Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-30

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la of Spanish ballad, the Cid
,scnd, romance and drama
n n hundred thousand battles,
h famous Spanish epic, the Cid
| by all Spaniards, good and
MI times when the nation is in
land whose very name inspires
soldier on TO victory, and has
IN perpetual in inspiring Span
otism. is a mythological char
Spanish tradition that has
Is grown from the real char
Rodrigo Diaz De l'ivar--a sort
Iooter and rebel whose daring
and many victories won him
he of The Cid, or "The Lord
pple not only worshipcd this
one while he lived, but in all
since they have sung his
jn song and ballad until to-day
the Spanish soldiers he is the
lie, magnanimous, the all-pow-
3lv Cid" who is the type of all
firtuc, the mirror of all patriot
and the blossoming flower Of
stan grace. He is everything.
,most the Christ as the Jews
have had him. He is Napoleon,
tton and Nelson. and Washing
bcoln and Lee all in one.
| the other nations of the world,
tpting King Arthur, of English
Ithere is no character that holds
Zee of that of the Cid in Spanish
brc. In fact, most all Of the
D classics are built around some
bi his NEUROLOGICAL life. The
4 the Cid that was chanted by
hdering minstrels in the twelfth
n has survived to be hymncd In
fs of the Spanish soldier to-day,
)elieye just as firmly as they be-
b God that the Cid will deliver
)nally victorious from the hands
IAmcricans in this present war.
in hundred years of his death
had become the center of hun
bf myths, The "poem Del Cid, "
hm the latter half of he twelfth
n, has scarcely any trace Of his
character, The poem of the Cid
a fragment Of 3,T44 lines. writ
|ba'barous style, in rugged asso-
(hymcS, and n rude Alexandrine
|ro, but it glows with the pure
poetry, and is fun of n noble sim
and true cpicnl value and
flIr. and is invaluable as q living
I of the age. Most of the ballads
Cld are extinct. There were al
pc over 200 of them; to-day, how
herc are not more than n Sali
tFat can be traced without
over n few centuries back. One
most beautiful of these is givei
r on. All these ballads tax,
Plherties with history, thus belly
c opinion os Sancho Panza thai
|aIlads are too old to tell lies"
|real Gid of history, although fall
port of the poctical ideal whicl
Puhtrymen have bestowed upoi
EaS a great warrior. gaining hi
|h Inc long struggle between tn,
pans and the Moslem. lie wa
' blyar, from which he derive
'he kodrlgo Diaz de Bivar. of
lamlly some time between til,
lo"o and '040. His exploits wcr'
nut nevertheless he was ma
human power. From this person
|ef' doubtless started all tn
F'u' spanish legends that hove
the Cid.
e these legends, written in bot
anu poetry, are very beautiful
Pfln a great part of Spanish lii
[e' they cannot be relied upor
pune aspiring Spanish author
,"'''y discovering n new on,
'ess coneocted in his own braii
:, Is one beautiful story of hi
'na' ' tells of his mother prayin
| virgin to give her n son. Sh
'a'o her prayer day after da
O"e morning she begins he
over a beautiful red rose, an
p,"y'ng her tears drop on it's p,
,' 'urn them white. When sh
"'' prayers and glances dow
l 'n"re IN the heart of the whit
MUS u little wee baby nestlin
4 'ne immaculate petals. SUE
ne birth of the Cid.
\ ''lr own great men. the famo,
u Spain is represented as exhi'
y" No many occasions great gel
= e., o' disposition and compassio
ballad, "The.Cid and II
4 win not only serve as an e
p" 'n's' but also of the quail
o' the lines of the old Spani.
|lons' ~ ,,,i en some twenty gentleme
l Vns u',,, with him to 90,
anu mnl pay the ancient vow he to Sal
ames doth owe, ' " '''
(hep hpd,s.ella, a,,o where the shrine doth
ooS a'.ar stand,
|hro vDa Rodrigo de Bivar ia r,d,,
'roush the land. u''
L.. II.
|eeh,an II. goes, much aims he throws.
'T,e ,he lolk and poor;
6less,n,w, u way for him they pray, hi
sSsihg oa to procure.
kracs s"u u Mary mother. their Heaven
Lord
hls iov was "a, ever bountiful; great W
Sh.. III.
b,s b'e, IN middle Of the path. a ler
a ;p hs,s' slough the loper lay, none wo,
|soa ioaa na,v voice Q he thence did cry; "F
nv, ~, our saviour's sake,
ro'her take,a 'sopa'us ehris''
pa. Nv.
Sro% ','so ~, heard that plteous word.
' ''S horse came down;