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p, TttE FIRE Hy W alter Scorr, Esq. > The stMitparfy in recorded that dun,* the&tru^ g*m of the Latin kingdom of Je rusalem, a JrnlglUtemptary called Saint Jttan, deserted to the Sana > cens9 and deJeq^^ChriMian? in -^*221 tiU he xa# finally ^n,'m u conflict with u \~under the waB# of l^mUn. ?**?+. ? : ? <?/ . v - --'v " The tylettingftof the eril Gent), which arc curses, Were upon bun." ? Eautcm tale. BOLD knSgfats and feir ^fcnes> to my tflrp W ato-eAr ' ' ^ jffigE '? --i: Of love, and ^ w*r, ??ld ?fcOUnt : ~-JtjWg*ndaohighj tear in her qye ? r^-. Palatine'* -i?c- ' ? *? ? ?.'*< ?' <lFto- A* ? rl ' - \f a ? . . p," * . ?l?d, . ;??< W&m-J >*?.'" V ; ? Tfie shell on hiahat, and Ae ttalffifhia hand? \% ? " ..'V " v Jt' - MbisSb ? ? ? . v ,? *\ ?. . , ?Nqw palmer, grey palmer, O tell uato me, i Whatftews bring yon hgme from the Hoi* , Countrie i ^1 - n^jie warfare by Cmlilce's And ho^jj^ur nobles, the flow Vol ? ? to*i" ' ? ' ! *Q toatHtOM the war^re by Galilee'# w^e, For Gilefcd, an?J Nabto**, and Rwwh we I h?ve , M 155H And well fare our niMn hjr Mountl.eha* '' ' \ ? Ji 1 ? ? _ ? % \-WP,1-'T v . ^ ^ For tKt|l Heathens have lost, and the Chris ?ida^have won." ? : 'A lakr chain of gold 'mid ber ringlet* thtfre t:4 ' '?%?? ' - ?? O'ef the palmer's grey locks the fair chain , hw #e fluni^- ?,. , A ' U J*2Si^ the SH/ r * 4* P*1?8*' J"**** by Gafflee'a .v O saw ye ?oti|fc Albert, the gentle and (ipL M< MRX i ;y" -;r ?wfi war way, tue tree ytcn it { air lady, thestrearapure it flows . But lady, fair lady, all blossoms to die. ?The green boughs they wither, the thtm *pMt falls, u leaves of your castlo but levin scorched walljfT *y% The pur<6 screast runs muddy; t e gay hope vV .is gone f Count Albert is prisoner on Mount Leba?, L km Hon/* O she's ta'en a horse, should be fleet at her speed f ? ' And site's ta'en a sword should be sharp at her need ; A iid she has ta'en shipping for Paleittnc** land, To ransom Couat Albeit from Soldanrlc^ v ?1fi8)tv " a Amall thought had Count Albert on fair Ro .. ?'? V * \.i?? " Small thought on his faith or hb knl^M* , hood ha4 he ; 4- V ^ * ' A heathenish damsel his light heart had won The Sold&n** lair daughter of Mount f^eba non. " O Christian, lirave Christian, my lotrc wouldst thou he*. Three thing* must thou do ere I hearken to thee : ftur law* and o\ir Worship on thee shalt thou takr ; Ar.rl t!'. is thou ^Us(U fust do fit* Zul^nui's a A lk!, next in tttte ciurcm, wtlrre burn^ eyermore ? . The mystical Ah rue which tiic Curdmans n * adore,. si ? " L wake^..^.. ~ And this thou shalt pext do for Zeuleroa's ***? " '???:*? ? , *>-?? ?/*>. " An J, k**U thou shalt aid u? With council hand hand* ^ , - # . .< o drive the Frank robber frotu Pfleatine's JBsrr'jL/VL For toy lord and my love thai Count Al bert 1*11 take, ?jj| When all this is accomplished forZulema's 5ake<',' / ' * He haa thrown bj his hcltttet and crosshair died sword, - Renouncing hia knighthood, denyfrig his Ho haa ta en WM green caftan, and turban PFor the love of the maiden of fair Lebanon. Add in the dread carom, deep deep uiMlefc JflNwd. '? . ; ? . . / Whlcn fiftf Steel Pitm ?nH sta*) twte! aurrouncL lie has watchw until daybreak, but sight saw he Saye the flame hurtling bright on its altar of ?tone* "" ' ,v Amazed wa# the prince*, the Sotdan- t/ Sore murnuii^d the Pnim a* ?? Afcerf l they gazed : >?