Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-01
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By highest Wisdom and by Primal Love.
Ere was form d, no things created were,
save those eteTnal-l eternal last;
All hope abandon-ye VINO enter here
tDcRtc 8 I1isyHO, CdatO az.
Scene and CtGrd -Eera-Dsn,e ami Vf-gil.
conducted by tue Angel enter, mid st s1bS
and wailings, the portals OF the terrible and
swe-inspirlng gate Of hell.
a scene from Dante with all the force of
Dore's strange power. A yawning open
ing shows the entrance into hell. Ihe
sit leading up 20 it; the shap rocks
among which they are beRp, aud ali the
surroundings glow with the Hvid refec.
tiors OF req and purple fla ne which issue
from the gulf that RACES with O tenn pest
OF sulphury fire, yet Is black ss deepest
Hight with the darkness OF WOe unu ter.
able! Keen, darting flames are caught
sight Of III the hufEied glimpse we catch
Within the dread sbyss-darting SIS if
seeking vent, 90 that il may commence
that fiaal cOnfisg'ati0D in which the ell
ements will melt with fervent heat, and
The heavens drink, scOrched by fl 4mfs
that apIa the blue vault ITSELF Above,
around the chssm, SEe figures OF fright
fut and coniOrted shapes. Ciuslty with
hOTrid lCOS, anticipating the cries and
agony Of tortured victims-black hate
with fIOWniBg and malevolent brow
malice with mischief lesIirg in his
eyes, and cunning, boding llughter puff
ting up his 10 ReTiDg viiage, End display
Ing his sharpened fangs. Above all,
gazing down upon the lost Souls dragged
by demons to the queBchless flame
appears the arch enemy Of man with
fiery, staring eye ard cCuntenance glar.
ing with fieniish disbOiism-While his
hooked and siEewy claws seem eager to
grip the shrieking, shrinking victim,
who, for few years of Lies fsetipg
joys, is exposed to all this torture, and
to the despair that hOvers everlastingly
in the abode above whose gate is writ.
ten, abandon hope, all ye Who enter
here" The guide OF the poet and his
companion, who stand stricken with
more than m )Ital awe, points with
sword for them TO enter. H.s beniguant
aspect and OGtstretched wing tell CT
Will and power to protect, even amid
the fires Of he'll. This scene is severely
Dantean in its vfgOr, and the horror de-
plcted Is 50 picturesque, yet revolving,
That 1t inspires feelings of dread and
awe.
TABLEAU I2-ALL FOR THE CROSS.
ARGUMENT.
Then the whole host pours in, not Ger the
walls
Alone, but through the gates, which soon
Battered or burnt, and in wide ruin falls
Each strong defense that might their march
oppose.
RACES the Sword; and Death, the slaughterer,
Twixt Woe and Horror with gigantic tread.
| dnto Tvttt, cp-JerusdLem DetiUered-TdsSo.
Scene and CsarGcterS.-Attack on the walls
first Cru aders, led by Godfrey de R0uillou
Tancred, Raymon OF Toulouse aud RoCert OF
Normandy. The walls are defended by SOly-
man and Istakar and the Moslem5. the ty
Is taken by the Christians, and the Holy
SepulGhre delivered.
This tablesu is o spirited eeane from
Tasso's celebrated Jerusalem Delivered.
and is entitled "All for the CrOss.n 1t
is scene of war, and tells Of christian
conquest over the bold Paynim. A gate
ia the walls of the holy city Is repre-
scented, with the battlenented towers
above it. Ladders are reared against il,
and steel-clad warriors are climbing to
the assault. Flying darts and defending
shields; swords waved in the air; thu
battering-ram forcing open the mass We
doors give spirit to the animated picture;
soldiers in glicteripg helmets are casting
Instruments, of death against the Mos
lem by means of one of these antique
implements whose very names are now
rarely met with. Warriors, dead and
dying, are lying on the ground, ard
shows how keen and bloody is the strife.
Death II APPS his hecatOmb5 OF victims,
but the Christians cOnquer. A monk,
the celebrated Peter the Hermit, his lips
quiVering with the excitement of his
own elOquence, poiGts to Jerusalem, the
hoy. With uplifted cross he is calling
upon the hardy warriors to dare all; 10
face the very jaws Of death; to drive for
ever from the sacred soil the intrusive
foot OF the m0ekipg infidel! On the
very summit of the wall stands one of
the chief crusaders-the bold GOdfcey-
whose name lives enshrined in minstrels
story. He has on bis helmet, with visor
down; over the cOat-Of-mail he wesrs
flowing robe of crimson, confined by a
sash OF yellow silk. On his beast is
displayed the large cross of the crusader.
With mis- right hand he waves his drip
ping sword, Reckoning on his eager hosts
to follow and pluck victory from their
brave Opponents. With his left hand ne
plants the victorious christian banner
on the very summit OF Zion's sacred
towers. Its statf is surmounted by the
crOse. Grandly the slken flag floats ia
the wind that blows from the valley
where the Jordan flows toward the Dead
sea. This scene 10 spirited and full Of
the expression CT martial ardor and
christian devotion.