El ° Atitairon pottrg. THANATOPSIS DY WM. C. WTI ANT. To him who, In the love of Nature, holds t.toimunbin with her visible f sans. :dm speaks .A vnrim,s h mtt e t atz. For his gayer h urs the has a voice al:Dulness and a sally. tp And elomnre of Le and she glides into his darker oiled ri,:s With is mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness. ore ha is aware. When thoughts or the last Litter hour como Ilko filth:AM (Ivor thy spit ft and sad images (If the stern agony• anti shroud. and pall. And breathiest darkness, and the narrow- house, uako t bee to shudder, and ,;row sick at heart— f trth unto thus 111011 sky, and list Pus nature's teachings, while from all artamd— _Earth and her waters. and the depths of air -11 still voice—Yet a few days, and thee rho alidteliolding sun shall see 110 1111.1 n In all his course. Nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid. with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image- Earth that nourished Uwe, shill claim Thy growth, to he resolved to earth again: And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine Individual being, shalt thou go • To mix forever with the elements, To he a brother to the lusenslitle rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thy eternal-resting-place Shalt thou relhu alone; nor couldst thou wish 'Conch more magnifiCont.,,,Theu shalt lie down With pat id trchs of the-i ith ob world—wit ings; the p,werfol of the earth—the wise. the good, Fair forms, and hi my s ,rsi Of ales past, All in ens mighty sepulchre. The hilts, Itt'ck-rihbo 1 r.nd ancient as the sun; the vales, Stretchlog in petoire hetween; The v 01101.41.111 woods: ri 0 h t mme In' nodsit v and the C011•Pial p tog broot meadow-7,mm: and !Morel round all, ore's, sway and melnodody e but t solemn d ,rontLimis all if the gre tt tomb of tomb The _ndden gun. -Fbo Wonetq, alLattiothotte host of lo.n, en, , Are thinin t 011 be sad alsoleS . tFOtli. ' Throned' the Will Inns° of 55.:05. All t I roast , The but a Ishudfol t , else I hat slittober in it.: les.m. 'Cabe the wings Ofano,nling. and the Barran desert pierce; Or lasso thyself in the e.aith . ii on; kV,. q t., 11111.0 - V .11s the Oregon. and hems po s end. S ave I' ii wn d s hy •gs: vet--the dead are there: And mill on hi those s litudes shoal fret Ito 11'04 of voars largain have laid them down 11 th I /WA 10111—U10 t11)1111 reign llare alone. So sit; it thou test; and what if Lb .11 shalt fall 1 , 01 by the living. and no friend . 'rake nate of the departure? All that bread he 11 ill share thy destiny. Thd ;ray will laugh V, hen t's u art gone, the solemn 1.0 ., d of ;:ire I led on foul ettell one. 111 , I,ef ere. Oil chase l' is la l•rite plinotato: Set all tin se shall Irat e ''heir mirth ;old their employ - mm:ls and shaft 1,1110 A •,1 nml‘e their hods with thee. As the long trdiii tit - it tog glide award the sons of Wen. 1111/ tomb iii Ild's green spring. and he who goes In the fall strength of year?, matron arrikulaid. I 1; • lveved with age. the infant., in the smiles And leanh of its hineeent :am rut off— rd all ou o by tile lataratherell to I tiv side, th ,i; who: in their tarn, shall follow them. th it when thy_suramoos r ;me to join The in oulgietable caravan, that moves 'l' I 11 i ',ale r. .nblts ~ f shale. where each shall take er in the silent ;if death. 1 lien If I rad. like the loiarry-slave at night: Srnilt.,:e 1 t-• his dungeon : but sustained and ,Klthe.l Its ;1.1 on, 1 ;wing trast, approach the grave. Like 011° who wrr s the drapery of his conch Ahinit him, and lies down to ple.asant,dreams. fthrt Froth Fraw ings.ine. A FAIRY TALE No zotio non ought it to refuse. No ought hirnthoreof to excuse, 110 wn h. or blithe. whose thou be, For I w. I spoke. and toll It thee.- 4 :n trent, It. was no laughing: matter, let me tell you ? I offend the Emperor Peter. A coat:ft:Os knight was making bows to to emperordtiaghter; the emperor'S (laugh :r Was sitting at a wind , iv ()I' Ill,‘1):011(.e; hen the emperor's dug . i,.tnp.))l out of his kennel, and bit the stranger i.i the leg., The nurteous knight was his high mightiness the . 