and saw that it was bright, And fair and worthy of a knightly head; And when in doubt I weighed it in my hand, The strangeness of the incident revo
- 403 What strange power Hath seized the maiden?RAIMOND.Doubtless 'tis the helmet Which doth inspire her with such martial thoughts.Look at your daughter. Mark her flas.h.i.+ng eye, Her glowing cheek, which kindles as with fire.JOHANNA.This realm shall fall! T
- 404 CHARLES.Thou'rt in a pleasant humor; undisturbed I'll leave thee to enjoy it. Hark, Duchatel!Amba.s.sadors are here from old King Rene, Of tuneful songs the master, far renowned.Let them as honored guests be entertained, And unto each present a chain of
- 405 DUNOIS.And could Saintrailles consent to give his voice To such a shameful compact?SENATOR.Never, sir!Long as the hero lived, none dared to breathe A single word of treaty or surrender.DUNOIS.He then is dead?SENATOR.The n.o.ble hero fell, His monarch's c
- 406 Oh, come! Let my example challenge thee To n.o.ble self-denial! Let's at once Cast off the needless ornaments of life!Thy courtiers metamorphose into soldiers; Thy gold trans.m.u.te to iron; all thou hast, With resolute daring, venture for thy crown!Peri
- 407 CHARLES.Oh, mother! mother!LA HIRE.E'en the murderous bands Of the Burgundians, at this spectacle, Evinced some tokens of indignant shame.The queen perceived it, and addressed the crowds, Exclaiming with loud voice: "Be grateful, Frenchmen, That I engra
- 408 SOREL (wringing her hands in despair).Oh, if he goes, we are forsaken quite!Follow, La Hire! Oh, seek to soften him![LA HIRE goes out.SCENE VI.CHARLES, SOREL, DUCHATEL.CHARLES.Is, then, the sceptre such a peerless treasure?Is it so hard to loose it from o
- 409 SOREL.Conquered! Oh, heavenly music of that word!CHARLES.La Hire! A fabulous report deceives thee; Conquered! In conquest I believe no more.LA HIRE.Still greater wonders thou wilt soon believe.Here cometh the archbishop. To thine arms He leadeth back Duno
- 410 CHARLES.Maiden, thou ne'er hast seen my face before.Whence hast thou then this knowledge?JOHANNA.Thee I saw When none beside, save G.o.d in heaven, beheld thee.[She approaches the KING, and speaks mysteriously.Bethink thee, Dauphin, in the bygone night,
- 411 [The knights clang their arms and step forward.CHARLES.Yes, holy maiden, do thou lead mine host; My chiefs and warriors shall submit to thee.This sword of matchless temper, proved in war, Sent back in anger by the Constable, Hath found a hand more worthy.
- 412 This morn, while gazing from Le Tournelle's tower, A ball from Orleans struck him to the ground.Smilest thou that I discern what is remote?Not to my words give credence; but believe The witness of thine eyes! his funeral train Thou shalt encounter as you
- 413 Yet much you stood in need of our alliance; The regent purchased it at heavy cost.TALBOT.Most dearly, with the forfeit of our honor, At Orleans have we paid for it to-day.BURGUNDY.Urge me no further, lords. Ye may repent it!Did I forsake the banners of my
- 414 BURGUNDY.Go! go! The thought of combating for you Unnerves the courage of the bravest men.ISABEL.I scarce among you have established peace, And you already form a league against me!TALBOT.Go, in G.o.d's name. When you have left the camp No devil will aga
- 415 SCENE III.TALBOT, BURGUNDY, LIONEL.TALBOT.Heavens! What a woman!LIONEL.Now, brave generals, Your counsel! Shall we prosecute our flight, Or turn, and with a bold and sudden stroke Wipe out the foul dishonor of to-day?BURGUNDY.We are too weak, our soldiers
- 416 It cannot be! How came she in the camp?3 SOLDIER.Why, through the air! The devil aided her!4 AND 5 SOLDIERS.Fly! fly! We are dead men!TALBOT (enters).They heed me not! They stay not at my call!The sacred bands of discipline are loosed!As h.e.l.l had poure
- 417 MONTGOMERY.'Tis hard in foreign lands to die unwept.JOHANNA.Who called you over to this foreign land, To waste the blooming culture of our fields, To chase the peasant from his household hearth, And in our cities' peaceful sanctuary To hurl the direful
- 418 DUNOIS.Why, maiden, now hold back my upraised arm?Why check the just decision of the sword?My weapon pants to deal the fatal blow Which shall avenge and heal the woes of France.[She places herself in the midst and separates the parties.JOHANNA.Fall back,
