《mazelli and other poems(马兹里)》

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mist…spirit   dwells   in   his   palace   of   cloud!   Where   the   evil   ones   gather   in 

envious wrath; To blight and to blast;towered up in her path。 

     Still her cheek kept its glow; still her eye flashed in pride; As onward 

she flew up the steep mountain side; And fierce as the tempest; and fleet as 

the wind; Stern Bohdo; the ruthless; still followed behind。 

     To    a  fearful   abyss;   whose     unhallowed      name(3)     By   the   powers    of 

darkness was given; she came; And the whirlpool's wild voice; from the 

dark gulf below; Came up like the wail of a soul in its we。 

     Beyond       rose   the  rocky     shelf;  barren    and    bare;   Beneath     lay   the 

whirlpool; around her despair; Behind her came one; sweeping on in the 

chase; Whose grasp was more dreaded than death's cold embrace。 

     Then she called on the spirits who watch round the brave; In peril to 

nerve;   to   assist   and   to   save;   Closed   calmly   her   eyes;   as   one   sinking   in 

sleep; And urged her proud steed to the terrible leap! 

     A moment it paused on the high precipice; Then sprang; boldly sprang; 

o'er the frightful abyss! And struck its firm hoof in the rock till the sound 

Shook the hills; and the sparks flew like lightning around! 

     And the foot…print it left has remained to this day; And no rain…flood or 

tempest shall wear it away; She was savedthe brave Emma was saved 

but her crown; From her fair brow unloosed; in the whirlpool sank down。 

     On;   on   came   the   chief;   in   his   fierceness   and   wrath;   Nor   saw   he   the 

wide     gulf   that  yawned     in  his   path;   And    soon;   in  the   depths    of  its 

fathomless tide; The warrior and war…steed were laid side by side。 

     And      the   mountaineer       tells   how    in   sullen    despair;    His    ghost; 

imannealed of its sins; lingers there; Ever watching; pale; silent; untiring; 

unmoved; The bright golden crown of the maiden he loved。 

     A  diver   once;   lured   by   the   wealth   of   the   prize;   Sought   out   the   deep 

cave where it lay; and still lies; And where; chained by a spirit…breathed 



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spell; it shall stay; Till the whirlpool and mountain alike pass away。 

     Twice he rose with the crown; till its gleaming points blazed On the 

eyes of the wondering thousands who gazed; Twice it fell from his grasp; 

and sank quickly again To the bed where for years undisturbed it had lain。 

    He followed;this effort the treasure may earn But vainly they watch 

who await his return; A red hue of blood tinged the deep waters o'er; But 

the diver came up from their dark depths no more。 

     1。 Bohdo。 This hero; as his character is drawn in the original legend; or 

tradition;  from  which the   material   of  these  verses   was taken   (a   tradition 

which gives the popular account of the formation of an immense mark or 

cavity in a rock; called the 〃Rosstrappe〃 or 〃Horse's footstep;〃) is worthy 

of being enrolled among Odin's Berserker。 

    2。 Nimrod。 〃A mighty hunter before the Lord。〃 He built Babylon and 

founded that royal line which terminated with the death of Sardanapalus; 

whose gentleness and aversion to blood spilling; together with his passion 

for   his   〃Ionian   Myrrha;〃     cost   him   an   empire;    and   gained    him   an 

immortality。 

     3。 〃It was named;〃 says the tradition; 〃The Devil's dancing…place; from 

the triumph there of the spirits of hell。〃 



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