. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ampions body. Inthis manner the living brother waged apreternatural combat, which had enduredduring a whole centur\, uhen Asmund,at last obtaining the victory, prostratedhis enemy, and by driving, as he boasted,a stake through his body, had finally re-duced him to a state of quiet becominga tenant of the tomb. Having chantedthe triumphant account of his contest andvictory, this mangled conqueror fell deadbefore them. The body of Assueit wastaken out of the tomb, burnt, and theashes dispersed to heaven ; whilst that ofthe victor, now lif
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ampions body. Inthis manner the living brother waged apreternatural combat, which had enduredduring a whole centur\, uhen Asmund,at last obtaining the victory, prostratedhis enemy, and by driving, as he boasted,a stake through his body, had finally re-duced him to a state of quiet becominga tenant of the tomb. Having chantedthe triumphant account of his contest andvictory, this mangled conqueror fell deadbefore them. The body of Assueit wastaken out of the tomb, burnt, and theashes dispersed to heaven ; whilst that ofthe victor, now lifeless, and without acompanion, v^as deposited there, so thatit was hoped his slumbers might remainundisturbed. The precautions takenagainst Assueits reviving a second time,remind us of those adopted in the Greekislands, and in the Turkish provinces,against the Vampire. It aflbrds, also, aderivation of the ancient English law incase of suicide, when a stake was driventhrough the body, originally to keep itsecure in the tomb. PERILS BY FLOOD AND FIELD. 2^. Page 26. THE MINERS WIFE. Thou knowst, that ia my desert hallsThe pride of youth anil hope is oer ; That sunk, defaced, mj- crumbling wallsRepose or shelter yield no more. Yet on this dark and dreary pile,Thy love its tender wreathe hath hung ; And all it asks, is still to , fade, and die, where once it clung. C. H. TOWNSEND. The young countess Blanch Volnerstood alone in the magnificent saloonwhich had been just thronged with lordlycompany. Slie had that day taken pos-session of her immense property; andher high rank and remarkable beauty andtalent had gathered around her the no-blest and wealthiest families of a guest returned home dissatisfied jthe dignity and simple grace of the coun-tess, and the unaffected sweetne^ss of hermanners, had charmed even mure thanher surprising loveliness ; and much morethan the splendour of her Blanch had far higher claims to theadmiration and love of al
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