Here, in His train, shall arts and arms attend, The sad be comforted; the weary rest; Mid gems and gold unenvied and unblest : § * See Paradise Lost, X. + Cortez. A peine put-il obtenir audience de Charles-Quint: un jour il fendit la presse qui entourait le coche de l'empereur, et monta sur l'étrier de la portière. Charles demanda quel était cet homme; C'est," répondit Cortez, " celui qui vous a donné plus d'états que vos pères ne vous ont laissé de villes.”VOLTAIRE. "Almost all," says Las Casas, "have perished. The innocent blood, which they had shed, cried aloud for vengeance; the sighs, the tears of so many victims went up before God." § L'Espagne a fait comme ce roi insensé qui demanda que While to the starry sphere thy name shall rise, tout ce qu'il toucheroit se convertit en or, et qui fut obligé de revenir aux dieux pour les prier de finir sa misère.-Montes quieu. On the two last leaves, and written in another hand, are some stanzas in the romance or ballad measure of the Spaniards. The subject is an adventure soon related. THY lonely watch-tower, Larenille, And loud and long from hill to hill Echoed the evening-gun, When Hernan, rising on his oar, Shot like an arrow from the shore. "Those lights are on St. Mary's Isle; The waves were rough; the hour was late. He blew and would not wait. Home by his dangerous path he went; *The Convent of La Rábida. Leaving, in rich habiliment, Two Strangers at the Convent-gate. They ascended by steps hewn out in the rock; and, having asked for admittance, were lodged there. Brothers in arms the Guests appeared; Thoughtful and wan his face. His velvet cap a medal bore, And ermine fringed his broidered vest; An image of St. John he wore. * The Eldest had a rougher aspect, and there was craft in his eye. He stood a little behind in a long black mantle, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword; and his white hat and white shoes glittered in the moon-shine.† * See Bernal Diaz, c. 203; and also a well-known portrait of Cortez, ascribed to Titian. Cortez was now in the 43d, Pizarro in the 50th year of his age. Augustin Zaratè, lib. iv. c. 9. "Not here unwelcome, tho' unknown. The moon, that thro' the portal shone, Thro' many a court and gallery dim When other sounds had died away, His hands in supplication joined ; Then said as in a solemn mood, "Now stand we where COLUMBUS stood!" |