'rince of &nat. The. Prince of Cana ity-wn c,•. :t into prison tecause he had brakiM tw)r lis of, the cm leror's dog. Every day, to .:i I'. M., togetit r with his dinner,..a liar, mastiff was left vith him in his cell. lie ‘.at condemned to, ight with dogs for every iniserAble bone. ioyi, to say nothing of the danker, there is t great deal of monotony 'in such a task as this. The daily barking, snarling, yelping, 'fowling and confusion of a dog-fight at din ter-time must become, in a few tl.tt,s, highly lisagrecable ; and as tbe'dCail A)gs - were tever carried away, the, priu6e's rtfc,--dinner lay was to bury, them. Ile ea) It ;rave with his lilac, and fork, told spe:).l— only instruMents in pos-t.s-,ioti--antl nf tera time it bectune 110Ce$Sary to inter the :lead one over the other. This is a worse node of-burial than any dog deserves, The P.intteror Peter, lt. the same time, ',cry much surprised his subjects by shining tot among them in the new light of dog= 'melon The fate ,of the illustrious prince state secret: . It was known that,the '?:uperoi's yard-dog had two, ribs - -broken ; • Ina was at once knowli, because every part )1' a nation must,he always-interested in the tealth, of any member of the. royal tinnily'. t was itnown, that the cmpeiiii-, bought tip '.ll the large' and strong dogs which were ,nought bead him ; and that, after they had 'nee beet► _purchased, they were no more !cu. It way said at the.clubs, and believed '► . ,well-informed coteries, that the Emperor ..'eter was mal:ing researches, in order that to might become skilled in the treatment. o.' tis wounded favorite. That his high might- .cb.ss 'the Prince of Candia was shut up in its prisons the Emperor did not wish any one 'know or to suppose. Peter was to this :spire as a wife, or husband, quite tyranicnl t home, blunder than milk abroad. Candia as a powerful kingdom.: lf any child held . 'aut. fingevs, it miglit (weal{ the empeyoes nose; bat-if it'looked alarmed abtitit the blackness of his beard and the bigness of his whiskers, it would have at once the thrashing it deserved. Pis imperial high ness, like a prudent katesMan„ picked his quarrels : by which I mean, ihat whenever he thought it safe to be indignant, then in itviis no laughing matter to create oe: casion of offence. The emperor's daughter lived in four cham bers of the palace, outOfWhieli'she had nev er been allowed to pass. NO tutors had been suffered to a.pproach , her, and her hand-maid ens had been chosen from among the most uulet'ered women of the city. The emperor did not intend to have a daughter who would presume to cross him witln,opinions of her Am It was a child's business to obey; and when one.commands unreasonable things, it is really most vexatious to discover a rank and tile of obstinate disputatiZ, blocking up the path to their performance. The em peror's daughter was destined from her birth to be of great advantage to her father, by the contracting itf o e mt.r lag! which would add to his honor and glory. To herself also, such a marriage would be, of course, a great piece of good fortune. There fore they omitted no care which could tend to make her beautiful ; and in spite of patch ings, paintings, herb-vapour baths, cosmetics and internal sulphur, she really had become a lovely woman, She was a _great_fancier. cd' birds; and bee-apse the emperer's dog had killed many of her pigeon, when they alight ed innocently near its kennel, she did feel that her gentle bosom warmed with a sense of joy when the of stranger broke the ribs of that unfriendly beast. • Th,e emperors dog—its name Was Towza-,--, suffered severely from the kick it had receiv ed. N4awilhstanding, the great skill by,which the eolltt Th . ) WaS • distinguished, not withstanding all the consultations ofthe fac ulty,' one morning Towsa aim. In - the even ing. the Prince of ('andia was doomed to suf fr by the bowstring. In the : afternoon ; however, he was misse A l front his prison, so that there was nolbody to strangle but the jailer. • Nevertheless, itwaS