Part 7 (1/2)

Like the leaves of the forest when Sureen, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the el of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!

And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride: And the foa lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf

And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown

And the s of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the teht of the Gentile, unslance of the Lord!

Byron

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: But the tent of the upright shall flourish

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: And his children shall have a place of refuge

Proverbs

THE LARK AT THE DIGGINGS

The friends strode briskly on, and a little after eleven o'clock they came upon a se, and his eyes glittered with innocent delight

The house was thatched and ashed, and English ritten on it and on every foot of ground round it A furze-bush had been planted by the door Vertical oak palings were the fence, with a five-barred gate in the nificent trees and shrubs of Australia had been excluded with aned safe fro rivals

They passed to the back of the house, and there George's countenance fell a little, for on the oval grass-plot and gravel-walk he found froers

”Ah, well,” said he, on reflection, ”we could not expect to have it all to ourselves, and indeed it would be a sin to wish it, you kno, Tom, come this way; here it is, here it is,--there” Toht brown bird

He was utterly confounded ”What, is it this we came twelve miles to see?”

”Ay! and twice twelve wouldn't have been much to me”

”Well, but what is the lark you talked of?”

”This is it”

”This? This is a bird”

”Well, and isn't a lark a bird?”

”O, ay! I see! ha! ha! ha! ha!”

Robinson's merriment was interrupted by a harsh reers, ere all from the other end of the ca;” and the whole party had their eyes turned with expectation towards the bird