The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-26
Thou seekest to bewitch me,
r. 7 piab 70 save fhpn

Thou seekest to bewtch mel
c. | wish TO save thee.
A. Magician, darken not my path The road
is before thee Go thy wayi
G. Why hast thou said it, o Ahasuerusa II Ia
thou who shalt walk during more than a thousand
years-even until the Last Judgment Take thy
sandals and thy pilgrim garb. Wherever thou
nayest journey men shall call thee The Wander
Ing Jew. 1t Is thou who shalt find no place of
rest, Ds mountain source to quench thy thirst In
my stead, thou shalt bear the burden am about TO
leave upon the cross For thy thirst, thou shalt
drink the dregs that will be left In the bottom of
my chace. Others will take my tunic, but thou
shalt inherit my eternal sorrow .As for me
go to Golgotha, but thou shalt wander on from
ruin to ruin, from kingdom to kingdom, unable to
attain thy Calvary The portal of the CITY
piedr When thou wouldst rest by the side of the
river, 1t shall cry out: Further vet further vet
even unto the sea my shores for thee are thickest
with thoTnsF And the sea also shall exclaim -
Further yet further yeti Art thou not that eter.
nal pilgrim, who wanders even from people To
people, from age to age drinking the cup of tears
sleeping neither by night nor day and who vet
cannot choose but pursue his onward PATH
Ahasuerus is struck with vague mysterious ter.
ror. On turning to enter his house, he finds an
Angel of Doom keeping guard at the threshold
de obtains permission to take leave of bis father
bis sister, and his little brothers and then In the
depths OF shadowy night, he Is compelled to set
out on his eternal pilgrimage He journeys west.
ward, with the despair Of ages already at his heart
We next behold him 10 the Valley of Jehoshaphat
where ne seeks repose; but in vain. Towards
him, the accursed one, Nature, forgets her silent
magnanimity, repulsing him with cruel scorn
4hasnerHs. AT least, let me rest here until to
morrow.
Echo. Further on, further op-far az the sea
A Give unto me. as TO the dead, little water
from the fountain OF the Arabs.
E. My well is empty.
+ A. And thy cupa
Z. 1t is broken.
A. Give me little Of thy cooling shadeq
Il. Magician, darken not my path Go thy
A. Truly this mountain. voice is an echo of the
voice of Golgotha.
T.. Yea, of Golg0tha
Inc third day bears the sombre title of La
MOTT Death is represented under the figure of an
s 1,u woman. called Mob Rachel. her sevant, was
inn I'D sn anger on God but when the Wander
.ng Jew received his pilgrim sentence, she forgot
me nvine In pity for the human. and go She forfsit
go the joys OF Heaven. Rachel savs AT Maonin
- tne earthly type Of ideal love, of eternal fait,
NC :. nope InaI consoles the love that heals She
before Sache In the character Of ,,,nr;,v, s.
Palestine phsfin ifom
Land2 o"' sno iaoiy
Aaasuerus. Yes, my child; come from thai
country. 'Ass
r. How 10 IL that you have brought with WIN
neffher falcons on your wrist nor relics OF ivory.
nor scaliop.sheiL nor dates, nor golden sand
A. have brought with me more nemoi les than
wshed. My burden was heavy. could not add
thereto.
X. Oh, you ought 10 have brought with you q
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