not fair to make the jailer answerable for his priSoner, be c tune, in the days of magie, it was unreas onable to expect anybody to lie responsible ; fir anything. The jailer had sent in the prince's dinner, and, as usual, a dog. ,How was it posslble for him to know that, directly the dog got inside the prison door, it would be ti'ansfoimed into an elephant, and would, in that shape, swallow up the prince; that then it, would assume the body..of a gnat, itiad fly ont'of the dungeon window, With the said prince cupboartled snugly in its belly? Snell were the facts: it was a kind . fairy who had played this dog's trick on the cm , Well. but there are also unkind fairies. A IllOrtl•ze Ida creature. named Korspatza, spun it tt eh between the sun and moon, in the cen tre of %Odell she sat like a great spidttr, ready to catch 'the gnat as it i llew lightly ( upward. The gnat was entangled in the magic -web, and writhing under the old spider's poison- LEE "It is not my desire to hurt you," said the old fairy to the gentle SuiFinunda. "Give Jae the Prince of Claudia; and I. will let you go, Ify4u,will not do that, I shall cause the suit's'heat to :flow' into ruy weh, and it shall be to you for ever as a red-hot gridi- • ton." Suzemunda left the•.prince in the net, and flew awav - The fa?tsy Kqrspatza, still wearing her 80- ,1(.1.'3 &est, then seirhed this Prince of Gaudin lf,tw •en hoe nippers, and, fixing a thread to one hero of the moon, let herself (19wii with her victims to a cave upon the surface of the earth. There are some human being's uglier than any spiders. The fairy Korspntza did not improve in appearance when ,she resumed her proper homy and stood before r. 'The cave, in its interior, was very clean, the walls were smooth and highly polished, so was the door, so wast i liceeiling. 'There was no furniture Yisible;,:alitiry who is fond of tidiuess never requirUs to have a lit ter in her hostKOl 1;.:1 stamped upon the tioer, and there arose a soft, upon which ',rowelled to recline at :ease. She did not knock up a I.hair or'stool for Sirius, (that was the prince's name„) but thrciy one other shOes into a corner. Inimediately there spran g up where the shoe had fallen, a wood. lire •and si monkey; the monkey :Picked up the•shoe, and hastened to, replace it on Ile fairy's foot.. Korspatza delayed hair ,while she pulled out one Flf his eye-teeth, and then gave him a rap upon the head, 'which sent him througW4e , 'lltxn. directly. The wood-fire filled the room with smoke, and set the fairy barking with a cough. Ey' cry cOugh, as it resounded against the walls, iAtead of echoing back again;fell to, tl IS gtonnd,- . shaped like a pair of, bellows. A. wholesale .I ) ellowsinaler..migitt have - made his fortune by -exporting the produce of ,KorsPatza's coughing-fits. •Obedient to this hint, Sirius took up one pair of bellows, and immediately the others disappeanal, ; began to blow the fire, but exceedingly an: 'toyed to find that, instead of breathing with a 'quiet pilff, the bellowS' barked like half a dozen dogs. If the princb blew quietly, the dogs would only moan—if he blew with more than usual vigor, the dogs , seemed to he, all six of them, savagely /quarrelling together. The fairy Korspatza, howeVeT, dozed upon her sofa, and did not seem to beat all dis turbed by the,confusion. In the meantime the fire began to blaze, and all the smoke with which the cave had previously been filled, collected into a small -dense cloud near the ceiling; it parted 'into , 0 - .'Vague shape, shut :out four prolongations like the four legs Ofd spectral Cow, and then a fifth, like a short, ;curly tail; gradually it condensed, took a term more and more dis tinct, until at last a dog—the very image of the 'emperors dog—fen with a loud Inimp upon the pavement. ), aI will have that dog for my supper," said the fairy, with a lazy drawl. "Cook it; here is the sauce." Thereupon Korspatza threw towards the prince the monkey's tooth. A large dresser rose out-oft.he_ground_to inter-_ cept it in its tall. "Wdke 'me when supper is ready." So