Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-12-03
from lions mouths, gushcs the fountain of water.

from lions mouths gushes the fountain Of water.
An inscription reads
"Regio chgiaco dcfenditUr ease corona;
Ldid rirginco tuid sub ease HjteH."
The maideD's sword protects the royal crown;
Beneath the maidcns sword the lilies safely bloom.
The surrounding buildings are all IN harmony
with the legends Of by-gone age. 1t required but
little effort Of the imagination ~ summon back the
actors in that shameful tragedy, to the theatre upon
which it was enacted. | closed my eyes, and IAN
cied that | saw the procession move again through
the narrow streets, past the mighty cathedral, and
by the church of ST. Guon, to the markct-Ilace.
where the soldiers and citizens had gathered round
the scailold. The bishop that Bishop of Beauyais
upon whose head tests the blood Of the youthful
sufferer is there to witness his ptilul triumph The
maiden mounts the scallUd, aud amid the sitting
smoke and the raging lamcs. that pure spirit takcs
It's flight to heaven. Tho pupulatc crowd around
the funeral pile as the flames die away. and peer
INTO the cmbcrs for some sign Of the fair young
creature whose life had ended in the agony Of thut
! dreadful DEATH The prison, the scutUld, aud q
/ lingering, cruel death. Such was her earthly re
ward. Who can doubt that her purity, virtue, pictJ
aud lofty patriotism received fitting recUmpensC
in the better world ON highl
There is no longer II markctplaco whore the
maiden suffered. The high Norman caps nov
thrUng the square in front of the great cathedral
and even ON a sabbath morning the visitor finds q
crowd Of buyers aud sellers there. ! do not know
how it may be with others who have fingered IN
this quaint old Norman city, hut to me the chic
interest of the place seemed to centre IN its connec
ton with the tale to which have referred. feared
! little about its modern reputation the Manchcs
ter Of France. Have we not Munchcstcrs ut home
Its stately cathedral, too, claims deeper Interest
from its association with tie history Of the martyr
aud no lover Of the poetic in history visit the
scene of her triumphant death without having his
sympathy with truth aud justice quckencd into
new life.
In tho palace of Versailles there may be seen
statue Of Joan, executed by a Princess ct France
Marie, Duchess Of Wurtcmbcrg. and daughter o
Louis Phiipc-whosc death, at the age Of twenty
sx was SO deeply lnmentcd. Ii is the tribute .
royalty TO simple and lpwly virtue and the con
ccpiOn and execution of the work do infinite honor
to the sub Get and the artist NOtarc tu his sham
le il said, has alone strycn to drag the memory o
Joan down to II level with his reckless aud impiou
obscenity. Shakespeare sharing the pIeudces q
his time, treats her merely sor,cress. IL
Schillcrs noble drama, Die JUHatjd ron OricdHS
her character is portrayed spUtess and serene. lieC
beyond the sordid selhslncss of earth rs the ALPINE
JuHAtr0u rears its glitterng peak far above Tia,
dust and turmoil Of the valley beneath. Southcy
too, has done justice tu her virtues; and in DE Quii
cey's glowing pages her death is contrasted witt
the last moments of her prosecutor in strain O
lofty and impnssioncd c0quencc rarely surpassed
in English literature. One OF the most popular
poets Of her native land, Casimir Deluygnc, from
whose spirited production, la Nof dc Jeanne Il iJc
| have above made extract, rclukcs, with great
vehemercc the English for their share in ihc trag
edy Of her death, and depicts the virtues Of hi'
heroine with much force aud elegance Of dict!on