The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25
Famous Epics and Cdes#

ton as to course Of literary study
to be followed out next winter. q stady52
Of famous epics and odes IN poetry IS 81
recommended. {i RI
with grave. heroic subjects. The most
famous are we'll known and may hes
roferred to, as Homer's ''Iliad' and 81
odyssey" vlrgirs "Aeneld,' tho i
'Niebelungen- Lied" Dante's Divine n
Comedy" and Milton's Paradise Lost.
The subject matter varies largely In Z
these epics. For instance, the ..Iliadtt
deals largely with nghting, tho j
| "odyssey.' with story telling. is
Some Great odes. ii,
Insofar as the C,.ss are concerned
Alexander's Feast" by Dryden, Il is A.
rcckoned by AIacuulcy to be his best j
and greatest work. 1t was set to &
music by Handel In 1876. Pope Is \
the author of the ode on "St Ceci1ia's
Day" Her day Is November %, and 3
| was formerly celebrated In England \
with Musical entertainments. ,iIt was
| for such entertainments that Pope's
| End Drydens "Odes to ST. CeciIia" /
We're written. Tennyson's ode on the
Death of the Duke Of yelling TOM
and Lowell's commemoration ode Will /
repay any amount of time and study
| spent on them. Wordsworth,s lode L
| on the limitations of Immortality"
has been pronounced by Emerson to be
the high water mark which Intellect
! has reached"
Old Latin Hymns.
The study of old Latin hymns brings
out many deeply interestiI facts re-
garding their origin and authorship.
| One of the most celebrated OF these
hymns r. the Dies Irae,'' probably
| written by n native of Abruzzi. Thomas
OF Celano, who died In 1856. Sir Wall.
ter Scott begins:a translation OF this
hymn In The Lay OF the Last Min
strel." 1iF
"veri sancte spirItus'' Is sacribed
to King Robert OF Franc I. and also
to Archbishop Langton. The srStabat
Mater" has long formed part OF the,
service during Passion Week In I. the.
Roman Catholic Church. 1t was COM
posed by franciscan, Jacopone. dur
ing the thirteenth century. and has
been set to music both by Pergoleset
and Rossini. "b.n tester Burg list
unser Gott' Is the title of Martin
Luther's we'll known hymn. ii
| The Transformation. I
A story is told of woman who
had an invariable nahit of being
! miserable. For years her complaints
4 w>re loud and constant. XII
4 Then one DAY she happened to read
, of naval disaster. The ship was
+ doomed, but the officers set the band
playing. the flags flying, and. dressed
| in full uniform, with their white eloyes
on. waited for the ship to go down.
She thought of herself and was
ashamed. Never had she met dis
aster without tears anu
4 won't be as 1 have been any more =.
she said to herself. When troubles
come TO me, though I perish as those
! officers did, will meet them as they
did, with 1ags flying, the band play
Ting and gal Iat,t a, n
IL the trial We're very 3severe, she
would actually put on her best clothes
81 and, with smiling face, go out to per-
form some act of cheerful Kindness
And after some years the result Is
that she seems happy and prosperous.
People call her Fortunate Another
complaining woman said to her, .Oh,
IT. Ia we'll enough for you to talk, YOU.
4 who have never known trouble in.
Your life" si ,st2 (
"A "a trouble in my life!f the cheerful
& woman said ITO herself, and stopped
TO think "a trouble. Perhaps not Y
but now. thank God. those which I.
thought | had seem no longer to have.
belonged to me. but to some other
4 person living centuries ago" IS
q A Wise Mother.
When Frederick Temple late Arch
bishop OF Canterbury, was a poor Roy;
wearing patched clothes and matched
shoes. he had the good fortune to
nave wise mother who stimulated
and encouraged the right kind ofsam-'
bition. and directed, HIS zeal. One day
The boy waxad critical over the IN &
consistency of English spelling, but.
his mother chided him ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
don't argue; do your work., @ Il
The lesson was not lost on his opon4
mind. He followed the sage advice.
land long after. when 3as Primate Of
ElFxrrl .,.x. u ~ H. - ...
scarcely second in dignity and In
fiuence to any in the land, he acted
on his mothers counsel: Don't argua :
do your work.
Woman With a Mission.
The following impudent caricatura
Of woman with a mission is taken
+ from Tit-Bts. and says: 3.
She's II woman with n mission: it's.
her heaven born ambition to Al reform
the worlds condition, You Will !nleaseE
TO understand %
Shes a model Of propriety: a leader
OF society. and has great variety az
, remedies atHhand. ifa #
Each sovereign specific, with a
title scientific for the cure OF things
morbihc that veX the people sore 81 IA
For the swift alienation OF the
evils of the nation, is e her fore
ordained vocation on this .sublunarv
\ shore" f5;;ss X
Trouble ignoring ai35{{.
There is in existence lnanuscript,a
letter written by Thomas More to Ills
Wife Aiyce. when the news came that
| the great mansion of Chelsea, with:yits
offices and huge sranaries. had been
almost destroyed BY fire. tf
Instead of lamenting his loss. he
writes II pray you, Aiyce. with my
i.ehildrcn. be merry in God. Find out
II any poor neighbors stored their corn
IN IN me granaries and recompense them. III
Discharge no servant until he have
another abiding place Take all tho
household with you to church and
thank God for what He hath taken {:
and what He hath LETT" ~ rs tSf a,
!. Clock OF Flowers. s:
/ y curiosity among "A m enin 81, X ~.