* Love gives its energy, love gave it birth. * Where, on thy dewy wing,' Thy lay is in heaven,* thy love is on earth. O'er fell* and fountain sheen,* O'er the red streamer that heralds the day; Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub,* soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming * comes, Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Blest is thy dwelling-place Oh to abide in the desert with thee! VISION OF BELSHAZZAR.*—Byron. Satraps, the chief governors and nobles. In Judah, &c., these vessels were set apart for the service of the Temple, and were, therefore, held most Jacred. * THE King was on his throne, In Judah* deemed divine- The godless Heathen's wine. In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand And wrote as if on sand: 15 And traced them like a wand. The monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice; Bloodless, &c., he be came pale with fear. All bloodless* waxed his look, 20 * Belshazzar was the last of the Babylonian kings. This poem is founded on the Account given of the overthrow of Babylon in the Book of Daniel. * Hohenlinden, or Linden Heights, is a small village in Bavaria. about six leagues from Munich. It is situated between the Iser and the Inn, tributaries of the Danube. The Austrians and Bavarians were defeated here by the French on the 3d December 1800. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, To join the dreadful revelry.* Then shook the hills* with thunder riven ;* Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet those fires shall glow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. "Tis morn-but scarce yon level sun Shout 'mid their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens: On, ye brave! And charge with all thy chivalry! 10 15 20 25 30 10 15 You can hear him wield * his heavy sledge,* It sounds to him like her mother's voice, He needs must think of her once more, 35 And with his hard, rough hand, he wipes Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, 45 Thus at the flaming forge of Life Thus on its sounding anvil * shaped BARBARA FRITCHIE.-J. G. Whittier. JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1808- ) was born at Havershill, Massachusetts, where his ancestors had long been settled. Many of his poems were devoted to the cause of Abolition. He contributes to all the leading American Magazines of the present day. UP from the meadows, rich with corn, * * Clustered, crowded together. Frederick, or Fredericksburg, in Virginia, U.S. Green-walled, &c., surrounded, as by a natural wall, by the hills of the Blue Ridge, a branch of the Alleghany Mountains. bars or stripes alternately red and white, and thirteen white stars on a blue ground in the upper corner next the staff, Hence the allusion to stars, and bars or stripes. Hauled, pulled, dragged with lence. vio Loyal, to be faithful and obedient to the laws of one's country. Stonewall Jackson, an able general, famous for his bravery. He received the nickname of "Stonewall' from the firmness with which his men resisted every attack. He was accidentally killed by a bullet fired by one of his own soldiers at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863. Slouched, turned down. Shiver, shatter, to break into small pieces by sudden violence. Silken scarf, the banner, which was made of silk. Round about them orchards sweep, To the eyes of the famished * rebel * horde.* On that pleasant morn of the early fall,* When Lee* marched over the mountain wall, 10 Horse and foot, into Frederick town, * Forty flags with their silver stars, Up rose old Barbara Fritchie then, 15 She took up the flag the men hauled* down; 20 In her attic window the staff she set, Under his slouched* hat, left and right, It shivered* the window, pane and sash; She leaned far out on the window sill 66 A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, "Who touches a hair of yon grey head, 25 30 135 40 |