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# The Curse of Kehama

First published in 1810, in a single volume format, this transcription is of the first edition. Subsequent editions published during Southey's lifetime were issued in two volumes.
THE
Curse of Kehama:
BY
Robert Southey.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,
PATERNOSTER-ROW,
BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH.
1810.
TO
THE AUTHOR OF GEBIR,
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR,
THIS POEM IS INSCRIBED,
BY
ROBERT SOUTHEY.
PREFACE.
In the religion of the Hindoos, which of all false religions is the most monstrous in its fables, and the most fatal in its effects, there is one remarkable peculiarity. Prayers, penances, and sacrifices, are supposed to possess an inherent and actual value, in no degree depending upon the disposition or motive of the person who performs them. They are drafts upon Heaven, for which the Gods cannot refuse payment. The worst men, bent upon the worst designs, have in this manner obtained power which has made them formidable to the Supreme Deities themselves, and rendered an Ava​tar, or Incarnation of Veeshnoo the Preserver, necessary. This belief is the foundation of the following Poem. The story is original; but, in all its parts, consistent with the superstition upon which it is built; and however startling the fictions may appear, they might almost be called credible when compared with the genuine tales of Hindoo mythology.
No figures can be imagined more anti-picturesque, and less poetical, than the mythological personages of the Bramins. This deformity was easily kept out of sight:—their hundred hands are but a clumsy personification of power; their numerous heads only a gross image of divinity, "whose countenance," as the Bhagvat-Geeta expresses it, "is turned on every side." To the other obvious objection, that the religion of Hindostan is not generally known enough to ​supply fit machinery for an English poem, I can only answer, that, if every allusion to it throughout the work is not sufficiently self-explained to render the passage intelligible, there is a want of skill in the poet. Even those readers who should be wholly unacquainted with the writings of our learned Orientalists, will find all the preliminary knowledge that can be needful, in the brief explanation of mythological names prefixed to the Poem.
CONTENTS.
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# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (1)

​On the train from Vienna to Ljubljana I had a long talk with a wealthy Vienna merchant. He took me for a Pole. We said a good deal about the unhappy financial situation in the land. He surprised me by declaring that the one salvation for Central Europe are the Czechs. “A few months ago we transferred our business to the Zivnostenska Banka. They went through our books, and in three days all was in order. The very next week I went in to see them to get a very large sum of money in cash. With my former bankers it would have taken perhaps two days, but these people asked me to sit down for a little, and in a quarter of an hour I was walking out with the money. It fairly took my breath away.
W. J. Rose, in the New Europe.
Col. Roosevelt, speaking of the victories of the Czechoslovaks in Siberia, said: “The extraordinary nature of their great and heroic feat is literally unparalleled, as far as I know, in ancient or modern warfare.”
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# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (11)

​The Czechs of Cedar Rapids, Ia. are proud, because they have given a hero to the American army. Ladislav J. Janda, whose father Václav Janda is city street commissioner, has received all kinds of distinctions for his service with Uncle Sam. He was promoted several times, until he became major of the 9th regiment of infantry. The French gave him the croix de guerre with palms, and General Pershing cited him in special orders for extraordinary bravery in Belval Forrest on November 3, 1918, during the American offensive. In addition he is to get a decoration for brave conduct under fire in leading a counter attack at Thiancourt on September 12, 1918.
Major Janda since his demobilization is again attending engineering courses at the Ames State College.
One of the oldest civil war veterans died recently in Cedar Rapids. His name was František Peřina and he was born in Bohemia in 1837. From 1862 to 1865 he served in Company H of the 6th cavalry regiment of Iowa and participated in many battles.
# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (13)

​Official announcement has been made of the appointment of Dr. J. Štěpánek as minister of the Czechoslovak Republic to the United States. Dr. Štěpánek has been acting minister of foreign affairs at Prague, while Dr. Edward Beneš has been in attendance on the Peace Conference in Paris, and his appointment emphasizes the importance attached by the Czechoslovak government to the Washington post.
Charles Pergler, for nearly a year commisioner of the Republic in Washington, has been selected to serve as minister to Japan. Dr. Osuský, minister to England, is also at this time filling the post of Czechoslovak plenipotentiary at the peace conference, as Minister Beneš has finally returned to Prague, after four years of unexampled activity for his country.
# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (2)

