-"Long has my arm forgot to wield
"The fword, and raise the maffy shield,"
Replied the stranger drear:

"Peace to this brown oak's hallow'd fhade!
"Peace to the bones which here are laid,
"And which we both revere !

"Know'st thou not Siegmar, Herman's fire,
"That arm of steel, that foul of fire?
"Here is his grave.-My name
"Is Flavus-at that found the woods
"With curfes ring, and Wefer's floods
"My infamy proclaim!

"For fuch is vengeful Odin's will
"And doom, that traitor-curfes ftill
"Thick on my head shall be,
"Till from the blood of brethren flain,
"My gory hands and lance again
"I pure and spotless fee.

Still then, when midnight hours permit "Pale fpe&tres Hela's realm to quit, "I feek this hallow'd place;

"With tears bedew thefe crimson blots, "And strive to wash away the spots

"No pains can now efface!"

Ha

He ceased; when Odin's eagle came,
By Odin arm'd with blasting flame,
And feized the phantom knight:
Loud fhrieks the spectre's pangs reveal'd,
And foon a cloud his form conceal'd
From awe-ftruck Hengift's fight.

"Son!" faid the chief, with horror chill'd, While down his brows cold dews diftill'd,

"Now take your fword in hand,

"And fwear with me, each drop of gore,
"That fwells your veins, well pleased to pour
"To guard your native land !"-

No.

No. IV.

ALONZO THE BRAVE AND FAIR IMOGINE.

ORIGINAL. -M. G. LEWIS.

This was first published in the Third Volume of Ambrosio, or the Monk,

A WARRIOR fo bold and a virgin fo bright
Converfed, as they fat on the green;

They gazed on each other with tender delight:
Alonzo the Brave was the name of the knight,

The maid's was the Fair Imogine.

"And, oh !" faid the youth, "fince to-morrow I go

"To fight in a far-diftant land,

"Your tears for my absence foon leaving to flow, "Some other will court you, and you will beftow "On a wealthier fuitor your hand.”—

"Oh! hush these fufpicions," Fair Imogine faid, "Offenfive to love and to me!

"For, if you be living, or if you be dead,

"Ifwear by the Virgin, that none in your stead "Shall husband of Imogine be.

"And if e'er for another my heart should decide, "Forgetting Alonzo the Brave,

"God grant, that, to punish my falfehood and pride "Your ghoft at the marriage may fit by my fide, "May tax me with perjury, claim me as bride, "And bear me away to the grave !??

To Palestine haften'd the hero fo bold;

His love fhe lamented him fore:

But fcarce had a twelvemonth elapfed, when behold,
A Baron all cover'd with jewels and gold
Arrived at Fair Imogine's door,

His treasure, his prefents, his fpacious domain,
Soon made her untrue to her vows:

He dazzled her eyes; he bewilder'd her brain;
He caught her affections fo light and so vain,
And carried her home as his fpoufe.

And now had the marriage been blefs'd by the priest;
The revelry now was begun :

The tables they groan'd with the weight of the feaft;

Nor yet had the laughter and merriment ceased,
When the bell of the caftle toll'd-" one!"

Then firft with amazement Fair Imogine found
That a ftranger was placed by her fide:

His air was terrific; he utter'd no found;
He spoke not, he moved not, he look'd not around,
But earnestly gazed on the bride.

His vizor was clofed, and gigantic his height;
His armour was fable to view :

All pleasure and laughter were hufh'd at his fight;
The dogs, as they eyed him, drew back in affright;
The lights in the chamber burnt blue!

His prefence all bofoms appear'd to difmay;
The guests fat in filence and fear:

At length spoke the bride, while fhe trembled:-" I pray,
Sir Knight, that your helmet afide you would lay,
"And deign to partake of our cheer.".

The lady is filent: the ftranger complies,
His vizor he flowly unclosed:

Oh! then what a fight met Fair Imogine's eyes!
What words can exprefs her difmay and surprise,
When a skeleton's head was exposed!

All