saying, the fairy went to sleep; and them stood the prince befUre a dresser, provided with knives, skewers, -plates, dishes, aiid a monkey's tooth. The dog was upon the floor beside him, and the fire burned brightly in a-corner. Nut only was the prinve no cook, but he had never even seen a kitchen. The fairy being TIONI,' asleep, Sirius in the first place, luok nl about the cave to ascer tain what means of escape he could make Use of. There was, no door, there were no windows; he found that he was boxed up in a perfect enbe : with Korspatza. While lie was looking about, he heard the cracking of a whip, and, whaT - iVfiS worse, he felt its thong upon his shoulders. Ile could not sec by whom it was applied, and as he still felt it incessantly, lie supposed that this mast he a hint from the old fairy, Who depended for her supper on his diligence in cooking. - AbgrV'`With pain, he resolved to try whether '-he etiuld not smother the old woman. Sev rar times he endeavored to come near her, but beitfeen him and ft er there seemed to be erected an impenetrable wall, not to be seen, but to be felt more acutely than the chip;it seemed, indeed) to be a judicious compound of the prickly aloe with the terrible loasa. "Well,".thotight the prince, "I suppose 1 must begin upon my dog. It has to be skin tied certainly, and I ton sure that I shall scalp the creature with the greatest pleasure." Accordingly he put the dog upon the dresser. The whips ceased -from their labor, and the prince, taking up a knife,.began this scalp ing operatidns. At the first cut,- the dog began to yell, leaped up, and bit him in the , • "This old lady ought to give her cook good wages.!" cried Prince Sirius. "Now, what am .1 to dor 1' In a great rage he took the dog up by the tail, and having given it a good preliminary swing, flung it-with much force into the fire. "Now, cook yourseltr• he cried. But in stitntly the curve was full of smoke; the smoke : gathered into an overhanging cloud; there. ~ .w as the' spectral' 'cow contracting, and the xlt4; bumped again upon the floor beside hint. I-Prince Sirius put his hands into ,bit; pock ets, and looked down Upon the creature with spitefal u<untenance. fort the whips !ttgain talon his Lack. Again he lifted-up - the 'dug,. and recommenced the sealiting. Ile continued with' his work in spite of,all resistance; but- he made no progress, be cause, as he removed the skin in one place, it-began to unite again over the part with which his- knife last been occupied. Sirius Chopped- off-the 'log's dead. The conse quence of this proceeding was, that a new head baddedfrom the headless body, mid a new body grew out of the trunkless head. There were now two dogs, who attacked the prince so savagely, and with so terrible a noise, that . th.e !.lairy was awakened. She turned on one side lazily, 2 tind looked towards the prince. "I see," said she. "Well you may cook me the pair of them." And then she weidlo sleep again. The prince's hands again diyed down into his poolZetS—down to the very bottom: But he cried, "Alt!" and, pulled thein out again. In a corner of one of them, ho had discover ed soinething:of which he had until now been wholly unaware. Together with his knife, his purse, the . tip of a tongue, some some stikpeppertitint,Und a bunch of keys, there was a something- : thremeorocred. proved to be a small note!cif pink paper, and. directed, in a ltidy's• writing, 71) the 1e:no- tarlislc Cjeralb. Sitius. He openedlt and teat} it ''.24'4ear.Prince,—l do not sacrifice you selfishly. I IttiOw what that wretch K. will ✓lo. You will find this note from your 'rind we shall Loth escape. Pyou draw the dog's eyetooth and put the monkey's in its place, all Will be well. Ever y6urs, Sirius was delighted fan• a minute, although he wns puzzled by the allusion ton goose ; Then he remembered that ithere were now Two clogs. Snzemunda had not calculated iipini that. However, the prince did nil that could be done—faithfully drew the tooth of one dog, and put the monkey's teeth into the empty socket. Then he felt no more whips upon his