- 419 She, like myself, is holy Nature's child, A child divine--hence we by birth are equal.She bring dishonor on a prince's hand, Who is the holy angel's bride, whose head Is by a heavenly glory circled round, Whose radiance far outs.h.i.+neth earthly crown
- 420 DUNOIS.Up! forth to meet him![Exit with LA HIRE and CHATILLON.CHARLES (to SOREL).My Agnes! thou dost weep! Even my strength Doth almost fail me at this interview.How many victims have been doomed to fall Ere we could meet in peace and reconcilement!But ev
- 421 Believe me, sire, I'll make amends for all.Your bitter sorrow I will compensate; You shall receive your kingdom back entire, A solitary village shall not fail!CHARLES.We are united. Now I fear no foe.BURGUNDY.Trust me, it was not with a joyous spirit Tha
- 422 Beneath thy royal sceptre thou shalt gather The realm entire of France. Thou shalt become The root and ancestor of mighty kings; Succeeding monarchs, in their regal state, Shall those outs.h.i.+ne, who filled the throne before.Thy stock, in majesty shall
- 423 What tidings? Speak!KNIGHT.The foe has crossed the Marne, And marshalleth his army for the fight.JOHANNA (inspired).Battle and tumult! Now my soul is free.Arm, warriors, arm! while I prepare the troops.[She goes out.CHARLES.Follow, La Hire! E'en at the g
- 424 SCENE VII.CHARLES, BURGUNDY, DUNOIS, DUCHATEL, and Soldiers.BURGUNDY.The trench is stormed!DUNOIS.The victory is ours!CHARLES (perceiving TALBOT.) Look! Who is he, who yonder of the sun Taketh reluctant, sorrowful farewell?His armor indicates no common ma
- 425 JOHANNA.Deep in my soul I hate thee as the night, which is thy color; To blot thee out from the fair light of day An irresistible desire impels me.Who art thou? Raise thy visor. I had said That thou wert Talbot had I not myself Seen warlike Talbot in the
- 426 JOHANNA (hiding her face). Woes me! LIONEL (approaching her). Tis said Thou killest all the English whom thy sword Subdues in battle--why spare me alone? JOHANNA (raises her sword with a rapid movement as if to strike him, but lets it fall quickly when sh
- 427 Let him escape! Maiden, the righteous cause Hath triumphed now. Rheims opens wide its gates; The joyous crowds pour forth to meet their king.LA HIRE.What ails thee, maiden? She grows pale--she sinks![JOHANNA grows dizzy, and is about to fall.DUNOIS.She's
- 428 SOREL.Forbid me not! 'tis the excess of joy Which throws me at thy feet--I must pour forth My o'ercharged heart in grat.i.tude to G.o.d; I wors.h.i.+p the Invisible in thee.Thou art the angel who has led my lord To Rheims, to crown him with the royal cr
- 429 JOHANNA.Away! away!LA HIRE.Art thou terrified At thine own banner, maiden? Look at it![He displays the banner.It is the same thou didst in conquest wave.Imaged upon it is the queen of heaven, Floating in glory o'er this earthly ball; For so the Holy Moth
- 430 MARGOT.Thou doubtest still!Thou wilt thyself behold her!BERTRAND.See, they come!SCENE VI.Musicians, with flutes and hautboys, open the procession. Children follow, dressed in white, with branches in their hands; behind them two heralds. Then a procession
- 431 THIBAUT.Surprise her, hurl her down From her vain happiness, and forcibly Restore her to the G.o.d whom she denies.RAIMOND.Oh, do not work the ruin of your child!THIBAUT.If her soul lives, her mortal part may die.[JOHANNA rushes out of the church, without
- 432 JOHANNA.I am so, Now I again behold you, once again Your voices hear, whose fond, familiar tones Bring to my mind my dear paternal fields.When on my native hills I drove my herd, Then I was happy as in paradise-- I ne'er can be so more, no, never more![S
- 433 BURGUNDY.Ha! What's this?DUCHATEL.Now will the fearful truth appear!THIBAUT (to the KING).Thou think'st That thou art rescued through the power of G.o.d?Deluded prince! Deluded mult.i.tude!Ye have been rescued through the arts of h.e.l.l![All step back
- 434 DUCHATEL (returning).Johanna d'Arc! uninjured from the town The king permits you to depart. The gates Stand open to you. Fear no injury,-- You are protected by the royal word.Come follow me, Dunois! You cannot here Longer abide with honor. What an issue!
