Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-01

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hand OF one is scroll, the head Of the
other is bound with immortal bsys.
| They are. the statues of the two renown-
ed poets, Virgil and Horace.
! TABLEAU S.-THE ELYsIAN FIELDS.
| ARGUMENT.
| THUS having sOothed the Queen of Dist
| They reached the raslms OF TRANQUIL bliss
! Green spaces folded In with trees,
| A paradise OF pleasances.
| Around the champaign mantles bright
| The fullness Of purpureal light,
Another sun and stars they know
| That shine like ours, but shine below
| There some uispOrt their manly frames
| in wrestling aud palestral games;
| Strive on the grassy sward, or stand
| ContendinR on the yellow sand;
| some ply the dance with eager feet
| And chant reSpo aSive to its be It.
! The priest Of ThTace in loose attire
Makes music on his seven-ssTin2ed lyre;
The sweet notes meath his fingers thrill,
Or tremble meath Lis ivory gu II.
-Eneid, Book 6.
| Scene and Characters. -.Eueas, conducted by
| the Sybil OF Cume, having descended into the
| internal regions, now enters the Elysian
| fields to meet Anchises. He there beholds the
Joyous places, where dwell the blessed Shades,
J Orpheus, rObed like Thracian priest, recites
| In song, TO the sound OF his Tyre, and Mu-
| disport themselves in the pleasant grounds.
The eighth tsblesux is fascinating in
its loneliness, for it is view within the
fair recesses of the Elysian fields, and
illustrates delightful piece of de5crip.
| ton In the HReid Of Virgil. Conducted
by the Sibyl OF Cdu@, Il leas enters
| Eiysium, the abode Of bIiss, in search OF
Anchises ElysiumI that far-off and
coveted land, that every mortal desires,
and picture OF which, in some guise,
he ever carries in his ina 9inatiOn-elys-
| ium is the sutj act now before US. A scene
from the happy land; a glance caught
! by the eye OF genius, and portrayed In
the colors Of postry, is Whist we now gsz9
upon. Glowing with beauty, envelOped
! in q mirage Of faucy'S own creation,
| dream-like ia its colors and its bewitch-
| ing charm, We gsZ3, spell-bOuDd, upon
| the wOndrous picture. A magic thrill
exalts US above the earth, blinds us to
| the,crowds, the houses, ard all the every
day surroundings: We catch a glance
Of Eiysium, and that absCr6s and en-
gulfs US. The spell OF the enchantress
is upon US as we look op, with dRzzled
eye! The vision, and all the keen glow
OF the Imagination 1t coIjures up within
Us, passes only too quickly-evanescent
like ell mortal happinfs In the CEN
ter OF the tsbleau is large fountain,
its waters piercing the air with bold
ard agile leap, sparkling for mo-
ment at the summit, scattering
the vivid fire OF countless diamonds,
then falling in graceful curve to the ba
sin hslow. The green foliage of living
trees arch above the darting waters.
Amorg the leaves Ia wTesthed in sweet
confusion a thousand CdCrOus flowers.
Hanging from the branches is 8 silken
hammock, within which indOlently re-
clines fair young maid, robed in the
staple attire Of days that have vanished,
and with them the unconscious inno-
cence OF the worlds early youth. AS
she careiessly rOcks 10 and fro among
the leaves and f1wets, a brilliant pea
cock eyes her from an sdj5iniDg branch,
as II conscious of besuty that cut
shines his own gaudY BplendOr. Wan-
dering on the ground, which ia covered
with v6rdant grass and flowers OF every
hue, are various happy jewellers in this
land Of beauty and OF hlss. Orpheus,
thrilling in every nerve with musiciS
sweetest inspirations, like o TnTacian
priest, srrsyed in graceful garments of
scarlet aud purple, his lair hair falling
luxuriOusly upon his shoulders, is strik-
ing his golden harp, and adding the
seraphic charm Of eound to the other
woDdrOus entertainments that wrap the
very soul in ecstscy. We sigh-as the
beau ,iful tableau passes from our sight
sweet glimpse of elysIan bliss, how have
you revealed to US the poets power, that
out Of the "aily nothings" OF the mind,
evokes with necrOmsntic power visions
as bright and as beguiling as this brief
and enhancing gRzsintO immortal fields
where dwell the blessed shades LeyOnd
the Styx.
TABLEAU 9.-THE JEWELLERS.
ARGUMENT.
To the new neon cup, boy, 10 midnight
And quilkly-to augur AIurena a thirdI
To each bowl give three measures, or nine
VIII do; mare or less would be wrong and
absurd.
The bard, who is vowed to the oid-nu'nbered
For bumpers thrice three in the transports
But the Grace with her loose kirtIed sisters
To grant more than three in her horror Of
braWl.
For me, l delight TO go III ad for a season!
Why ceases the sh!lll BeTecynthian flute
To pour Its bewaiIings? And what is the
The Tyre and the nagcolet yonder hang
hate niggard hands, then sirew freely the
Let envious Lycus there hear the mad din,
Ana she, our lair neighbor, who with MIN
That she with old Lycus should live is sin.
Then, Telephus, three, with thy thick flowing
treSSes,
All radiant ss Hesper at fall of the day
Swest Rhode is longing 10 load with careSses,
Whilst l waste for GlYrera slowly away.
Horace, B. Iii, Ode 10.
Scene and ChardcterS.-A bower In a Roman
villa, enclaced with roses, vines, cTeepers and
clustering grapes. Jewellers are seen within;
drinking cups, amphore aud musicsl instru-
ments lie around in disorder. Horace ana
Glycera occupy the fsstal couch; the youth
Glaucus, near a Greek statue, is singing wine
song; Murena is leaning against a column;
Telephus Is retiring from the feast.
The ninth tableau, "The ReveIers,n
illustrates some OF Horsce's most ami
mated verse;, Love, the wine cup, and
the joys of life furnish the idea of this
spirited scene. A bower in the grounds
Of Roman villa is presented before the
spectator. Around the pillars cluster
the stems OF ascending vince, which
display their fruits and flowers Ia a min
g.ed mass CT foliage, composed OF rose
in full EloOm, and glowing with all the
richness of their matUred petals, Peep
out from the green l.aves Pendant
from the slender branches hang clusters
Of grapes-some white, but touched with
hue OF delicate gTeeu, which ia soft as
the emerald glance of ocean that SHIN.
mers in the light beneath this, which |
shows the sandy floor beneath the wave. |
Some purple, regal in their lustre, deli |
cious and waiting an OdOr that Is in |
cense for the gods. Upon the pillars |
hang instruments of music, Near by |
stands statue upon pedestal; it is |
partially covered by a clinging shrub. |
Within the bower is a princeIy couch of |
scarlet, upon which recline Horace aud |
Glycera in festal attitude. Glaucus,
with lifted wine cup in his hand, aud 8 |
musical instrument al his ieet, is sing |
ing drinking song as he leans IN care
less grace against a pedestal. D her |
figures appropriately fill up the scene.
Italian Epoch.
TABLEAU l0-DANrE AND TASSO.
SceTe-A ped. stal with caryatides support
Ing block OF Carrara marble, on which rest |
the papal chair, tiara and arms, and the
statutes OF Dante aud Tasso.
The progress of the vision the Memphi
have with such transcendent skill IN
rolled btfIre US, brings us now to Italy,
the land OF genius and OF sorg; of sci