ADDRESS TO THE MUMMY IN BELZONI'S EXHIBITION. 25 Providence, with the same earnest eyes, and the same sad and tranquil mien. And we, we shall die, and Islam will wither away; and the Englishman, straining far over to hold his loved India, will plant a firm foot on the banks of the Nile, and sit in the seats of the Faithful; and still that sleepless rock will lie watching and watching the works of the new busy race, with those same sad earnest eyes, and the same tranquil mien everlasting. You dare not mock at the Sphynx."--Eöthen. AND thou hast walk'd about (how strange a story!) Speak! for thou long enough hast acted dummy, Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures, Tell us for doubtless thou canst recollect To whom should we assign the Sphynx's fame? Was Cheops or Cephrenes architect Of either Pyramid that bears his name? Is Pompey's pillar really a misnomer ? Had Thebes a hundred gates as sung by Homer? Perchance that very hand, now pinion'd flat, Has hob-a-nobb'd with Pharaoh glass to glass; Or doff'd thine own to let Queen Dido pass, Or held, by Solomon's own invitation,' I need not ask thee if that hand, when arm'd, Ere Romulus and Remus had been suckled :- Long after thy primeval race was run. Since first thy form was in this box extended, We have, above ground, seen some strange mutations ; New worlds have risen-we have lost old nations, Didst thou not hear the pother o'er thy head, And shook the Pyramids with fear and wonder, If the tomb's secrets may not be confess'd, A heart has throbb'd beneath that leathern breast, Statue of flesh-immortal of the dead! Posthumous man, who quitt'st thy narrow bed, Why should this worthless tegument* endure, 1. Are we told of anything in the building of the temple to make this probable? 2. What is here referred to? HORACE SMITH. 3. Any slight grammatical error in this line? 4. What tegument ? 5. What guest? THE BATTLE OF THE LEAGUE. XVIII. THE BATTLE OF THE LEAGUE. 27 "AT the age of sixteen, Henry of Navarre had been declared head of the party of the Huguenots; his uncle the Prince of Conde, and the Admiral Coligni, acting as his lieutenants. His first military enterprises were unsuccessful. Invited to Paris, at the peace of 1572, to marry the sister of Charles IX., he narrowly escaped from the massacre of St. Bartholomew, but remained three years a prisoner. On the death of Charles, he again took the field against the army of the League, which he defeated in the battle of Courtras, 1587, and still more signally in that of Arques, 1589. After the death of Henry III., he won the celebrated battle of Ivry; and being acknowledged sovereign of France by all but the party of the League, then in possession of Paris, he laid siege to the city, which must have capitulated, but for the succours of Philip II."-Tytler's Gen. History. THE King is come to marshal us, all in his armour drest, He look'd upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. "And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your Oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre." Hurrah! the foes are moving. Hark to the mingled din And in they burst, and on they rush'd, while, like a guiding star, Now, God be praised, the day is ours! Mayenne hath turned his rein. D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The Flemish Count is slain. Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return. That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls. Ho! gallant nobles of the League, look that your arms be bright; Ho! burghers of St. Genevieve, keep watch and ward to-night, For our God hath crush'd the tyrant, our God hath raised the slave, And mock'd the counsel of the wise, and the valour of the brave. 1. What is the subject to rolled? 2. What were Guelders and Almayne? XIX. THE ARMADA. "ELIZABETH of England had warmly espoused the cause of the revolted Netherlands, and her admiral, Sir Francis Drake, had taken some of the Spanish settlements in America. To avenge these injuries, the Invincible Armada of 150 ships of war, 27,000 men, and 3,000 pieces of cannon, was equipped by Philip for the invasion of England. The English fleet of 108 ships, attacked them in the night, and burnt and destroyed a great part of the squadron. A storm, which drove them on the rocks and sands of Zealand, completed their discomfiture, and only 50 shattered vessels, with 6,000 men, returned to Spain, 1588."-Tytler's General History. ATTEND, all ye who list' to hear our noble England's praise : space, For there behoves him to set up the standard of her grace:" Bohemia's plume, and Genoa's bow, and Cæsar's eagle shield: lay, Ho! strike the flagstaff deep, sir Knight! Ho! scatter flowers, fair maids! Ho, gunners! fire a loud salute! ho, gallants! draw your blades! The fresh'ning breeze of eve unfurled that banner's massy fold- High on St. Michael's Mount it shone-it shone on Beachy Head. |