- 435 [To JOHANNA.Drink, n.o.ble maiden! may G.o.d bless it to you!CHARCOAL-BURNER (to his son).Art come, Anet? What news?[The boy looks at JOHANNA, who is just raising the bowl to her lips; he recognizes her, steps forward, and s.n.a.t.c.hes it from her.BOY.Oh
- 436 But could I ever dream a human heart Would meet in silence such a fearful doom!JOHANNA.Should I deserve to be heaven's messenger Unless the Master's will I blindly honored?And I am not so wretched as thou thinkest.I feel privation--this in humble life I
- 437 JOHANNA, SOLDIERS.JOHANNA (to the soldiers).Ye English, suffer not that I escape Alive out of your hands! Revenge yourselves!Unsheath your weapons, plunge them in my heart, And drag me lifeless to your general's feet!Remember it was I who slew your heroe
- 438 If G.o.d hath turned your hearts, Oh hasten, I entreat you--rescue her She is a prisoner in the English camp.DUNOIS.A prisoner say you?ARCHBISHOP.Poor unfortunate!RAIMOND.There in the forest as we sought for shelter, We were encountered by Queen Isabel, W
- 439 LIONEL. Promise, Johanna, not to free thyself. JOHANNA. To free myself is now my only wish. ISABEL. Bind her with triple chains. I pledged my life That she shall not escape. [She is bound with heavy chains. LIONEL (to JOHANNA). Thou willst it so! Thou dos
- 440 SOLDIER.Alas! What do I see? Our general's Surrounded by the foe!ISABEL (points the dagger at JOHANNA).Die, wretch!SOLDIER (quickly).He's free!The gallant Fastolfe in the rear attacks The enemy--he breaks their serried ranks.ISABEL (withdrawing the dagg
- 441 What? Will she s.n.a.t.c.h from us the victory?SOLDIER.She presses forward, right towards the king.She reaches him--she bears him from the fight-- Lord Fastolfe falls--the general is taken!ISABEL.I'll hear no more! Come down!SOLDIER.Fly, queen! you will
- 442 [Her banner falls and she sinks lifeless on the ground.All remain for some time in speechless sorrow. Upon a signal from the KING, all the banners are gently placed over her, so that she is entirely concealed by them.THE BRIDE OF MESSINA AND ON THE USE OF
- 443 First Chorus (CAJETAN).Welcome the peaceful strain!Together we adore the guardian power Of these august abodes!Sacred the hour To kindred brotherly ties And reverend, holy sympathies;-- Our hearts the genial charm shall own, And melt awhile at friends.h.i
- 444 [She goes away; the BROTHERS stand as before.Chorus (CAJETAN).How have her words with soft control Resistless calmed the tempest of my soul!No guilt of kindred blood be mine!Thus with uplifted hands I prey; Think, brothers, on the awful day, And tremble a
- 445 I bring another joy; My staff is green with flouris.h.i.+ng shoots.DON CAESAR (taking him aside).Oh, tell me Thy gladsome message.MESSENGER.All is happiness On this auspicious day; long sought, the lost one Is found.DON CAESAR.Discovered! Oh, where is she
- 446 A secret to herself,--she ne'er has learned Her name or fatherland.Chorus (CAJETAN).And not a trace Guides to her being's undiscovered springs?DON MANUEL.An old domestic, the sole messenger Sent by her unknown mother, oft bespeaks her Of kingly race.Cho
- 447 Hark! the sweet voice! No! 'twas the echoing surge That beats upon the sh.o.r.e; alas! he comes not.More faintly, o'er the distant waves, the sun Gleams with expiring ray; a deathlike shudder Creeps to my heart, and sadder, drearier grows E'en desolati
- 448 Now haste and watch, with curious eye, These hallowed precincts round, That no presumptuous foot come nigh The secret, solitary ground Guard well the maiden fair, Your chieftain's brightest jewel owns your care.[The Chorus withdraws to the background.[Th
- 449 What brought her to my side, or whence She came, I know not:--from her presence quick Some secret all-pervading inward charm Awoke; 'twas not the magic of a smile, Nor playful Cupid in her cheeks, nor more, The form of peerless grace;--'twas beauty's s
- 450 ISABELLA (rising suddenly).'Twas force! 'twas savage spoil!Ne'er has my child, reckless of honor's ties With vile seducer fled! My sons! Awake!I thought to give a sister to your arms; I ask a daughter from your swords! Arise!Avenge this wrong! To arms
- 451 When will the ancient curse be stilled that weighs Upon our house? Some mocking demon sports With every new-formed hope, nor envious leaves One hour of joy. So near the haven smiled-- So smooth the treacherous main--secure I deemed My happiness: the storm
- 452 CAJETAN.Thy looks But move my scorn; the compact I obey.BOHEMUND.The coward's ready s.h.i.+eld!CAJETAN.Come on! I follow.BOHEMUND.To arms!BEATRICE (in the greatest agitation).Their falchions gleam--the strife begins!Ye heavenly powers, his steps refrain!