&v^MSj They searched a.l a?d?nder hi4S.?ii?|b 1 Clr^ : ? I -tK"0 ia carem, deap, deep under gV whistled round Far of was 19 it, white the wind# J v-,x ud muimured the priet^, r and amatu nn? is0m ' * . <.. > . -il i . u ?l.T\ >??? ;- While many dark iptfflre .X ??>ey stogl V.'; ' '4,*: ft, J Tfcey searched Albert's body, and, lo ! oil WV? ' ? ? *? 1 >? ? # ? " ' ; 4r ,VTrT p?.i :i historeart ? ?? V . ? ;*)'?& j , Warn the sigu of the Croas> by his father [ impressed. v ? I The^rfesttrchey ^*a?*K with cdre ? J 1 ;?/.?/. tioin. f / pain.- ? ?* ... vec ' ttw in i 'V ? Jr < . " But, as he wm his ! 2 * *?rt?*tere4 "" r a * *'A?a ,7<w *!?#'* ^ hiipiftpose They made each steel porial to r*U1$ and* ?g. And, borntf on the blast, came the dread 1 ire King. v? '.i?T - > 1 hof , fr< , V-' 1 s"<,-u " Full score rocksd the camera whene'er he ^drewAigh, ! . The fire on the altftf biased bickering and high ; In volcanic ei^plosioni the mountain* pro claim v.*:*''-' k The dreadful approach of Flame. f . ' .s ' f Unmeasured in hpight, undistinguished in form, . >> ' ? .<: r.'TSS? ?? i* 9} His breath it was lightning his roiro it Was storm, I ween the stout heart of Count Albert was "tame, When he saw in his terrors the Monarch of *! ? Flatne. In his hand a broad falchion blue glimmer ed through smoke, And Mount Lebanon shook as the monarch he spok*: " With this brand shalt thou conquer, thua long and no more, Till thou bend to tl?e Crosa, and the Virgin adore." The cloud shrouded arm give* tht weapon; see ! ?fc fell W ' atooped low ";: Before the crossed sliietd to h|s **eel sad And ^rcc fead he bent ta Ae HoddWM bk" v jT The recreant receives the chamnxl^Ift on knees ^ ;V The thunder* growl distant, and faint gleam ? the firea, ' '* 4 . .f^Sr f ' *rr? *_ . ?-*: . * - . "* . . . jta Count Albert hfcf armed him the Paynim ] among, 'f Though his heart h wai false > yet hi* arm r> it wu strong ; - And the redcrost* waxed faint, fcnd the Crea - : ^ sent came oaf v > ? . ^ Y % ??'? Trom the day he commanded on Mount I-e-1 ? banon. ?? > w x hi tne luugnts of the IGemple? and the I " Knights of S&iftt John,' With Salem's King Baldwin, against him * cameon^** % t" W - i, The war cymbals clattered, the trumpets *-#'? replied, * The lances were Couched, and they closed ?% on each side^: ^ 7 i ^ And hoaeroeir &A horses Count Albert f o'erTOrew, /..'vV, V Till he pierced the thick tumuli Kk>g BaH ISUlliito. '"*?*?' k !? 132 ^ blade which ^ ?! the King's Red mo?, proud turban the R< f >i*>. .V ?A-H-rrr. ? n I Wore' the Oh^fhSt e? noire Damt," he unWil us, * I Sore sjghoCtl?*harmed awor.1, foHts vir tu* was o'en, I lu sprung troin his grasp, and was never y teen more ; Bat true men have said* that the lightning's rod wifig ^ ' Did waft back the brand to t ho dread FirSi King. ? ' As t' Y r' ?'