What rare examples there for Philip's son
To curb his overmastering lust of sway,
But that the Lord of the majestic world
Was all too great for lessons even like these!
MARRIAGE UNEQUAL.
Alas, that even in a heavenly marriage,
The fairest lots should ne'er be reconciled!
Psyche waxed old, and prudent in her carriage,
Whilst Cupid evermore remains the child.
PHŒBUS AND HERMES.
The deep-browed lord of Delos once, and Maia's nimble-witted son,
Contended eagerly by whom the prize of glory should be won;
Hermes longed to grasp the lyre,—the lyre Apollo hoped to gain.
And both their hearts were full of hope, and yet the hopes of both were vain.
For Ares, to decide the strife, between them rudely dashed in ire,
And waving high his falchion keen, he cleft in twain the golden lyre.
Loud Hermes laughed maliciously, but at the direful deed did fall
The deepest grief upon the heart of Phœbus and the Muses all.
THE WREATHS.
Our German Klopstock, if he had his will,
Would bar us from the skirts of Pindus old;
No more the classic laurel should be prized,