- 453 BEATRICE.Oh, trust me; mighty men Are here!DON MANUEL.Beloved! mightier none than I!BEATRICE.And wouldst thou brave this warlike host alone?DON MANUEL.Alone! the men thou fear'st---- BEATRICE.Thou know'st them not, Nor whom they serve.DON MANUEL.Myself!
- 454 DON CAESAR (behind the scene).Away! What rabble throng is here?BEATRICE.That voice!Oh heavens! Where shall I fly!DON MANUEL.Know'st thou that voice?No! thou hast never heard it; to thine ear 'Tis strange---- BEATRICE.Oh, come--delay not---- DON MANUEL.W
- 455 [Exit.[The senseless BEATRICE is placed on a litter and carried away by the Second Chorus. The First Chorus remains with the body, round which the boys who bear the bridal presents range themselves in a semicircle.Chorus (CAJETAN).List, how with dreaded m
- 456 DIEGO.All shall yet be well; Fortune, propitious to our hopes, gave pledge Of bliss that time will show.ISABELLA.I praise not yet My natal star, while darkening o'er my fate This mystery hangs: too well the dire mischance Tells of the fiend whose never-s
- 457 Chorus (BOHEMUND). New signs of terror to my boding soul Are pictured;--in amazement lost I stand! What light shall pierce this gloom of mystery? ISABELLA (to the Chorus, who exhibit marks of confusion and embarra.s.sment). Oh, ye hard hearts! Ye rude unp
- 458 ISABELLA.I am thy mother, and Messina's princess!BEATRICE.Art thou Don Manuel's and Don Caesar's mother?ISABELLA.And thine! They are thy brethren whom thou namest.BEATRICE.Oh, gleam of horrid light!ISABELLA.What troubles thee?Say, whence this strange e
- 459 ISABELLA.For this her ruthless father spoke The dire behest of death. I rescued her, The innocent, the doomed one; from my arms The babe was torn; to stay the curse of heaven, And save my sons, the mother gave her child; And now by robber hands her brothe
- 460 ISABELLA (interrupting him).Thou hast kept thy word.My son; to thee I owe the rescued one; Yes, thou hast sent her---- DON CAESAR (in astonishment).Whom, my mother, sayst thou, That I have sent?ISABELLA.She stands before thine eyes-- Thy sister.DON CAESAR
- 461 The whole Chorus repeats.On the mountains is freedom, etc., etc.DON CAESAR, the Chorus.DON CAESAR (more collected).I use the princely rights--'tis the last time-- To give this body to the ground, and pay Fit honors to the dead. So mark, my friends, M
- 462 ISABELLA.Live--for thy mother, live, my son-- Must I lose all?[She throws her arms about him with pa.s.sionate emotion.He gently disengages himself, and turning his face away extends to her his hand.DON CAESAR.Farewell!ISABELLA.I can no more; Too well my
- 463 On these grounds I might safely leave the chorus to be its own advocate, if we had ever seen it presented in an appropriate manner. But it must be remembered that a dramatic composition first a.s.sumes the character of a whole by means of representation o
- 464 HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.[This and the following poem are, with some alterations, introduced in the Play of "The Robbers."]ANDROMACHE.Will Hector leave me for the fatal plain, Where, fierce with vengeance for Patroclus slain, Stalks Peleus' ru
- 465 Laura, see how joyousness embraces E'en the overflow of sorrows wild!How e'en rigid desperation kindles On the loving breast of Hope so mild.Sisterly and blissful rapture softens Gloomy Melancholy's fearful night, And, deliver'd of its
- 466 Scarce thine eye can ope and close Ere life's dying sunset glows; Sinking sudden from its pride Into death--the Lethe tide.Ask'st thou whence thy beauties rise?Boastest thou those radiant eyes?-- Or that cheek in roses dyed?All their beauty (tho
- 467 Through the world which the Spirit creative and kind First formed out of chaos, I fly like the wind, Until on the strand Of its billows I land, My anchor cast forth where the breeze blows no more, And Creation's last boundary stands on the sh.o.r.e.I
- 468 Hark the guns, peal on peal, how they boom in their thunder!From host to host, with kindling sound, The shouting signal circles round, Ay, shout it forth to life or death-- Freer already breathes the breath!The war is waging, slaughter raging, And heavy t
