  Page 66. In Syria, where the atmosphere is less humid than ours, the whole heavens are said to sparkle at night, as with various-colored gems. Page 94. Madeline.—A Legend of the Mohawk.—The events narrated in this poem occurred during the struggle of the American Colonies for Independence, immediately after the battle of Saratoga, in a small village on the banks of the Mohawk. Page 99. By the ruthless Cow-boys slain. "Cow-boys" was the term applied to the corps of freebooters attached to the British army. And the gall-drops were poured from the drawn-sword of Death. According to a Rabbinical tradition, gall-drops fall from the suspended sword of the Angel of Death on the lips of the dying. Page 128. The cherubim drooped and the pomegranates lay In the dust with the lamps that had glimmered all day; The censers, and altars, the ashes must claim, Though their unalloyed gold be the gold of Parvaim. 2 Chronicles, 3:10: "And in the most holy house he made two Cherubims of image-work, and overlaid them with gold." 1 Kings, 7:20: "And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter." 2 Chronicles, 4:20: "Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps and the censers were of gold." Page 129. On pillar, and pommel, and chapiter high. 2 Chronicles, 4:11,12: "And Hiram finished the work that he was to make for King Solomon for the house of God." "To wit: the two pillars and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars." Page 129. The Cedars of Lebanon thrilled with the wail, That swept, like a torrent, Jehoshaphat's vale. It is related by Josephus, that when the Jews perceived the conflagration of the Holy House, they broke out into such groans and outcries that all the mountains round about the city returned the echo. Page 130. And a strange world came forth from the regions of space And hung like a sword o'er the grave of that race. Page 130. 'T is the tenth day of Lous—Jerusalem wail! The same month and day in which the Temple was burned by the Babylonians, and which, according to an oracle of the Jews, was to be a fatal one in their annals. Page 136. "And the said unto her father, Let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains."—Judges 11:37. Page 163. 2 Kings 6:15, 19. Transcriber's Note:In the Table of Contents, the page numbers listed for the following poems were one page off: The Pilgrim's Feast Those page number references have been corrected. The page number for the start of the Notes section was also corrected. |
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