The Waverer. TOM, weak and wavering, ever in a fright lest he do something wrong, does nothing right. A Farewell. FLOW down, cold rivulet, to the sea, thy tribute-wave deliver; no more by thee my steps shall be, flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea, no where by thee my steps shall be, but here will sigh thine alder-tree, and here by thee will hum the bee, a hundred suns will stream on thee, A. TENNYSON. Mein Glaube. Welche Religion ich bekenne? keine von allen die du mir nennst., und warum keine?' aus Religion. Der beste Staat. SCHILLER. Woran erkenn' ich den besten Staat? woran du die beste Fran kennst; daran, mein Freund, daß man von beiden nicht spricht. SCHILLER. Quid faciam, quid non? INFIRMVS animi, fluctuans semper, timens Labitur et labetur in omne uolubilis Aeuum. te meae numquam repetent per aeuum, riuule, plantae. leniter saltus siluasque praeter hic tuae custos gemet alnus orae, desinet anno. solibus centum radiare perges, mille lunarum tremulo nitore, me tamen nullo prope te uagantem senseris aeuo. Religio. QVAE tua Religio? 'nulla harum quas mihi narras.' his quid te prohibet fidere? 'Religio.' Optima Respublica. OPTIMA quo signo respublica noscitur? ipso optima quo mulier: uolgus utramque silet.' The Standard of the Bund presented to the Tyrolese Riflemen in the Schützenfest at O LOVELIEST land of Teuton name, how warmly glows with love of thee thy heart was Teuton to the core. o darling brother of Tyrol, as sweep thy champions past, that banner blazed with direful light. o dear, dear son of Teuton sires, show her yon band of dark-red gold, a beacon to the free and brave. From the German. Eine Geschminkte. 'SHE looks so young!' 'tis surely no disgrace, if Ellen is much older than her face. From VON KLEIST. Rusticorum mascula Militum Proles. RAETIA, Teutonicae regio pulcherrima gentis, ut pedes, exercens sese ad certamina Martis, Teutonicus magno feruet amore tui! scilicet hac nostram gaudens te luce saluto; pascua nostra colis, carmina nostra canis : rebus et in dubiis olim tu nostra fuisti, tu pro Teutonico foedere certa mori. o quo Teutonicae matri nil carius usquam, Raete, mihi fratris nomine dignus ades. ut tua gratantes nunc agmina cernimus, ut nos iungimur ordinibus confluimusque tuis ! en ubi, caeruleo quod pandis in aethere signum, ales ab antiquo regius hoste rubet: fulmineis hoc quippe minis Insigne secutum, cum trepida cessit Gallia uicta fuga. salue, Teutonicae stirpis dulcissima proles, hospes ut hac gratus tu mihi luce uenis! haec refer ad ualles patrias et Raetica saxa quae tibi non fallax oscula iungit amor: monstra fasciolam rutili, qua cingeris, auri, et memor has fidi pectoris adde preces : quod dedit haec Insigne dies, ad bella per aeuum instruat audentis, libera corda, uiros. Facie sed non aetate Puella. IRI, nites inter teneras spectanda puellas, sed facie natu maior es, Iri, tua. The Receiver as bad as the Thief. SAYS the Earth to the Moon, 'you're a pilfering jade, what you steal from the Sun is beyond all belief.' 'madam Earth, cease your railing,' fair Cynthia said; the receiver is always as bad as the thief.' The Random Shot. (Painted by Sir E. Landseer, R.A.) O HUNTRESS Queen, this pictured meed wrought, Artemis, by thee or thine. A. Swans and Songsters. SWANS sing before they die: 'twere no bad thing if certain folk would die before they sing. COLERIDGE The Kindness of Law. THE Law settles doubts about ‘Meum' and 'Tuum,' by kindly arranging the thing shall be 'Suum.' |