backl - the knives and fbrks, and plates upon the dyes, their own accord tacked straightway by table-knives, who chopped him up into small pieces, put him into a stew-pan, and called an iron hook to take him to the fire. The first dog was more delicately dealt with; carefully trussed and spitted. As it turned before the lire, its outline melted into a new form ; and before the fairy was awake, - the whole of file .pro cesses of cookery were ended. Before the fire were two dishes; one'of them contained a beautiful roast goose;. in the other was a rich and fragrant stew. The kitchen uten sils then all darted up towards the ceiling, wlilre they ran together in the limn of a huge dinner-hell. On thi, there rang a noisy peal. while the dresser heloW changed into a well furnished dining table. -Then -the fairs' yawn: etrand stretched herself, and sat up on the sofa. "Supper is really," said the prince. • "Dear me, and so it is F exclaimed -Kors patza. "Very well. The stew is,your dish; 1 will eat the goose. Come and sit near inv. - A chair rose up on the spot to which Kors patza pointed, and Sirius sat down as he was bidden. "The stew is very good," said Sirius, after tasting amoutilful. "Is it'?" said the fairy. "You princes know good living ; so I take your word. Hand me-tire dish." Norspatza,ate up all the stew. "May i trouble you, madam, for a little goose ?" said Sirius. "I hare sc4 my heart on a goose supper," said the Miry. °You may pick the bones when 1 lm , ' finished." ' Kurspatza leftitro ut6at non the bones; and after so full a meal slept very soundly: on her sofa,-- "What do I want with these dry bones?" thought Sirius; "but I will remember the ad vice of Suzemundrt. These mnst be the bones she mentioned iither note." Sirius, therefore, put the_ goose-bones , into his pock ets. Soon afterwards he fell asleep. Pres eittlyThe dreamed:that he was being covered aliyeyivitlh apiecrust of putty, and awoke shiver nom,, He found himselfin the grasp pf a suft, limp being, who was feeling about his pockets. "What is the matter?" alilied the prince ; ; "Give /Lie my bones," replied the being.- The being tumbled about in a flaeid, pow erless .manner; and it was evident that he hasnot one bone in his body. "I will not give you your bones," said Si-. tins. "Who are you ?" "I pm an earth spirit. In my bones lies all My strength. I was tra'nslbrnted that I might tease you. Restore my bones, and I wilt serve you faithfully. ' " "By what will you swear to me?" "By nothing. The spirits have no need to swear. "Only men or worse I.4Fp ever think of .uttering a falsehood." • trnst you,' , friend, said Siriusr"here are yimi - VOnes." The being vanished and soon reappeared.. clothed 1601.16 s lip'Ms.r strength. whatc - narneshalll I cull you?" "I am the earth Since you have trusted deserve yotti . • tritst. - 4 1 hate this old Rorspatza n bitt she hasl still some power over me: Via ypu roMOve ithose ashes?" Tile- wood tire had burned down to glowing embers. Sirius swept': these on one "Tread upon the floot.,master," - said_ Ute earth-spirit. . . Sirius did so, and a door leaped open, dis closing a large box. 'Open the box," said Marl; ,f'l have not power over it. What do you see?" "A quantity of hairt lockets." "Now, 0 prince!" e. daitn6d the spirit, "If you are generous, burn all these. In each loeket is the hair of a giant or earth spirit, and byposs,cssing them, you can retain ma. ny of us subjeeti to your bidding.- A'aieed nct.l tell you that "the meanest spirit is too proud to be eon . tente . d.in a - state • of bondage. ; lOek,of my hair is among Othtis' in that box. r Keep the lockets, and you compel us icll to serve you'; barn them in these ash es, and we' are all set, free. If you keep Leine, Lthen must`servi; you by compulsion; burn mine with the rest and I shall 'set.,-e you through free will."' have, no wish to be ungenerOtts," said Sirius; "so I will burn them all." "`Thanks, prince," replied Marl. "And what would von like me todo with this old SuzENtuNDA. I witch'?" "Her loss will be enough 11 , r her to suffer,' Sirius