Unless, like he of Babylon, That spirit pour'd so widely forth, Or, like the thief of fire from heaven, Foredoom'd by God--by man accurst. He in his fall preserved his pride. There was a day-there was an hour, While earth was Gaul's--Gaul's thineWhen that immeasurable power, Unsated to resign, Had been an act of purer fame, Through the long twilight of all time, But thou, forsooth, must be a king, As if that foolish robe could wring Where may the wearied eye repose, Yes-one-the first-the last-the best- Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath the name of Washington, THE FATAL FIELD. BYRON. [The most famous readers have delighted in reciting this magnificent description of the field of Warterloo; and the great truths so powerfully enunciated by the poet, on the instability of power, when built upon any foundation less stable than the happiness of the people. This piece is full of round, sonorous sentences, like the swell of the mighty ocean thundering on the rocky shore, and should be spoken with a grand, imposing voice, gesture and action.] Stop!-for thy tread is on an Empire's dust! And Harold stands upon this place of skulls, He wears the shatter'd links of the world's broken chain. Fit retribution! Gaul may champ the bit And servile knees to thrones? No; prove before ye praise! If not, o'er one fallen despot boast no more! Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it ?-No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance let joy be unconfined, No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But, hark!--that heavy sound breaks in once more. And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! arm! it is-it is-the cannon's opening roar ! 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