The International library of famous literature, selections from the world's great writers, ancient, mediaeval, and modern with biographical and explanatory notes and critical essays by many eminent writers . er glareWith yellow tinged the forests brown; Uprose the Wildgraves bristling horror chilled each nerve and bone. Cold poured the sweat in freezing rill; A rising wind began to sing;And louder, louder, louder still. Brought storm and tempest on its wing. Earth heard the call; —her entrails rend; From yawning rifts, with many a yell,Mixed with sulphureous flames, ascend The misbego
The International library of famous literature, selections from the world's great writers, ancient, mediaeval, and modern with biographical and explanatory notes and critical essays by many eminent writers . er glareWith yellow tinged the forests brown; Uprose the Wildgraves bristling horror chilled each nerve and bone. Cold poured the sweat in freezing rill; A rising wind began to sing;And louder, louder, louder still. Brought storm and tempest on its wing. Earth heard the call; —her entrails rend; From yawning rifts, with many a yell,Mixed with sulphureous flames, ascend The misbegotten dogs of hell. What ghastly Huntsman next arose,Well may I guess, but dare not tell; His eye like midnight lightning glows,His steed the swarthy hue of hell. The Wildgrave flies oer bush and thorn,With many a shriek of helpless woe; Behind him hound, and horse, and horn,And, Hark away, and Jiolla, Jio! With wild despairs reverted eye, Close, close behind he marks the throng, With bloody fangs and eager frantic fear he scours along. — Still, still shall last the dreadful chase,Till time itself shall have an end; By day they scour earths caverned space,At midnights witching hour^ VOLTAIRE EXPERIENCES OF CANDIDE. 4013 This is the horn, and hound, and horse,That oft the lated peasant hears; Appalled, he signs the frequent cross,When the wild din invades his ears. The wakeful priest oft drops a tearFor human pride, for human woe, When at his midnight mass he hearsThe infernal cry of ^^Holla, ho! ——yo^^oo EXPERIENCES OF CANDIDE. By VOLTAIRE. (From Candide; or, Optimism.) [FitAN(;ois Marie Akouet, who assumed the name Voltaire, was born inParis, November 21, 1G94, and died there, May 30, 1778. He was educated inthe Jesuit college Louis-le-Grand, and though intended by his parents for alawyer he determined to become a writer. From the beginning of his career hewas keen and fearless, and by his indiscreet but undeniably witty writing in-curred the displeasure
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