​Allied military intervention in Russia has been ineffective because it has ben half-hearted and on a parsimonious scale. Practically all that has been accomplished in the way of saving Russia from a Bolshevist regime, acting in Germany’s interest, was accomplished by the Czechoslovaks—ex-prisoners of war who dropped miraculously out of the clouds at the propitious moment. But for them the Allies at this moment would probably be holding only Kola, Archangel, Vladivostok and the Black Sea ports and Russia would be a malignant and powerful enemy, extremely difficult to deal with because of the spread everywhere of the Bolshevist fanaticism.—N. Y. Tribune.
Formerly the city authorities of Vienna claimed that there lived fewer than 100,000 Czechs in their city. Now, when they have to ask for food from the Czechoslovak republic, they figure the number at 417,000.
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# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (10)

​Chas. J. Vopička, American minister to Roumania, who received a few weeks ago the highest Roumanian decoration for his services during the war, has returned to his home in Chicago on a leave of absence.
At the graduation exercises of the Cleveland School of Art the first place among the five best pupils was awarded to a young Czech painter, Joseph Jicha, whose oil paintings gained him much praise. He received the Mary Bradford fellowship. Among other graduates was also Miss Helen Srp of Bedford, O., who devotes her talent to landscape painting and etchings.
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# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (12)

​The Sokol Union of America is making preparations for participation in the great Sokol athletic meet which it is planned to hold in Prague next summer. One or more ships will be chartered to accomodate the thousands who desire to see the old country under the Czechoslovak flag.
Among 76 Yanks who received the military medal of honor early in July, there was one of Czechoslovak blood, Sergeant Matthew Kočák, Company C, 5th regiment of Marines.
John Wottawa, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, was appointed attache to Richard Crane, American minister to Prague.
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# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (3)

​In honor of President Masaryk’s arrival in Prague the Bohemian National Theatre staged Smetana’s great opera “Libuše”; the title role was sung by Emmy Destinn. Masaryk sat in what used to be the royal box.
French Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon said in the French Chamber on December 29: “We were the first to work for the resurrection of Bohemia which is the most remarkable and miraculous event of the war. We were the first to recognize the Czechoslovak government, the government of Masaryk, Kramář, Štefánik and Beneš. We called its members to our conferences. We formed the Czechoslovak army and with the music of the Marseillaise the government of the Czechoslovak republic entered Prague accompanied by the representative of France, the only foreign diplomat.”
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# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (4)

​According to the Washington Star Congressman Sabath was told by President Wilson that the minister to Czechoslovakia would be some American now in the diplomatic service in a nearby country.
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# The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Miscellaneous (14)

​In a recent interview President Masaryk said: “We can never agree to anything like the Danube federation, which would be old Austria without the emperor. Czechoslovakia must preserve its absolute political and economical independence. Our form of government will tend to approach the American form of government. Even now we are halfway between a ministerial, parliamentary government, and a government of strong men headed by a president with a cabinet, and perhaps the Czechoslovak president will later be vested with more power.”
Recent census of Slovakia uncovered the gross falsifications of the former Magyar statistics. The important city of Košice (Kaschau) had according to the census of 1900 only 23.50% of Slovaks, and in 1910 this proportion was further decreased to 14.89% . With the Magyar pressure removed the number of people who declared themselves Slovaks jumped nearly four times. The enumeration just completed shows that Slovaks in Košice number 22,808 or 49.38,% Magyars 17,470 or 37.83% , Germans 2251 or 4.88%, others 3568 or 7.91%.
In the county of Šaryš, north of Košice, recent census gave the following figures as compared with the census of 1900: Slovaks increased from 115,042 to 148,424, Rusins decreased from 33,988 to 9202, Germans decreased from 10,886 to 2401, and Magyars decreased from 10,926 to 6309. The total population of the county decreased in 19 years by 4200.
# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/When the Old Man Smokes

WHEN THE OLD MAN SMOKES
In the forenoon's restful quiet,  When the boys are off at school, When the window lights are shaded  And the chimney-corner cool, Then the old man seeks his armchair,  Lights his pipe and settles back; Falls a-dreaming as he draws it  Till the smoke-wreaths gather black.
And the tear-drops come a-trickling  Down his cheeks, a silver flow— Smoke or memories you wonder,  But you never ask him,—no; For there 's something almost sacred  To the other family folks In those moods of silent dreaming  When the old man smokes.
Ah, perhaps he sits there dreaming  Of the love of other days And of how he used to lead her  Through the merry dance's maze; How he called her "little princess,"  And, to please her, used to twine Tender wreaths to crown her tresses,  From the "matrimony vine."
Then before his mental vision  Comes, perhaps, a sadder day, When they left his little princess  Sleeping with her fellow clay. How his young heart throbbed, and pained him!  Why, the memory of it chokes! Is it of these things he 's thinking  When the old man smokes?
But some brighter thoughts possess him,  For the tears are dried the while. And the old, worn face is wrinkled  In a reminiscent smile, From the middle of the forehead  To the feebly trembling lip, At some ancient prank remembered  Or some long unheard-of quip.
Then the lips relax their tension  And the pipe begins to slide, Till in little clouds of ashes,  It falls softly at his side; And his head bends low and lower  Till his chin lies on his breast, And he sits in peaceful slumber  Like a little child at rest.
Dear old man, there 's something sad'ning,  In these dreamy moods of yours, Since the present proves so fleeting,  All the past for you endures. Weeping at forgotten sorrows,  Smiling at forgotten jokes; Life epitomized in minutes,  When the old man smokes.
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Whip-Poor-Will and Katy-Did

WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID
Slow de night 's a-fallin', An' I hyeah de callin,  Out erpon de lonesome hill; Soun' is moughty dreary, Solemn-lak an' skeery,  Sayin' fu' to "whip po' Will."
Now hit 's moughty tryin', Fu' to hyeah dis cryin',  'Deed hit 's mo' den I kin stan'; Sho' wid all our slippin', Dey 's enough of whippin'  'Dout a bird a'visin' any man.
In de noons o' summah Dey 's anothah hummah  Sings anothah song instid; An' his th'oat 's a-swellin' Wid de joy o' tellin',  But he says dat "Katy did."
Now I feels onsuhtain; Won't you raise de cu'tain  Ovah all de ti'ngs dat 's hid? W'y dat feathahed p'isen Goes erbout a-visin'  Whippin' Will w'en Katy did?
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Why Fades a Dream?

WHY FADES A DREAM?
Why fades a dream?  An iridescent ray Flecked in between the tryst  Of night and day.  Why fades a dream?— Of consciousness the shade Wrought out by lack of light and made  Upon life's stream.  Why fades a dream?
That thought may thrive,  So fades the fleshless dream; Lest men should learn to trust  The things that seem.  So fades a dream, That living thought may grow And like a waxing star-beam glow  Upon life's stream—  So fades a dream.
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/When Winter Darkening All Around

WHEN WINTER DARKENING ALL AROUND
When winter covering all the ground  Hides every sign of Spring, sir. However you may look around,  Pray what will then you sing, sir?
The Spring was here last year I know,  And many bards did flute, sir; I shall not fear a little snow  Forbid me from my lute, sir.
If words grow dull and rhymes grow rare,  I'll sing of Spring's farewell, sir. For every season steals an air,  Which has a Springtime smell, sir.
But if upon the other side,  With passionate longing burning, Will seek the half unjeweled tide,  And sing of Spring's returning.
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Winter's Approach

WINTER'S APPROACH
De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow, Ol' Brer Rabbit be a-layin' low,  He know dat de wintah time a-comin', De huntah man he walk an' wait, He walk right by Brer Rabbit's gate—  He know—
De dog he lick his sliverin' chop, An' he tongue 'gin' his mouf go flop, flop—  He— He rub his nose fu' to clah his scent So's to tell w'ich way dat cottontail went,  He—
De huntah's wife she set an' spin  A good wahm coat fu' to wrop him in  She— She look at de skillet an' she smile, oh my! An' ol' Brer Rabbit got to sholy fly.  Dey know.
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/With The Lark

WITH THE LARK
Night is for sorrow and dawn is for joy, Chasing the troubles that fret and annoy; Darkness for sighing and daylight for song,— Cheery and chaste the strain, heartfelt and strong. All the night through, though I moan in the dark, I wake in the morning to sing with the lark.
Deep in the midnight the rain whips the leaves, Softly and sadly the wood-spirit grieves. But when the first hue of dawn tints the sky, I shall shake out my wings like the birds and be dry; And though, like the rain-drops, I grieved through the dark, I shall wake in the morning to sing with the lark.
On the high hills of heaven, some morning to be, Where the rain shall not grieve thro' the leaves of the tree, There my heart will be glad for the pain I have known, For my hand will be clasped in the hand of mine own; And though life has been hard and death's pathway been dark, I shall wake in the morning to sing with the lark.
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/When de Co'n Pone's Hot

WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT
Dey is times in life when Nature  Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes' a-rattlin' down creation,  Lak an ocean's overflow; When de worl' jes' stahts a-spinnin'  Lak a picaninny's top, An' yo' cup o' joy is brimmin'  'Twell it seems about to slop, An' you feel jes' lak a racah,  Dat is trainin' fu' to trot— When yo' mammy says de blessin'  An' de co'n pone 's hot.
When you set down at de table,  Kin' o' weary lak an' sad, An' you 'se jes' a little tiahed  An' purhaps a little mad; How yo' gloom tu'ns into gladness,  How yo' joy drives out de doubt When de oven do' is opened,  An' de smell comes po'in' out; Why, de 'lectric light o' Heaven  Seems to settle on de spot, When yo' mammy says de blessin'  An' de co'n pone 's hot.
When de cabbage pot is steamin'  An' de bacon good an' fat, When de chittlins is a-sputter'n'  So 's to show you whah dey's at; Tek away yo' sody biscuit,  Tek away yo' cake an' pie, Fu' de glory time is comin', A n' it's 'proachin' mighty nigh, An' you want to jump an' hollah,  Dough you know you 'd bettah not, When yo' mammy says de blessin'  An' de co'n pone 's hot.
I have hyeahd o' lots o' sermons,  An' I 've hyeahd o' lots o' prayers, An' I 've listened to some singin'  Dat has tuck me up de stairs Of de Glory-Lan' an' set me  Jes' below de Mastah's th'one, An' have lef my hea't a-singin'  In a happy aftah tone; But dem wu'ds so sweetly murmured  Seem to tech de softes' spot, When my mammy says de blessin',  An' de co'n pone's hot.
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Whistling Sam

WHISTLING SAM
I has hyeahd o' people dancin' an' I 's hyeahd o' people singin'. An' I 's been 'roun' lots of othahs dat could keep de banjo ringin'; But of all de whistlin' da'kies dat have lived an' died since Ham, De whistlin'est I evah seed was ol' Ike Bates's Sam. In de kitchen er de stable, in de fiel' er mowin' hay, You could hyeah dat boy a-whistlin' pu'ty nigh a mile erway,— Puck'rin' up his ugly features 'twell you could n't see his eyes, Den you 'd hyeah a soun' lak dis un f'om dat awful puckah rise:
When dey had revival meetin' an' de Lawd's good grace was flowin' On de groun' dat needed wat'rin' whaih de seeds of good was growin', While de othahs was a-singin' an' a-shoutin' right an' lef, You could hyeah dat boy a-whistlin' kin' o' sof beneaf his bref:
At de call fu' colo'ed soldiers, Sam enlisted 'mong de res' Wid de blue o' Gawd's great ahmy wropped about his swellin' breas', An' he laffed an' whistled loudah in his youfful joy an' glee Dat de govament would let him he'p to mek his people free. Daih was lots o' ties to bin' him, pappy, mammy, an' his Dinah,— Dinah, min' you, was his sweet-hea't, an' dey was n't nary finah; But he lef 'em all, I tell you, lak a king he ma'ched away, Try'n' his level bes' to whistle, happy, solemn, choky, gay:
To de front he went an' bravely fought de foe an' kep' his sperrit, An' his comerds said his whistle made 'em strong when dey could hyeah it. When a saber er a bullet cut some frien' o' his'n down, An' de time 'u'd come to trench him an' de boys 'u'd gethah 'roun', An' dey could n't sta't a hymn-tune, mebbe none o' dem 'u'd keer, Sam 'u'd whistle "Sleep in Jesus," an' he knowed de Mastah 'd hyeah. In de camp, all sad discouraged, he would cheer de hea'ts of all, When above de soun' of labour dey could hyeah his whistle call:
When de cruel wah was ovah an' de boys come ma'chin' back, Dey was shouts an' cries an' blessin's all erlong dey happy track, An' de da'kies all was happy; souls an' bodies bofe was freed. Why, hit seemed lak de Redeemah mus' 'a' been on earf indeed. Dey was gethahed all one evenin' jes' befo' de cabin do', When dey hyeahd somebody whistlin' kin' o' sof' an' sweet an' low. Dey could n't see de whistlah, but de hymn was cleah and ca'm, An' dey all stood daih a-listenin' ontwell Dinah shouted, "Sam!" An' dey seed a little da'ky way off yandah thoo de trees Wid his face all in a puckah mekin' jes' sich soun's ez dese:
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Whittier

WHITTIER
Not o'er thy dust let there be spent The gush of maudlin sentiment; Such drift as that is not for thee, Whose life and deeds and songs agree, Sublime in their simplicity.
Nor shall the sorrowing tear be shed. O singer sweet, thou art not dead! In spite of time's malignant chill, With living fire thy songs shall thrill, And men shall say, "He liveth still!"
Great poets never die, for Earth Doth count their lives of too great worth To lose them from her treasured store; So shalt thou live for evermore— Though far thy form from mortal ken— Deep in the hearts and minds of men.
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