- 469 Arise, then, thou sunlight of morning, and fling O'er plain and o'er forest thy purple-dyed beams!Thou twilight of evening, all noiselessly sing In melody soft to the world as it dreams!Ah, sunlight of morning, to me thou but flingest Thy purple
- 470 Beauteous princess, ah! with fear Quakes before thy splendor, love, Seeking, as he ventures near, With his power thy breast to move!Soon from her immortal throne Heaven's great queen must fain descend, And in prayer for beauty's zone, To the hea
- 471 TO THE SPRING.Welcome, gentle Stripling, Nature's darling thou!With thy basket full of blossoms, A happy welcome now!Aha!--and thou returnest, Heartily we greet thee-- The loving and the fair one, Merrily we meet thee!Think'st thou of my maiden
- 472 SEMELE. Malicious heart! But say What brings thee to this spot from Epidaurus?'Tis not because the G.o.ds delight to dwell near Semele?JUNO. By Jupiter, naught else!-- What fire was that which mounted to thy cheeks When I p.r.o.nounced the name of Ju
- 473 SEMELE.My Beroe! What art thou murmuring there?JUNO. (In confusion.) Nothing, my Semele! Black gall torments Me also--Yes! a sharp, reproachful look With lovers often pa.s.ses as black gall-- Yet ox-eyes, after all, are not so ugly.SEMELE.Oh, Beroe, for s
- 474 ZEUS. (After a pause of astonishment.) Is Jupiter asleep? Will Nature Rush to her fall?--Can Semele speak thus?What, not an answer? Eagerly mine arms Toward thee are stretched--my bosom never throbbed Responsive to Agenor's daughter,--never Throbbed
- 475 ZEUS. (Attempting to stop her mouth.) Be thou dumb!SEMELE. Embraces thee.ZEUS. (Pale, and turning away.) Too late! The sound escaped!--The Styx!--'Tis death Thou, Semele, hast gained!SEMELE. Ha! Loves Zeus thus?ZEUS.All heaven I would have given, had
- 476 Brethren, thus in rapture meeting, Send ye round the br.i.m.m.i.n.g cup,-- Yonder kindly spirit greeting, While the foam to heaven mounts up!CHORUS.He whom seraphs wors.h.i.+p ever; Whom the stars praise as they roll, Yes to him now drain the bowl Mortal
- 477 Deaf to the joys she gives-- Blind to the pomp of which she is possessed-- Unconscious of the spiritual power that lives Around, and rules her--by our bliss unblessed-- Dull to the art that colors or creates, Like the dead timepiece, G.o.dless nature cree
- 478 When first was seen by doting reason's ken, When many a thousand years had pa.s.sed away, A symbol of the fair and great e'en then, Before the childlike mind uncovered lay.Its blessed form bade us honor virtue's cause,-- The honest sense &#
- 479 The fairer riddles come from out the night-- The richer is the world his arms enclose, The broader stream the sea with which he flows-- The weaker, too, is destiny's blind might-- The n.o.bler instincts does he prove-- The smaller he himself, the gre
- 480 I led the bride before the shrine!And saw the future years revealed, Gla.s.sed on my hope--one blooming field!More wide, and widening more, were given The angel-gates disclosing heaven; Round us the lovely, mirthful troop Of children came--yet still to me
- 481 O, longing heart, no more delight-upbuoyed Let the sweet airy image thee befool!The arms that would embrace her clasp the void This feverish breast no phantom-bliss can cool, O, waft her here, the true, the living one!Let but my hand her hand, the tender,
- 482 THE YOUTH BY THE BROOK. [16]Beside the brook the boy reclined And wove his flowery wreath, And to the waves the wreath consigned-- The waves that danced beneath."So fleet mine hours," he sighed, "away Like waves that restless flow: And so m
- 483 Believe me, together The bright G.o.ds come ever, Still as of old; Scarce see I Bacchus, the giver of joy, Than comes up fair Eros, the laugh-loving boy, And Phoebus, the stately, behold!They come near and nearer, The heavenly ones all-- The G.o.ds with t
- 484 NADOWESSIAN DEATH-LAMENT.See, he sitteth on his mat Sitteth there upright, With the grace with which he sat While he saw the light.Where is now the st.u.r.dy gripe,-- Where the breath sedate, That so lately whiffed the pipe Toward the Spirit great?Where t
