, 1873-09-21

su,, ,,;onns NINA n,,nna md Princes. 1oyo1s
~ ,"s;oa n,ato m tho ,ctora in tho yaried
sna i"aos uaMo .na. " y, 'nu 1aaon;s rn,nr lack
dramas OF thcso OLD lcgohs'e, running oaeA
through thousand yenrs; and thoy cast the
hues Of romance over every landscape.
,rho ho.ntv nj tho Rl,ino h.s boen tho thome
A"o eo"u'J ~ ~ rI.o GILL. - |
Of poetry and romance Tor centuries Strike out
OF German literature anu song oil that FelaIoe 10
this river and their boBt would bo gono. Yet
raw oven NJ tho Ge,n,nus have writton OF the I
hn'ne WIN nnet npp'ee!a.ien .naa ns.ou ~.
travelor who wished to on1oy " must give hltn-
gof up to
u1sron1oA1, AND LITERARY Rrco11Eor1oNs.
..,,,,. .ooai1 u.1,.t noott,o 1,v,or r,ono,
!4U taos A1H"n ,,N, "4'"S -. ~ T.,,,St. .,
fellow, anu bul"cr, ana host OF Ehsnan as
we'll IA German writer's. haye written :; md peo-
plo 1t again with warrior anu troubadonr, Win
Knight and fair Ladye, with Crusader nnu Prince;
and lo must boliovo tho legends. He should |
travel aowly up its dreamy 'atcrs, lingor long |
beneath tho walls OF itH crumbhpg RUNS, w1tn
=" clnldo Harold" ln ha poosot, WIN tne !" II
grinls Of tho Rhine" under lbs pillow Ut night.
aud Hyperion" in hia momory any then 10
will bottor real,zo its bounty; anu thon, Will
Byron, 10 may sing:
But thou, s1ulting and abountains j. rivefl H..
Making thy wa'ea plcsaing as ihcy hoW,
IhroMgh oanxa ~lose VSauty YEN %pu tt ~ 1ofo'of
oo"ao oa1 o"@ 'eA'' 'ns o''s"' '''"'''A 'o
Thousand batslcs hayo apailea lily bsilks,
But thesu mud half thor faruo havo passed awny;
Au then, aB the pilgrim rounds and pasBos tho
proioctipg Dauk
Tho o,st,oJ arm NJ nrochcnfc1u
Frowns Ger liz Vide aud winding Rhine, "A
Whose breast Of waters broadly bweas
Between tho banks which hear the vino.
AMI ,,,oa,,t. .o,r,s. with doen-hue eres.
And hsnds wljch offer carly lowers,
xFar aiu smiling aJiiuo o'eit o'er tns paradiso.
Above, ths frequent feudal towers
Through grcon leavea hft their waM oi sray
anu many ~, toek ~ a,,4 mntid dasu, auv's 'o"e'o'
And no noble @ afsh s5. IN ,,| R1o9d 9 ascay ,ouor
Uoa ott sue ~, sai1 ~ .., ,+,,h ~
1aus 'is.s s'ngs sno s1l IIorn,a nnt nftor
Ine tIa canp oI ~. nnss l - ,,,,a go "
~, ,taa,,a ~ ma'u ti.a ~, 1'I;ucs 49, -
6tano'ott =. @ s.,r ror.r, r1,u u,,noou
,1. ,.ut ,f T. n",, In nn,rrnroi vii, tba ufoh
o pa.' cra w ~ % ~ nnwhoro mon Il anv rival 10
1aat !us io;,'t r,a ,Taon 4 Yor r;cj,cr in foli.
W. -, n,1a'wonaoI snonorv an,l In srotchcs m
ss,st;tnIi-v"r;oI - far. .c,,ntrv and what ia
a,,rnr,a;,,y thpro ara morn inn yiilha. moro
nnIatial Isssstcrccs, mora lichly-kc md taato-
fuiiy-njantod md countay.seats, on Tho Hud-
son tltou upon lho lhino There il no rich forest
sconory al,t few nollo guoci,ncn trecy on tlis
fan,ons rIyor. When onb pcos tho eroat num-
hor nf old castles and ruins and contrasts those
oid dayn of f611dal power with tho present. ho is
s,,rnrsct) mt to seo moro mpdoru country-aoats,
In iistorio racoliectioue, ia old ruips. in
RoatASTto TALES.
srudtions, md wild logoudy 10 river can COM
pare with thiH. lie tales Of sleopy Hollow, KIP
mamoratcl by CoUpor and Irving, paulding
and Drake, Morris and Willis,-do not yet COM
pare With those which mako every rood OF the
hhine historic and poetic. A thousand years
Icuce wheu fable aud history, fiction md fancy,
pootry and reality, arc 10 mingled aB to bo in-
distinguiHllablo !; WHOM Irvings and Coopos's