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King Gelimer's Death Lay.
the sorrows of the enemy ' s yoke , will we fight desperately . Speak , Vandal men , is it not so ? " And a shout which struck terror into the multitude of the Numidians echoed amidst the mountains . Then spake Gelimer once more : " This nightmy countrymenwill we
, , pray to God the Only One . He will put strength into our arms and smite our enemies with confusion . " Ancl these freemen , free to the end , supplicated the Almighty . The sun arose ancl found Rualac administering draughts of poison to
Gelimer the King , and the Vandal tribe . The sun rose higher , and the Vandals armed for the last time , for all combats they were to fight on earth . The earth was glorious ancl smiling , but the Vandals regretted not their departure from it . If the earth were so beautiful , how much more lovel y that unknown world where dwelt the great and noble Creator ! And King Gelimer sang to the harp , of the mysteries of religion and the
glories of immortality ; the greatness of freedom ancl the love of purity . "For every blow you give or take you will have a reward in Heaven ! For the life here needily had below , a new life , more perfect , above ! With the sword will yon cut your way to the land of everlasting peace , where you may sit at the feet of the Creator of the earth and sky ! " And Gelimer ancl his men fought against the Numidians ancl vanquished them . But at the setting of the sun , when Nature went to rest until the morrow , the bodies of the Vandals lay on the sands , and their souls had risen to eternal freedom ancl hapj ) iness in Heaven !
After All.
AFTER ALL .
BY HENRY CALVERT APPLEBY , JHb ?* . Librarian of ihe Hull Literary Club , ancl Author of "A Queer Courtship , " " The Fatal Picture , " etc . CHAPTEK V . Music ... the food of love . —Twelfth Night .
FROM Shakespeare himself we have the fact that music , that mystic and influential but inarticulate language , is intimately connected with the subtle ancl undefined yet powerful passion called love . Not onl y the " sweet bard of Avon , " but hosts before ancl after him , have sung with eloquence of the potent charms of music as a stimulant to love . " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast , " says conscientious Congreve , as great Homer , voluptuous
Ovid , ancl sedate Virgil had proved before him . Nor need we mention the beautiful Apollo , the sprightly Terpsichore , the Avarlike Pan , the powerful Amphion , the famous Orpheus , and many others , toshowhow ancient is the belief in the power of sweet music . Solinus , Pliny ' s imitator , Mersenne the fanciful , harmonious Haydn , reliable Playford , learned Sir William Jones , and hundreds of others have added their testimony . The celebrated Linnseus , noted Dr . Archer , observant Dr . Cramer , veracious Isaac Disraeli , learned Abbe Olivet , ancl the ingenious Pelisson , have related wonderful stories concerning the influence of music . Strange tales are told by quaint Sir Thomas Browne ,
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King Gelimer's Death Lay.
the sorrows of the enemy ' s yoke , will we fight desperately . Speak , Vandal men , is it not so ? " And a shout which struck terror into the multitude of the Numidians echoed amidst the mountains . Then spake Gelimer once more : " This nightmy countrymenwill we
, , pray to God the Only One . He will put strength into our arms and smite our enemies with confusion . " Ancl these freemen , free to the end , supplicated the Almighty . The sun arose ancl found Rualac administering draughts of poison to
Gelimer the King , and the Vandal tribe . The sun rose higher , and the Vandals armed for the last time , for all combats they were to fight on earth . The earth was glorious ancl smiling , but the Vandals regretted not their departure from it . If the earth were so beautiful , how much more lovel y that unknown world where dwelt the great and noble Creator ! And King Gelimer sang to the harp , of the mysteries of religion and the
glories of immortality ; the greatness of freedom ancl the love of purity . "For every blow you give or take you will have a reward in Heaven ! For the life here needily had below , a new life , more perfect , above ! With the sword will yon cut your way to the land of everlasting peace , where you may sit at the feet of the Creator of the earth and sky ! " And Gelimer ancl his men fought against the Numidians ancl vanquished them . But at the setting of the sun , when Nature went to rest until the morrow , the bodies of the Vandals lay on the sands , and their souls had risen to eternal freedom ancl hapj ) iness in Heaven !
After All.
AFTER ALL .
BY HENRY CALVERT APPLEBY , JHb ?* . Librarian of ihe Hull Literary Club , ancl Author of "A Queer Courtship , " " The Fatal Picture , " etc . CHAPTEK V . Music ... the food of love . —Twelfth Night .
FROM Shakespeare himself we have the fact that music , that mystic and influential but inarticulate language , is intimately connected with the subtle ancl undefined yet powerful passion called love . Not onl y the " sweet bard of Avon , " but hosts before ancl after him , have sung with eloquence of the potent charms of music as a stimulant to love . " Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast , " says conscientious Congreve , as great Homer , voluptuous
Ovid , ancl sedate Virgil had proved before him . Nor need we mention the beautiful Apollo , the sprightly Terpsichore , the Avarlike Pan , the powerful Amphion , the famous Orpheus , and many others , toshowhow ancient is the belief in the power of sweet music . Solinus , Pliny ' s imitator , Mersenne the fanciful , harmonious Haydn , reliable Playford , learned Sir William Jones , and hundreds of others have added their testimony . The celebrated Linnseus , noted Dr . Archer , observant Dr . Cramer , veracious Isaac Disraeli , learned Abbe Olivet , ancl the ingenious Pelisson , have related wonderful stories concerning the influence of music . Strange tales are told by quaint Sir Thomas Browne ,