This question of another birth, Ask it of joyous birds that sing, That sleep-where swollen rivers flow.. The barriers of some rock-bound shore- And yet the answer, strong, and sure, ALBERT FRANK HOFFMANN. The Destruction of Sennacherib THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and forever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, Jeremiah, the Patriot "Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.”—Jer. THEY say, "The man is false, and falls away": They say, "His words unnerve the warrior's hand, And dim the statesman's eye and disunite The friends of Israel"; yet, in every land, My words, to Faith, are Peace, and Hope, and Might. They say, "The frenzied one is fain to see Glooms of his own; and gathering storms afar;But dungeons deep, and fetters strong have we.' Alas! Heaven's lightning would ye chain and bar? Ye scorners of th' Eternal! wait one hour; The Ruler of the Nations "I have set thee this day over the nations, and over the kingdoms."-Jer. i. 10 'HE Lord hath set me o'er the kings of earth, THE To fasten and uproot, to build and mar; Not by mine own fond will: else never war Had still'd in Anathoth the voice of mirth, Nor from my native tribe swept bower and hearth; Ne'er had the light of Judah's royal star Fail'd in mid heaven, nor trampling steed and car Ceas'd from the courts that saw Josiah's birth. ""Tis not in me to give or take away, But He who guides the thunder-peals on high, Therefore I bid earth's glories set or shine, And it is so; my words are sacraments divine." JOHN KEBLE. The Fall of Jerusalem JERUSALEM! Jerusalem! one, How is the brilliance of thy diadem, All the tribes of earth obey, Crouching 'neath his dread dominion, And the terrors of his name! How is thy royal seat-whereon All the wealth of foreign climes- Gone is all thy majesty; Where once the glory of the Most High Land of Jehovah! view that sacred place ALFRED TENNYSON. FROM Hebrew Melody (Jeremiah x: 17) 'ROM the hall of our fathers in anguish we fled, His robe was the whirlwind, his voice was the thunder, For we knew, where He stood by the flash of His eye. O Judah! how long must thy weary ones weep, MRS. JAMES GORDON BROOKS. JERU Lament for Jerusalem ERUSALEM! on thy ruin'd walls. As once it shone in happier days: How long shall pagan foot profane And memories alone remain Of all that once was thine? To weep o'er Salem's blighted fame, Is all the heritage we claim Within our fatherland; To mourn o'er our free parents' graves When will that glorious hour come? MARION and CELIA MOSs. |