Lady!--afar yet loved the more-- My spirit ever hovers near, And haunts in dreams the distant shore That prints at eve thy footstep dear. And say--when musing by the tide, Beneath the quiet twilight sky, Wilt thou forget all earth beside And mark my memory with a sigh? The wind that wantons in thy hair-- The wave that murmurs at thy feet, Shall whisper to thy dreaming ear An answer--loving--true and meet. Oh! fancy not if from thy bower I tarry now a weary while, My heart e'er owns another's power Or sighs to win a stranger's smile. Those gentle eyes, which in my dream, With unforgotten love still shine-- Shall never glance a sadder beam Nor dim with tears for change of mine. I gaze not on a cloud, nor flower That is not eloquent of thee-- The very calm of twilight's hour Seems voiceless with thy memory. Like waves that dimple o'er the stream And ripple to the shores around, Each wandering wish--each hope--each dream Steals unto thee--their utmost bound. {313} Oh! think of me when day light dies Among the far Hesperian bowers-- But most of all 'neath silent skies, When weep the stars o'er earth's dim flowers. When the mysterious holiness Which spell-like lulls the silent air, Steals to the heart with power to bless, And hallows every feeling there. A TALE OF JERUSALEM. BY EDGAR A. POE. Intensos rigidam in frontem ascendere canos Passus erat------ _Lucan_--_de Catone_. ------a bristly _bore_------ _Translation_. "Let us hurry to the walls"--said Abel-Shittim to Buzi-Ben-Levi, and Simeon the Pharisee, on the tenth day of the month Thammuz, in the year of the world three thousand nine hundred and forty-one--"let us hasten to the ramparts adjoining the gate of Benjamin, which is in the city of David, and overlooking the camp of the uncircumcised--for it is the last hour of the fourth watch, being sunrise; and the idolaters, in fulfilment of the promise of Pompey, should be awaiting us with the lambs for the sacrifices." Simeon, Abel-Shittim, and Buzi-Ben-Levi were the Gizbarim, or Sub-Collectors of the offering in the holy city of Jerusalem. "Verily"--replied the Pharisee--"let us hasten: for this generosity in the heathen is unwonted; and fickle-mindedness has ever been an attribute of the worshippers of Baal." "That they are fickle-minded and treacherous is as true as the Pentateuch"--said Buzi-Ben-Levi--"but that is only towards the people of Adonai. When was it ever known that the Ammonites proved wanting to their own interest? Methinks it is no great stretch of generosity to allow us lambs for the altar of the Lord, receiving in lieu thereof thirty silver shekels per head!"