. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . hysical as compared with mental power: — IN THE OLD CATHEDRAL. In the vaults of the dim cathedral, In the gloaming, weird and cold,Are the coffins of old King Ottmar, And a poet, renowned of old. The king once sat in power, Enthroned in pomp and pride,And his crown still rests upon him, And his falchion rusts beside. And near to the king the poet Has slumbered in darkness long,But he holds in his hands, as an emblem. The harp of immortal song. Hark ! t is the castles falling ! Hark ! t is the war-cry dread !But the monarchs sword
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . hysical as compared with mental power: — IN THE OLD CATHEDRAL. In the vaults of the dim cathedral, In the gloaming, weird and cold,Are the coffins of old King Ottmar, And a poet, renowned of old. The king once sat in power, Enthroned in pomp and pride,And his crown still rests upon him, And his falchion rusts beside. And near to the king the poet Has slumbered in darkness long,But he holds in his hands, as an emblem. The harp of immortal song. Hark ! t is the castles falling ! Hark ! t is the war-cry dread !But the monarchs sword is not lifted, There, in the vaults of the dead ! List to the vernal breezes ! List to the minstrels strain !Tis the poets song they are singing, And the poet lives again. CHAPTER X. NIGHT THE SIXTH. The Beautiful Rhine. — Coblentz.— A Zigzag to Weimar. — Goethe and Schil-ler.— The Strange Story of Faust. — Faust in Art.—The Seven Mountains.— The Drachenfels. — The Story of the Dragon.— Stories of Frederickthe Great.—The Unnerved R. BEAL occupied much of the time this thus continued the narrative of travel: — From St. Goar to Boppard, two stations atwhich the Rhine boats call, is about an hoursrun ; but the journey is an unfailing rocky walls of the river, the continuous villages, the quaintchurches amid the vineyards and cherry orchards, the mossy meadowsabout the mountains, the white-kerchiefed villagers, present so manyvaried and delightful objects, that the eye feasts on beauty, and won-ders expectantly at what the next turn of the river will reveal. Therock shadows in the water contrast with the bright scenes above theriver, and add an impression of grandeur to the effect of the whole,like shadows on the cathedral walls that heighten the effect of therose-colored windows. Beautiful, beautiful, is the Rhine. Grand castles, perched on high cliffs and mountain walls, surpriseus, delight us, and vanish behind us, as the bo
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