The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

enchanted forest. In front walks Father He'll
man. Undine mounted on the charger and her
knight walking by her side. while behind,
guarding them from harm, walks her strange
kinsman, her uncle Kuhleborn. The trees of
the forest have assumed all manner of gro
was all that the weird but graceful imagna-
ton OF Fouque himself co9ld have made 1t.
LADY doStyA.
1t may have been somewhat inconsistent to
impress the moral Of Popping Tom of Coven.
try" by displaying to tho multitude the very
spectacle for attempting, covertly. to witness
which he lost his eyes; yet the sight was 4
most enhancing one, and Aimee and Lydia
Thompson have given us very different fash
HONS and ideas Of propriety from what pro-
vailed in theprimitve time when
The woman Of a thousand summers back.
GodSa. wife to that grim earl who ruled
In Coventry" Q
signalized her love fornthe people by riding
clothed on with chastity" through the
streets of the town to relieve them of q heavy
tax. When she pleaded with her lord to
tighten this burden from them, he laughed at
her prayers, and then she babe him
Bat prove me what it is would not do.
And from heart as rough as Esau's hand
He answered. Ride you naked thro' the town.
And repeal It,"
She sent u herald forth to cry the hard con-
edition. but to tell the people she would release
and let no eye gaze upon the street till noon.
Then fad she to her inmost bower. and there
uJ,ncla ped the, welded eagles Of her belt,
The grim .Esrl's gift; but ever at a breath
She linger'd, looking like > summer moon
Fl hf-dipt in cloud: anon she sho TX Her head,
And shower'd the ripped ringets to her knee:
Unclad herself in haste: adown the stair
Stole on: and, like q ereening sunbeam. Slid
From pillar unto pillar until she reach'd
The gateway; there she found her palfrey trapt
In nurple bazon'd with srmorial gold.
Then she de forth, clothed On with chastity"
She rode on through tho town to where she
saw the white flower'd elder thicket from
the field;'
+" hen she rode back. clothed on with chastity
And one low churl. compact OF thankless Garth,
The fatal bv-w I'd Of all years to come
Boring little augur hole In fear,
p.epd-,but his ewes. before they had their will.
We're shrive Ia into darkness ia his head,
A. dropt before him So this Pow rs who wait
TN noble deads cancell'd sense misused;
And she, ahat knew not, pass'd.
Tben followed that delightful scene from
the second act of :
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM"
when Oberon anoints THAMES eyes with the
herb which maidens call "love-in-idennss,"
the juice OF which, on sleeping eyellds laid,
viii mako or man or woman madly dote
Upon the next live creature that il Secs
whether beast or human. Titania, with her
fairies about her, lies asleep; Ooeron looking
on while Puck anoints her eyes.
"Iknow a bunk whereou the wild thyme blows,
Where OIL lips and the nOdding violet grows,
Quite over eanopied with lush woodbinee,
With sweet musk roses and with eglantine
There sleeps Tltania. some time OF the night,
Ltll'd IN these flowers with tnnc 20 and delight;
And with the Juice of this I'll streak her eyes.
And mako herfull of hateful fantasies"
FAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOCKS
next enraptured our gaze. She is the heroine
of one of Miss MuloGh's fairy tales--was, Of
course, q princess, II beauty and full Of
caprccs. A neighboring prince had sent
mauy ENJOYS to solicit her hand, but all had
failed till he dispatched Avenant, q beautiful
youth, who succeeded in winning for his lord
Fair One seated on her throne OF ivory and
ebony, her golden locks combed out. tricked
out in her robe of blue satin, her high-heeled
shoes and fan, receiving Avenant, who brings
the little dog Gabrielle to conciliate her, and
is introduced by lady in waiting.
THE FAIRY REGATTA.
This scene is taken from the "Catskill
Fairies" a recent publication. 1t represents
the start" at fairy regatta; the. Nixy
Queen stands beneath a rose bower, q frog by
her side holding the EIfin drum, which is the
prize contended for. The boats that have
the most approved fairy models; first was the
model. colors green; second, the Vixen, a pear
snail shell, in the dory style, colors white
third the Mermaid, q crystal spider, colors
pink; fourth, Sea Foam, an ebony shark
colors blue; fifth the Tux, gold fish, and
sixth, the Nip, dragon fly, the boat OF Nip
the Berkshire fairy, who wins the race and
tells the tale.
SUMMER AND WINTER FAIRIES.
These also were of the Catskill variety. There
is no special interest attached to them. as their
EtIla task In the story hook to to q
child and tell who they were. which they do as
Is here detailed:
made the paues like ground glass, q number OF
delicate forms rested. their robes OF STOW fakes
and their helmets Of glitteringi"e. We arethe
they mnrmured. We iye in marble pa aces
made by our king and there ere no Jewels SO
50 ,endid as the icicSs with which we hang our
I'VE are the suamer Fairies said race
that had sprung from the burning log, They
long. They had brown saces with hair dark
like the Indians The pi ture was very
pretty one.
Then came representation frog the poem of
THE CULpR1T FAY,
! that exquisite creation of Rodman Drake. o
We cannot do better than give the description
OF this most idealistic tablenu. contained In
cantoss, XIV and xxx Of the poem.the former
the 'Sylphid Queen"
He put his acorn helmet on;
It was pIumed of the silk of the thistle down;
The corset plate that ns guardra his isl breast
His cloak. If a. thousand mingled dyes
Was formed of the wings Of uttsrtiIes:
Studs of g1d on ground Of green,
AND The qf1vering lance which he brandished
bright
Was the sting of a wasp he had slain In fight
Swift estrode his freely seed;
Hes rove iSaspurs OF sock e, seed,
And away like glance Of th0ught ne flew'
To skim the heavens, and follow far
The fiery trail of the rocket star.
suddenollong the snowy. tidee ~
THAI swelledyo Yeet their footsteps fall
Thtesylphs OF heaven were seen to glide,
Attired in sunsets crimson pail:
Around the Fay they weave the dance,
They skip before him on the plane
And one ha. taken his waspsti ng lance.
And one upholds his bridle-rein;
With ,warblings lid thag lead him on a
Studied with stars respondent shonee
ThS palace Of the s, lphid Queen,