The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-02 00:00:00

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" GOOD NIGHT!"

(For the Liverpool Standard.)

" Hark ! the vesper calls to prayer."—LALLA Room'.

" When the sun has set in the Swiss valleys, and only the snowy
summits of the mountains gleam with golden light, the huntsman
who dwells on the highest habitable spot takes his horn, and pro-
nounces audibly, ' Praise to the Lord God.' As soon as it is heard
by the neighbouring huntsmen, they issue from their huts and re-
peat the same words. All the huntsmen then kneel and pray with
uncovered heads. ' Good night ! ' sounds the highest hunter
through his horn. Good night !' is echoed from below, and they
retire to rest."

The parting beams of the orb of day
Have tinged the Alps with their golden ray ;
And each lofty cliff is dazzling bright,
Where the frozen snow reflects the light.
Still is the scene : no thunder calls
The echo from those mountain walls ;
No avalanche is resting near,
To fill the peasant's home with fear.
In the sky above there 's not a cloud
The clear blue heaven to enshroud;
The shadow of each giant hill
Rests in the vales, so sweet and still !
The vesper bell, now sounding deep,
Warns the Swiss peasant to his sleep ;
But each one first his song of praise
Will to the Great Creator raise.
The Alpine hunter raises his horn—
From rock to rock its echo is borne ;
And all the gentle valleys ring
With praise to the Eternal King.
Each knee is then with reverence bent,
The silent prayer to Heaven is sent ;
The offering of hearts imbued
With deepest sense of gratitude.
Ere darkness wraps the scene around,
Again the hunters' horns resound ;
And with the last dim ray of light,
They shout the farewell words " Good Night !"
June 26, 1839. D. N. S.

THE BETRAYAL OF CHRIST.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—The following are lines taken from the Iliad and
Odyssey of Homer, and, without any material alteration in
themselves, are arranged so as to give some (though neces-
sarily short) account of Judas. I have not given the lines,
i.e. the places where the Greek will be found, any farther
than the book ; as I fancy but very few of your readers
would care about it, and still fewer could read Greek.
Your obedient servant, A. M. N.

Among his servants one vile wretch there was, Odys. 16.
Whose wicked mind was ever filled with fraud; Odys. 13.
His baleful arts perform'd the monstrous crime, Odys. 24.
Heedless of wrath divine, or social law, Odys. 1.
Whose penalties he dar'd and found them death. Odys. 17.
He ponder'd long upon the mighty sin, Iliad, 10.
And, silent, shook his head with mischief fraught : Odys. 2.
And thus, in silence, pondered with himself,— Iliad, 17.
" Oh ! sure this man 's by all rever'd, belov'd Odys. 10.
" In every clime and town where'er he goes : Odys. 11.
" But him I'll slay, if cunning can prevail." Odys. 22,
Of God he spoke regardless, for he sought Iliad, 5,
To bring the wisest and the best to shame : Odys. 22,
But certain vengeance his dark crime o'ertook ; Odys. 23,
Wretch ! who regarded not his latter end. Iliad, 2.

A PRAYER,
Said to have been composed by Mary Queen of Scots, before

her execution at Folheringay.

O Domine, Deus speravi in to !
0 care mi Jesu nunc libera me !
In Jura catena in misers pcena desidero to !
Languendo, gemendo, et genuflectendo,
Adoro, imploro ut liberes me !
0 Lord, my God! I have trusted in Thee ;
0 Jesus beloved ! now liberate me.
I longed for Thee when bound by cruel chain,
For Thee when tortured with most dreadful pain ;
By languishing, groaning, and bending of knee,
I adore, I implore Thee to liberate me !
ADOLESCENS.