And the fame of thy country revive in thy verse.

The proud wreath of victory round heroes may twine,

’Tis the poet who crowns them with honour divine;

And thy laurels, Pelides, had sunk in the tomb,

Had the bard not preserved them immortal in bloom!

Anonymous.


Jon Duan’s Tale.

A STORY OF THE CONFESSIONAL.

Know ye the place where they press and they hurtle,