said, as he raked the embers over all the prisoned hair. As they„ burned, shouts of a mighty laugh- ter and of great rejoicing thundered through the cave, under the sounds whereof its walls were split, and crumbled into dust. Sirius closed his eyes greatly bewildered. When he opened them again, he stood under the" warm sunshine, on a mountain side. Tho sunshine was quite warm, although the rain was falling in a summer shower; and the rain soon ceased. The grass and the trees spar kled; the very clod was 'contributing its fra grance to the burden of scents with which the'slow footed breeze was laden. Bugle notes sounded in the wood below, to which the prince was Hailing., wheminthlenly a stag; leaped up the hill, an arrow after it ; and af ter that a single huntsman galloped forward in pursuit. When he came near, to Sirius, he swore aloud oath. Sirius started to the horse's bridle ; it was the emperor Peeler. "Hallo cried the e mperor. "Hallo-ho cried Sirius. to labor of dog was at- The emperor liTew uu hia lingle to. Call to gedier his attendants. The prince hhontei fi.r Marl__was the 'first to come. Can we change shares asked Sirius ? "At nnee said Marl. Sirins sat nn the etztp'eror's horse, and h looked like Emperor Peter. - Emperor Pet( stood below, and strugg,led ; in shape of Siriu to !tali the hot... Pawn down. The train of a temlams in a short time came upon II ground: Emperor Peter was carried lion for a madman, and placed in a 'lunatic a: ltum, where he was compassionately treats Sirius finished the stag-hunt, and rode but in state. Early next morning Sirius proclaimed. the name of, the Emperor Peter, that wit, as he had in the past reign Leen guilty much oppression and injustice, and w.licsr, he was now most heartily ashamed of tl mid .whereas- he intended in the days to eo to introduce into his government a be' spirit, and in considoration of the greatr of the intended change, lie did now de mine, ordain, appoint, Command, and it Vile it as a law, that thenceforth he shc he styled and entitled Emperor Peter Second, his thriller self being considt dead. Pt:ter IT. accordingly devoted him: It' • much energy to the retl)rniniion of :11)11 and as Peter 1. had only been three v upon the throne, it was years' time, to bring the State once tiler to a fair condition. ,Wou may be sure that SiriuS aid ma delay a visit to the beautiful , r 0 Imperial House. Itcr beauty delight; her ignorance possessi,t him dismay. Lie did nut Inll in tut with because she had no sense, and i! filling one's belly for an empty di. it be of gilded porcelain. - " But tie ii•fo Emperor determined that his m: girl should be set free from lici rit . A' hundred teachers were engaged •:t ti head w s iA knowledge; but the miiro talked, the more they puzzled her. At I the more they tall:0, the inure she over their talking. What could Ito Sirius called air his friend Marl tit het Marl could (10 nothing,: but sug, ; rested idiestion to the fairy Slazepttoola. buon her..be said, to thank her f:• m. , • mer alit, because he had limnil her ni fact, Sirius had giveirit to him he a when he restored the bones. - Mail Li . bout Suzemunda very warmly. "Go, then, good fellow," exelnitned Marl went. He had 'made himself' re miller ,with Abe way, and .came haeh box of lozenges. ."Th'j wise tettehe eat these—that is illy ine§sage." '-Ace ly, to each of the wisest teachers was 'stored a Suzemutula lozenge. Now hooks were shut, and O.) old. heel pointed with their'inky hands t..) the sky, the earth. -With lively tateilln( revealed to the young ,prineess, nu .store of their knowledge.•the invsteries of Nature - : IliSthrytteted bellire her on their lips. Str.ango lived and spoke to her and as she - them, she learned their language. edge, no 'longer :crushing fitney, was upon its wings into the sky,. Walked majestic, crowned With the gityliind, victor ii1 . 9%-ery, .colltest:;Aattt the music of n mhotisand sweet ,t 1 songs. Intellects stimped with the lust maiden's lively countenAnce. was tiortkenecb and the
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