Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, February 28, 1818, Image 4
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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