The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-06
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1880

i STOOD pretty ulntplaH hnvn, tNn ImllInK NHpt6a
With ~ vers c,loral .np whose wind dill seer,
To glow the dalif5s.a checks which they did
cool,
! And what they undfd did.
Thus did the Queen VI Egypt, 'stha glorious
sorcereea IT the Nile" e.il down tho ice-cuIt
Gyduus tn her victory over Antany,a victor,
even more complete than that sha won ut
single glance aver the heart NJ great CIR n,
himaelt when, hut a half grown chit Of seven
teen ahc plnafpi her eaae before him Tn,
barge wher, IN eha sails la magnificent
From lts poop ri beaten gold which burnt
upon the water"a Gnptic head looks forth. A
row ut silver oars. wreH he'd In Hpwnra
atretel, along the vesael's side The sails are
Imperial purple. ard $50 pe,fulned the yer,
| wilrls are love sick" From the masthead
rteea the mysterious aymhnl Ut Egyptar
suvereipnty. the double wings Of Dsiris Al
the stern, under alAet ,,,ruy, above which
| tlsa the EcRrafTus 1T Osiris and Eternity
aud the lotua Hover OF Isis. the Queen o
4 Pleasure. aiinyaf in regal vnat,unnts nj
Syrian sIka. half slta. hplf reelInes inviting
". upon n rhairltka couch. whiet, two gren,,
ephinsna support. Israle her ls Antony
stopping the wine the y inen pn,tra out for
him. but drinking IN stil more eagerly THE
| spien,turs Of her smile A half dozen Gogatic
girls are rathated around the imperial pair
| ready AZ hack or NOD CHAIRMAN eways gent y
| to aud fro her pearnrk cpnred fan to cool The
| heated Queen. AleHaa atan1a, alnphora In
hand. Ia Ill their gpblpts, aud Iras seatters
| perfume around fr,,rn her torch OF franklin
oenan ana myrth Another maiden has woven
a wreath If lilies aud rosrs. which she ofIars
| the y le.n Wharewtth ~ crown her captive
| warrior. Close at hand Ia band of Fgyptian
ninatrnla to aonthe, with the soit lauguiahlna
airs 1T Syria played IN the harp and lutte. the
excited passions II their tllenn. Roman
suldier. perhaps rude Enpparbua himself.
| atanha near the PROV In whispered converse
With copper AIeSanirlan, The barge Ia
strewn with How"rs, they cluster every
where. upon the oara, upon the carpet that
overjips tho deck. ana aven cling around
the mast itaelf though IL were n n,aypuIe
All IL magnltinaace worthy OF n Queen whose
pruItlest hnast was that nj Que giIIp alla
swallowed pearl wo,th half mlllon pounds
until ono scarce wonders at blunt l5noharhua's
aatonishmeut at her whose "intinlie variety
age could not vary nor custom stale"
1t wAa n pleasure TIN. a trip Of triumph to
her. that short voyage down the Gy,lnus. but
what n tragedy tn all the world The die
that GHaar oaat when ne first atepned into the
shallow waters Of the Ruhlnon counted far
less IN the worlds history than NIe,patra's
barge. Historians have traced to II the fatal
field OF Aetiuu. the fall Of Antony, tho tri-
umph Ut Augustus. the death OF the Roman
republic. tho reign Of tho Emperurs md all
the crash that came herewith "If Gleopa.
ira nosn had been hall inch longer" writes
Sydney Smith, the history ot tho world
would have been turned topsy turvy," and he
scarcely exaggerated the power aud Influence
Of woman who auhinga'el both tmsar and
antony, ~ woman VINO HNlHi WIN AInEdnnla
witt, n kiaa and cities with smile
., RoAnlcEA. QUEEN Or THE nRIrnNa
II, who am q woman, an rnapfss,d upon Viz
tory uT death. but "a for yDl who arc mon,
YOU may " You please choose life and slave
ry.''
