I opened my gate; who there should stand The waves roll so gayly O. But a fair lady, with a cup in her hand, Love me true! The cup was gold and full of wine, The waves roll so gayly O, "Drink," said the lady, "and I will be thine," Love me true! "Enter my castle, lady fair," The waves roll so gayly O, "You shall be queen of all that's there," Love me true! A gray old harper sang to me, “Beware of the Damsel of the Sea!” In hall he harpeth many a year, And we will sit his song to hear, "I love thee deep, I love thee true," The waves roll so gayly O, “But ah! I know not how to woo," Love me true! Down dashed the cup, with a sudden shock, The wine like blood ran over the rock, She said no word, but shrieked aloud, And vanished away from where she stood, I locked and barred my castle door, For myself a day, a night, The waves roll so gayly O, And two to moan that lady bright, Love me true! JOHANNA AMBROSIUS. AMBROSIUS, JOHANNA, a talented German poet and story-writer; born at Lengwethen, East Prussia, August 3, 1851. Daughter of an artisan, and married in 1874 to a peasant's son by the name of Voigt, she led the hard life of a peasant woman till in middle age she wrote verses, which were published in a weekly newspaper; their success led to the publication of other poems and stories of hers, which have had extremely wide circulation. INVITATION. How long wilt stand outside and cower? And nestle by me, trusting-hearted; Come, rest myself will here detain you, You gaze at me in doubting fashion, DO THOU LOVE, Too. For the nixies' dance. In blossoming lindens "Do thou love, too!" SAINT AMBROSE. AMBROSE, OF AMBROSIUS, SAINT, a father of the Latin Church, born at Treves, Prussia, about A. D. 340; died at Milan, Italy, in April, 394. He was Bishop of Milan from 375. PRAYER OF SAINT AMBROSE. BEFORE the ending of the day, EDMONDO DE AMICIS. AMICIS, EDMONDO DE, a distinguished Italian traveller and writer; born at Oneglia in Liguria, October 21, 1846. From 1865 till the occupation of Rome by the Italian army he was in the military service of King Victor Emanuel's government; then he returned to civil life at Turin, devoting himself wholly to literature, in which he had already won distinction by several graphic sketches of camp life. Among his writings of this kind the most noteworthy are: "Army Life" (1869) and "Recollections of 1870-71." Of novels we have from his pen: "The College Friends," "A Great Day," "The Paternal Home" (1872), and "Cuore" (Hearts), published in English as "The Heart of a Schoolboy." His works of travel including "Spain," "Recollections of London," "Holland," "Constantinople," "Recollections of Paris," "Morocco" - have had a very wide circulation, and have been translated into several languages. He has published also a volume of "Verses." THE WOUNDED VIDETTE.1 (From "Military Life in Italy.") lr was growing dark. The streets of the city were full of people. Those shops which are generally open during the evening were in great part closed, and the remainder were being shut one by one. Here and there, at the corners, on the squares, in front of the cafés, on the steps of the churches, were groups of men and boys, who were talking in low and excited voices, turning from time to time to look around them in order to see that no suspicious person was listening. There was a continuous descent of people from the houses to the street; they stopped a moment on the doorway, looked to the right and left as if uncertain which way to go, and then mingled in the crowd. In the whispering of the crowd, although it was much denser and more noisy than usual, there was perceptible a suppressed and almost timid tone. Now and then a knot of people crossed the street hurriedly, and behind them a long train of gamins who made way for themselves between the legs of the people with their 1 Copyright by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. |