For even the bashful maid, who kindling reads,
Becomes a warrior. Thirty years of care,
Urged on by royal promise, did I bear,
And now, deceived and scorned, the aged bard
Is basely cheated of his pledged reward!

THE MUEZZIN.

Photogravure from a painting by J. F. Gerome.

"Now the Muezzin's call is heard, sonorous clanging
Through thronged bazaar, concealed harem, and cool kiosk:
In the Prophet's name, God is God, and there is no other.'
On roofs, in streets, alone, or close beside his brother,

Each Moslem kneels, his forehead turned towards Mecca's shrine,
And all the world forgotten in one thought divine.”