Such arethe words which glorious llaa,lieea
lH said. ~ the Roman historians, 10 have
uaed In her address u har llrttpn warriors
when she appealed to them to drive the
Roman Invaders from the apt Tho Roman
ntna had swept the wnrld: tho Greab. the
Iaul. tho GarihaGntnn had fallen before tho
shoit hroaaawnrd of Rome, yet in tho day
OF itaginateat prnwe+s nub auecess. there could
he found IN tlta MAJ row Island of l,rttan Il
woman who prnposeI to meet tho invnuhIe
legt"ls of Rome. with her rude unaducated
warrlura: who did mnet them. ut tho hnad ri
her chiefs. ON many q field aud carry off from
tho Remain eaglns many a barren victory.
~ Shn was more thna a ailnnla Warrior y tiocn
Her eloquent words collected around her tho
iueu al britain. not only OF her own tribe |
(thn Damuounat but they catne from all nor
lions ~ tho Island to lock around her stand |
ard. Upon y barren h'N.th tho warrior q Teen |
stands. She IA mounted Oh slight ant,nnce |
FROM which she can hntter address her men
and puurs forth that nntrintin ardor which |
warns them for the fray, aud llla than with |
courage to meet the disciplined troops of |
Rome. cloak Vt Hreon aud white- tho holy |
rnrs OF ancient Britain falls from her shotli- |
l"ra. "A h"Imnt rovars h"r head. anI In her
strong right hand sho bran tishea the rough |
iron awnrt Of hrr people Drtld clad all |
In sputless white aud wearing upon hia
brow u wreath nf holy oak le,voa standa
jHst hena.th the rock upon Will III tho queen
Il perch"d. his wand of nt1iee-n hlshop's GRO
ais, IN hand. group Of four warriors arc
listening with rapt attention tn the Queens
burning wor'ia- They are aitired in the
lara and skins III which the Brltnns
we're won't to attire themselves One holds a
rough h"wn hattl"-ax. u knot OF wood COW
red with iron. anethnr mn iron broa,lsword:
another q aprar, while tho stoat yow how of
.hn last ona, and the CULVER of long Britiah
arrows ewung across his back proclains him
III archer.
10. zENonlA. TIE QUEEN OF THE EAST.
A genuine woman, "tn ono thing constant |
lever" was Saptlm, H,nobla. Queen of the
East. She perchei n hn!met IN her brow and
lad herself IN armor. yet tainted nj a mouse;
,airon 1Nh lt"raura( wrota II few books her
elt). yet sacrificed l. ,ngtnus; was ohaste,
noi,9t and virtuuus. yet could drink (did oc-
asion require ~ the stontost Persian or Ar
nenian. old In the cnpa, under the table
Which story of the historinns shall we he |
lever Finding herself left IL widow at twenty
" tho foul murder Of her husband Ohentatus
he suddenly seized upon the throne OF that
ity
Whore tho ann looks down.
On TINT great t"mpln once hi- own"
'Almyra. of the desert. and rncd over Syria
With great talent for many years. That she
sas learned. her own works prove; that she
vas heautfnl-a brunette with tho whitest
'"th and the most sparkling of black eyes
III admit, but was She tho warlIke heroine
hat some pretend, or n simple ordinary
vrry-dny wonlhnp
Seated ON a divane9 white. blue and yellow.
which crowns her war elephant, richly onpari-
oned with jewels. we see her As IT arrayed for
attic. In ono hand she holds u spear; In the
ther nor sc"ptre. helmet covers her black
,eks, and from 1t streams ia" snow white
sather OF the ostrich. Around her clings the
urnle cloak she always worrts u badge and
ymbol of imperial power fringed With count :.
sss chains 81 pearls and other precious ..
tones. single attendant, armed with n ..
petr. accompanies her.
Such WAS I'nobia MS she marshalled her :
rahs to meet the Roman le4tpns 1T the iron J
utelian hut only to encounter Il succession | .
dish"artenng drf,.att. When, ut last, over .
helming ruin came and She brc,lme a pris-
ler, She seems tn have cpntl ttly lost her |
,nraRs nj ell de-irt TO play tins heroine fur !
ler, begged pfeously for mercy and threw the I
ur,i"t uf her rehellion against the majesty {
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