*>?<. *1 > f * ' i ?m He clenched his setteo?h, and his gauntlet1 ? 'ts-V ed hand ; * '? r % He stretched, with one buffVt, that Page on [ V the strand; / ^ ? As back from the striplirig the broken casque rolled, 4 You might seethe blue eyes, and the rhig-j aln gold* ... Short time had Count Albert in horrgpf to 1 <>, pi j? L hlood-ciotted hw ; /ffi||SS| For down came the Templars, like Cedran ^ mm * lancesln Saruccnblood. Am V a. 1. ^ ? rw&tyt fatttaini to NapthaoH's The battle is ^fe^plda's plfckl. A 0^i$o is ybn Payrtini lies no slain r ^ ' y' And whotyonPagelymgeorfat his knee? Qhy t who but (' >uni Albert ahd fair liosalit! The Lady was buried in Salem's blessed The dfjppthe was left Urthe rulture m and hound: Her soul to high mercy our lady did bring; His went on the blast to the dread Fire king. W^mmxij a minstrel, in harpirt* Can tell. How % Redcross it conquered, tHeCres ? cent* fell ?? And lordaaad gay ladies have sighed, their mL At tha tale of fbunt Albert and fair Rosalie* 1 Pit table cS^an Old J! The long demurring maxl Whose lonely unappropriated wweets Smiled like yon knot eC cowslips of the . Motto be come at by the willing band BUIS. Convinced that my dM tt no lees lamentable than any which ha* hi therto claimed y<wr attention, 1 nhal) without apology or prefacejpilwwow) my sorrows, and stately grir van/ <>. lam a roniilnn lady of fifty, jmw*i sina; a fortune not incfti My father was a rich liiiei . IamuIuu, wliu aaarrkvi a lady able for her talents in the emu . at departments of Lou&w ilery. die. eldest of two dftughterSf my parent* were uncommonly Holiijtou* ttt up me a ptood etfoc&tion, bestow w huvni anc^tohave 'me fully initiated ml# wiuii is called a knowledge ttf thm world, Thejr libern% stored luy niiiul with maxims which, (altjwugb 1 received tlum m ith veneration) 1 did not understand ; but' whit 1 1, when I came u> years of maturity. I resolved to follow, Avithout exami ning tlieir propriety , or considering their consetjuences* At the usual time, I was ushered into the wdfld a& Tyri faiiy araed against all die wiles of artifice, and the fascinations of ilattety. Jl wa* taught to considfer. every man w ha courted my (avor asva pliant or dfr bauchetw if he did not perform somtf extraordinary piece^of kindness fii* me, or wns unwilling to l>r, received M mc ujKru the terms of asl/tve* Wft^risful punctual*! ty I perform*" ed the inj ul ictions laid on me by in/ parents. My life was spent 8U oM insipm round of solicitatKm ami In W**i insipid round of t jection, I found u< flBttfof NulW I break their Jvedtoa^y ?I foulW ^ *??/> I com luueu r their aotGors Iu shorty yaw *- r>c iv iar tfcr! "T* "V WMVCI* ture ycHur patieafr) I WW' V ithed in ^ho take We common Jot - of humanly, and "wMf a?ted only mm iuteital^ di rected, or age enjoined. slater niado aue) 'grocer aaon ; 'leiUfew Hi r t awtujpi^ >as happily measures * VriL^r .. mm Wy(X must I aaty to **ocWv? Hm ifwSlJ |Sot?k ii{khi me eiChrt j=Sas bial Iclkity, of m a i law fOpt bertclfup 1 and cares af tbe tnai 'conmii