, 1876-01-16
The s9EDDi'lG OF PEasEus AND AksRokEoa.

~ rec acE1A tlT daughter Tree,
since thou, thy lorn Iatecn:l lost,
HEd'st fa!n appaased-O fearful cost -
III inceused sea-nyIap1s with har dear tfe /
Ite ofense Of thy ambitious wife
Proud Cassiopeia, whose tcausy rare
With nyntlhs divine shc dared compare
Led thee, thy fcy'rial fear 70 sirkc,
With rcauy selaaAness to taxa
Tie Oraclefs most stern advice,
And Offer. Is a sacrifice,
Andro.neds, eretwhlie thy pride,
Unto the ruthless, swelling tide.
Made thee her cries OF anguish mock,
AID chain her to the lonely rock!
15orc pitiful the god8 than ye,
psreuta who stunned university.
Friends mig ght desert, monster crare,
But pc1suus' arm Vas strung to save
He who Dreaded Gorgon slew,
And bore her head IA triumph through
The Spacious rIalms and vast estato
Where proud, ungracious Atlas sase,
And changed him, for h1s greeting cold.
To moant:in bula, "a world to hoidl
Behold the victor, hero nov,
He comes to breathe the 6lcred vow:
The hand that led thy dsughter forth
From np'ning jaws Of monster Eroth,
lH VroHered sill, lovers palm,
Ever to shell Thy child from harm.
cerhcus, thy pa1ace-halls make bright,
Let music greet the fcstsl night:
The banquet spread, thy cures resign,
And 1ledgn thy guests in gen'rons wiaa,-
Eur nobler form or fAlrer face
Nc'er get did Hymen's altar Craze.
Thou, Cassiopeia. lend thy mid;
Gov, IN her auptial garb arrayeds
Androtnedo, all happiness,
Forgcts thy slight, and her distress.
So Ghau the rival gods, again,
Cupid md Bacchus. bless ye twain!
Whence comes the din Of vatiike fight,
To nar the joys Of fest2l night?
Who breaks upon the uarrlnge-scene
With blatant voice and threat'ninS uaien7
Fh1neus, thy CHIN is rnisapplied,
DIspel thy hopes. snbdue thy pride:
Carheue, the f.ther, bids thee pause
Hear him defend his daughter's cause:
- Wherefore thy CHIN dtu'5r thou unt Press
When, on the rock, in deep distress,
She lag transaKed With pain and fear,-
Why cams not then her heart to cheer?
The cruel fate tho gods decreed,
Thou, selliRh Pnineus, did'bt not heed.
Fen ns would death, that stern decree
Dissolved the boud 'twi1t her aud tLee!''
The baf1ed Phincus, mad with rage,
No answer gave the kiugty sage;
Swift through the air his jaFeIin deE,
At Pc18cus' head the shaft he throw;
But binding rzge his hand uunersol,-
Kidc from his airn the wesp1n sHcryed,
And 'gainst the plilsrcd uarblo,s swell,
With long-r@ounding clnneor, fell!
Behind the sacred 1ltar fed
Tie coward. blanched with terror dread,
Ere lerseuA' vespoD. poised in air,
Could seak his hrcazt for fodgment there.
His act as signal understood
Froud EhtneuE' hand in renga3M mood
On Ccphe1s' gathered guests they CAN'T
In Onset swift. with fierce acclaim.
Dzavsly the Lsnd Of FezSeus p2il,
In Kind, each stroke the foe e5saStd:
Whit, mid the din, the kingly E1re,
AppcalinelJ, in righteous ire,
Invoked tbs gols 10 witness be
Outraged not hospitality!
the unequal cosnhst long msin!ained-
Nor houur lost, nor r7nt,ge gained
The valiant band who, fur the right
Aud rerseus. stood in mortal fight,
Outuumberei. pressed, thcir wuning strength
Ad;noui6hed PerscuR :A1t ut length
They perish if they longer fought;
TAeu seizod his mind sudden thought:
Zen while the direst woes portend,
aly foe shall now myPclf deselds''
Then, with warning voice. he cries:
Turn now away from me his eyes,
II auy friend he here u This said.
ue held aloft the Gorgon's head!
- With juggiTy You fright not us,''
tie ynunting ThasSelGa, j;
His iayclin raiseil in act to throw
and staae became the hauahty foe.
A1phy1, with CLEANING, trcach .rou8 bl.Is, !
To pierce fallen brave ess7yod,
But, ere the veuEeful thrust WAS made.
Ills stiIcned aru1 bis sight dism7yeu-
krother, loud in challenge, stopped !
lI,a ;irs Of stone no accents dropped! !;
Not Persons enemies, alone,
The Gorgona head transformed to stoac:
Aconteus met tile fearful face,
And stood erect iu Deaths embrace!
Nor might Ast5ascs provoke
The finty form with sturdy stroke
Forthwith recnitd with ringing Peal
The ipcEe1tu:1, Sparkling steel
His vnlor fed, his comrades gone, !;
The Eretchcd fhineus gtooa, foriorn
sew statua-forms no hand had wrought,
Where late his friends beside him fought;
No answer greets his anxious cal. -
THO marble Tongues ara silent, Ill
Fear and despair his Titals freeze,
With outstrotched arms. on teuded nses,
Turning inside his cravcn head.
For mercy, life, he bzsely plead !
q Take al, Oh give mo hut my lifos"
Vain Was the picl-and closed tho atrife.
:. Base coward, hear grant this much:
Your person weapon ne'er ANAL touch,
But you within my house shall te
monument Of trencherJ II
Thus spoke brave Persons, as lie threw
The 0orEon's head to rhineus' view,
E en- "a be knelt in nbjecs fear,
With arn.s upraisad and coward leer,
The GoFEon 8 fzce npun him Ehone,
tntl Stared tho miscrDaut into stanef
G1cAGo. ,-~:--., J.P. IisAy1rT.