Wide through the landscape of his dreams
The lordly Niger flowed;

Beneath the palm-trees on the plain
Once more, a king he strode;

And heard the tinkling caravans

Descend the mountain road.

He saw, once more, his dark-eyed queen

Among her children stand;

They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks,

They held him by the hand!

-A tear burst from the sleeper's lids

And fell into the sand.

And then at furious speed he rode

Along the Niger's bank;

His bridle reins were golden chains,

And, with a martial clank,

At each leap he could feel his scabbard of steal

Smiting his horse's flank.

Before him like a blood-red flag

The bright flamingoes flew ;

From morn till night, he followed their flight,

O'er the plains where the tamarind grew,

Till he saw the roofs of Caffre huts,

And the ocean rose to view.

At night he heard the lion roar,

And the hyæna scream,

And the river-horse, as he crushed the reeds

Beside some hidden stream;

And it passed like a glorious roll of drums

Through the triumph of his dream.

The forests with their myriad tongues
Shouted for liberty;

And the blast of the desert cried al

With a voice so wild and free

That he started in his sl

At their tempestu

No more he f

Nor the h

THE

YOUTHS' MAGAZINE;

OR

Evangelical Miscellany.

SEPTEMBER, 1843.

ANCIENT SARCOPHAGUS.

OUR engraving this month represents all that remains of a large sculptured Sarcophagus, now in the British Museum, found at Xanthus, the ancient capital of Lycia, in Asia Minor, and brought to England by Mr. Charles Fellowes. The sculptures with which it is ornamented strongly resemble those found on the monuments of Persepolis; though some of the appurtenances, forcibly remind us of the ancient paintings of the Egyptians. The lotus held in the hands of some of the figures, the high chairs in which the principal personages are seated; and the winged harpies, exactly similar to the departing souls depicted on the tombs of Thebes, and identified by the hieroglyphical characters representing the word Bai (soul) are of this latter character. It is a singular circumstance that the Greeks used one and the same term to designate the soul, and the butterfly; an analogy likewise observed by the more northern nations of Europe, who still call these insects Geists -ghosts, or spirits. It would be difficult to find a VOL. VI. 4th SERIES.

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