The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-11

his cuirass Without defensive armor he rode through the
river and rallied the refugees whom the fall Caemot had
dsmayed Come on he cried in French pointing the
squadrons OF James, come gentlemen
Sec4tos those were his last words As he spoke band of
Irish horsemen rushed upon encircled him in moment
When they retired he the ground His friends raised
| him but he was already q cornso IT, - ~ aa ~
his head and bullet from carbne was lodred in his neckn
Near the memorial to Schombeg and pendent from chain
the cannonba that struck St Ruth the Battle of Augh
here observe that nothing of exclusive
party in the preservation of these mementoes St. Ruth was
the of the ih Schomberg the veteran soldier Of
William the Third Many have asked when they observed the
ball. what it The reply is that the identical ball
mentioned by Macauay that which struck the intrepid
general Thus writes the historians The fight had LASTED
two hours; the evening closing still the advantage
the side of the Irish Gnkel began mediate retreat
The hopes of ST. Ruth high The day ours my BOYS
ne cried waving his hat the air will drive them
to the walls of Dublin fortune was already on the
turn. Mackay and Ruvgny with English and Huguenot
cavalry had succeeded in passing the bog place where
horsemen could scarcely ride abreast St Ruth laughed
when he the Blues in single file struggling through
morass under fire which moment laid gallant hat
and feather the earth. What do they mean he asked
and then he swore that pity such fine fellows
rushing certain destruction them cross however, he
said the they the shall kill But he
saw them laying hurdles the quagmre broader and
safer path formed squadron after SQUADRON reached firm
ground the flank of the Irish army speedily The
French general was fastening the rescue when
ball carried off his head The distant 10 honrht near and
words converted into objects when look and behold
the ball. We the fearless soldier in the thckest of the
fight trying rally the sodiery We him stricken the
earth and almost realize the concluding passage of the
historian: Those that about him thought that it would
be dangerous make his fate known His corpse wapt
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sacred ground among the ruins of the ancient monasty of
Loughrea" From the sublime the ridiculous is certainly
only sep and confess think of the hero without
recalling historical drama that the charm of my boyood
before read Macbeth, namely, The Full of Mons. ST. Ruth
How like strain of Beethovens these ue fell upon my boyish
kears
A sSSt Sn 1 sa sss' hs Blush ii sGr e IT,
Them the dramatist began the business of the play,
had the horn sounding Without, and St Ruth excamng:
post arrives message Enter
Post. With important news from Athlone sent;
s" a Dss Psf js %Ssss yo S ss nd' " T
m DarS ssssa es & bold
w. aemP to storm so brave a town Di %hsn
Return Brtons dare pursue,
Post Your would do much better sSa your ~ae
Coupling the grandioquen words that will do" with the
memory Of the ball pendant in the old cathedral and
which truly did for the military saint could avoid
smile resist the temptation that the play of
the Battle Of Augm comes next in serious humor to that of
B0naStS FUaoo The poet thus describes the fate OF ST.
Ruth
A 81 ii, sn noT no fo s st. Ruth dead
A. A. be II rode down down. the hill he met his fall
How touching these of Sarseld The boundary-lne
of the light of St Ruhs genius shere nicely drawn:
"There lies the man whose deeds shall ever shine
In Flanders France, and all along the Rhime"
That the reader may fully understand the genius of the dra-
in which Sir Charles Godfrey has, like Hamlet colo
guy with the ghost of his father He he ghost has told his
that she has lowered down let him know his fate" for
having been prompted by love to fight against his king Sir
Charles addressing him, in language grave any be
found in Buffers analogy
Gould trding thoughts these entice
abandon Paradise?
Answe me this 20 no
When a
For n earth 0
Weregh in heaven heaven they tan:
Orif IN he'll, they could not get aody."
The consider this splendid cathedral the
it, do not with those who that cathedral worship
is solemn and impressive and that they would willingly
90 such church. If there be fault it
in the hearts of The congregation in the cathedral There
is gander form of worship older than the the
anthem and the chorae and the feelings reverentia
spectator devotee be impressed soemnty
of the ceremony admit that there may people to
whom those solemn asles only convenient for