Strike for your altars and your | fires,| Strike 771 for the | green | graves of your sires, 191 God and your native | land!11111 They fought like | brave | men | long and | well, 117171 | They piled that ground with | Moslem | | | slain, They conquer'd, |fell,|| but Boz- | zaris | fell, Bleeding at every | vein. 1771791 His few surviving | comrades 11 saw His smile when I rang their proud huzzah, | I And the red field was | won;|| পা 71771 Then saw in death his eyelids | close Calmly, as to a night's re- | pose Like flowers at | set of | sun.791991 Come to the bridal | chamber, | Death! | Come to the mother, when she | feels For the first time her | first-born's | breath; | Come when the | blessed | seals Which close the | pestilence | are broke 11 And crowded | cities | wail its | stroke; Come in con- sumption's | ghastly | form,| The earthquake | shock, the ocean | storm; | Come when the heart | beats | high and | warm, With banquet song, and And thou art | terrible! | The groan, the | knell, the | bier, dance and | wine, the tear, the pall, 1 And all we know, or | dream or | fear || But to the hero, 1991 when his | sword | Has won the battle for the free. Thy voice sounds like a prophet's | word, || And in its | hollow | tones are | heard | The thanks of millions | yet to be. 11111111 Boz-zaris with the storied | brave | Greece nurtured in her Rest thee glory's time, there is no prouder | grave, | clime. 171 Even in her own proud We tell thy | doom with- | out a | sigh; | For thou art | Freedom's now, and Fame's One of the few mortal | names, 9, That were not | born to ADDRESS TO THE RAINBOW. Campbell. And yet, fair | bow, || no |fabling | dreams, 1| When o'er the green un- | delug'd | earth | Heaven's covenant thou didst | shine | 19 How came the | world's | grey | fathers | forth || To watch thy | sacred | sign! 99/99/ And when its yellow | lustre | smiled O'er mountains | yet un- | trod, Each mother | held a- | loft | her | child | Me-thinks, thy | jubilee to | keep,|| On earth de- | livered from the | deep;191 And the first poet | sang.79| Norever shall the | Muse's | eye | Un-raptured | greet thy | beam: | 11 | Theme of pri- | meval | prophecy, | Be still the poet's theme! |79| The earth to thee her | incense | yields,| The | lark thy | welcome | sings,| Where glittering in the freshen'd | field's | How glorious is thy | girdle | cast | As fresh in | yon ho- | rizon | dark, | For, faithful to its | sacred | page, | Heaven | still re- | builds | thy | span, |17| OTHELLO'S ADDRESS TO THE SENATE. Shakspeare. Most potent, grave, | and | reverend | seigniors, My very | noble, and ap- | proved | good| mas ters; That I have taken a- | way this | old man's ¦ daughter, It is most true; || true, I have married her; The very head and | front of my of- | fending | Hath this ex- tent, no more. Rude am I in | speech, | And little bless'd with the set | phrase of peace; 171 For since these | arms of mine had seven years | pith, | | Till now, some | nine | moons | wasted, they have used | Their dearest | action I And little speak | in the | tented | field; of this great | world | can | I | More than per- tains to | feats of | broil, and battle; And, therefore, little shall I | grace my cause, In speaking for my- | self: | 11 | yet | by your patience, | I will around un- | varnish'd | tale de- | liver, | Of my whole | course of | love: what | drugs, | what charms, | What conjuration, and what | mighty | magic, | (For such pro- | ceeding | I am I won his daughter | with. charg'd with- | al,)| 1991 I run it thro' | even from my | boyish | days, | To the tell it. very moment that he | bade me | Where-in, I spoke, of | most dis- | astrous chances ; | Of moving |,accidents, | by | flood and | field; | Of hair-breadth | 'scapes deadly breach;|11| in the imminent | Of being taken, by the | insolent | foe, | And sold to slavery; of my re- | demption | thence; Of battles | bravely, | hardly | fought; ||of| victories, For which the conqueror | mourn'd so many | Soldiers un- | paid; || fearful to | fight, yet bold | In dangerous mutiny. 1991 |