- 485 PUNCH SONG.(TO BE SUNG IN NORTHERN COUNTRIES.) On the mountain's breezy summit, Where the southern sunbeams s.h.i.+ne, Aided by their warming vigor, Nature yields the golden wine.How the wondrous mother formeth, None have ever read aright; Hid foreve
- 486 Laid we not before his feet Earth's unbounded G.o.dlike womb?Yet upon his kingly seat Wanders he without a home?""Does no G.o.d compa.s.sion feel?Will none of the blissful race, With an arm of miracle, Raise him from his deep disgrace?In th
- 487 Then speaks the other, moved by fear: "This ring to me is far most dear Of all this isle within it knows-- I to the furies pledge it now, If they will happiness allow"-- And in the flood the gem he throws.And with the morrow's earliest ligh
- 488 THE PLAYING INFANT.Play on thy mother's bosom, babe, for in that holy isle The error cannot find thee yet, the grieving, nor the guile; Held in thy mother's arms above life's dark and troubled wave, Thou lookest with thy fearless smile upon
- 489 "Ye solemn powers men shrink to name, Your might is here, your rights ye claim-- Yet think not I repine Soon closed my course; yet I can bless The life that brought me happiness-- The fairest lot was mine!Living have I thy temple served, Thy consecra
- 490 The sun is glowing as a brand; And faint before the parching heat, The strength forsakes the feeble feet: "Thou hast saved me from the robbers' hand, Through wild floods given the blessed land; And shall the weak limbs fail me now?And he!--Divin
- 491 "There crowded, in union fearful and black, In a horrible ma.s.s entwined, The rock-fish, the ray with the th.o.r.n.y back, And the hammer-fish's misshapen kind, And the shark, the hyena dread of the sea, With his angry teeth, grinned fiercely o
- 492 And, when the figure was complete, A pair of dogs I chose me, fleet, Of mighty strength, of nimble pace, Inured the savage boar to chase; The dragon, then, I made them bait, Inflaming them to fury dread, With their sharp teeth to seize it straight, And wi
- 493 My gracious lady, soft and meek, Through pity, doubtless, feared to speak; That it has 'scaped me, sore I rue; What, lord, canst thou to help it do?"Into the neighboring wood then rode The Count, inflamed with wrath, Where, in his iron foundry,
- 494 And himself, on the back of the steed of his squire, Went after the chase to his heart's full desire, While the priest on his journey was speeding And the following morning, with thankful look, To the Count once again his charger he took, Its bridle
- 495 "Take the world!" Zeus exclaimed from his throne in the skies To the children of man--"take the world I now give; It shall ever remain as your heirloom and prize, So divide it as brothers, and happily live."Then all who had hands sough
- 496 Within a vale, each infant year, When earliest larks first carol free, To humble shepherds cloth appear A wondrous maiden, fair to see.Not born within that lowly place-- From whence she wandered, none could tell; Her parting footsteps left no trace, When
- 497 We ever shun the caverns black, And revel in the glowing day; 'Tis we who light the world's dark track, With our life's clear and magic ray.Spring's joyful harbingers are we, And her inspiring streams we swell; And so the house of deat
- 498 Light as the rainbow's spring through the air, as the dart from the bowstring, Leaps the yoke of the bridge over the boisterous stream.But in his silent chamber the thoughtful sage is projecting Magical circles, and steals e'en on the spirit tha
- 499 It is not the daylight that fills with its flood The sky!What a clamor awaking Roars up through the street, What a h.e.l.l-vapor breaking.Rolls on through the street, And higher and higher Aloft moves the column of fire!Through the vistas and rows Like a
- 500 TO PROSELYTIZERS."Give me only a fragment of earth beyond the earth's limits,"-- So the G.o.dlike man said,--"and I will move it with ease."Only give me permission to leave myself for one moment, And without any delay I will engag