The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-21

her. Ii think from certain remarks he
made, that II. was the broad and q M,
verse which most astonshed and q attracted y
him. but OF this, after what I liave SAID
you will, y when you have perused y, pc
h as good a judge as 81 @ 4 Il
s "A N CLEOPATRA.
8 ~ F,rypt, where the lotus sips wa tiers
( OF ieyer-f fruitful Nile, and the huge Sphinx
IN awful sience-nlystict converse. WI n .Es
The stars-doth see the pale moon hang
her crescent on st'j # fs
irhe RR sha 'In snafp p'AA q sS'
The straits Of Time per specify e.,
Went out by caesarean gusts from Rome.
The low burned candle OF the Ptolemles;tl
wIthoHt ckvsSS IN ~ Sar ElflE aane
III lacked oil! # $9liEil
TOO proud was Egypt's queen to be
The snuff 81 Roman spirits: 50 she s |, =
@"ciood-nIg and closed the DOCK OF ilto
8 f half read # Sc
4 And little understood: perchance mlsread
+ The great part--yet who shall say are ar
An ermined bench to call her culprit fall
And make them plead for 1 m '' {. 4. O.
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Upon whom soon shall fall the aw full
The sE HI seat stand IN her nght|
Ourselves Give that shadow? Rather let fall
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Ana An las as 4 - woman loved What though the
slm,o ,ea'i blew eve, ever hot within the sail
81 her desire? What II It shifted with
Direction Of her breath? Or y the rud-
Her viii did lean as many ways as tram
And Sp oven sa as little worth? She was .
! And aueon..4 They do best understand
lf% themselves 81
I who trust themselves the least; as they
Who, for their safety, thank more the
Than Than ri pilot Will. OIL Egypt's selt-born
Ought we to fasten in thy memory the the
OF unalloyed distrust? We know how
Better Is History's page than .leat where '''
rs thrown. Nor yet should we forget nov,
The nearer thou than we didst come to
I'VE know NH b IL, q s St3 s:5g 81
A AnS Pthas SYf the heart Of
Descendant, threading through and
Like ri the red rivers Of It's life. in tangled
! No circumstance could eerl W ray VI thou
DIdst .eoll-the dreamy da Ealing SERPENT
4 Tho Nilo!"s Thy Sins stick Jagged out
FaIr Judgment from thy merits. We per-.
DO wong wong thee, Isis; for that, coward.
4 Who binds In death his objects jaw and
Besmuts her rame. hath crossed his focus
4 Another 90, aud paled his spreading fg-
p ffs asa ct, sS 5ss sh
i was his lis religion, that, appearing q thou
qs|sa il 4e ths .aoM.
More ,oyss haGstt lo thnR sh naman e snou
And thy aerce parent f'ame thyself snuf FED
scarce . later than the dark'ning q the
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~ leys !; Ii Il, therefore. no light tongue,
4 iIncensure. say that nothing In thy life
Ree s oleth ihe' IKE fAe 'fay'ns - ree
fhhss' S;S TJ ana sWoot q ana
i Are much alike We spring from out the
I'll And hide ut last ben eath ~; IN the lntef'|7}
Our acts are less oftus than IT, We are
Il No Judge then Of thy sins. thou ending
, OF Ptoiemy's chain, Forsooth. NO are too
4 much 70 N qie . fl
! O'erniied with wondering how like to thee
Wef iBI,n had been n0''pt and dressed 3 z
!, Own age and circumstance. 81 a
The exercises OF tho evening concluded
: With the reading OF the familiar poem.
.. beginning: IA " *
u am dying. Egypt, dying; i, 4.
Ebps The crimson lifeTtide fast
1t was about .noonsthe next day when
n Maitland called upon me. see mere 81
in 20 o,o,incldenees?'' informed hin, that
.. Ills question was not altogethsr easy e
underst nd Wait N moment +, !, he said,
4 | while I explain For at least tND yea r.