The Eagle (Volume 12)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE NOVICE. A NOVICE once sat in her cell, And doleful and weary was she, And sad was the chime of the bell To the heart of the fair devotee; Her beads were untold on their thread, Her psalter was closed on her knee, Its comforting pages unread, For she longed to be once again free. Alas! 'tis true, then, after all That love can pierce a convent wall! The Abbess was grave and severe, And stern was the gaze of her eye, But, moved by the Novice's tear, She kissed her and said, with a sigh, Thy heart is a-weary, my child; The nunnery-garden is nigh, Therein be thy sorrow beguiled, And come back as happy as I. Alas! 'tis true, then, after all That love grows sad in convent wall! She heeds not the garden so bright, She sighs for the end of the day, For she knows, at the fall of the night Her lover will bear her away. Ah, list! 'tis the signal agreed! Already he stands at her side, And whispers, My love! thou art freed, To-morrow shall see thee my bride! Alas! 'tis true, then, after all That love reveres no convent wall! Eille Norwood. THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AND THE RIVIERA; From a Journal kept in the Christmas Vacation of 1881-82. Let him carry with him also some Card or Booke describing the Country where he travelleth; which will be a good Key to his Enquiry. Let him keepe also a Diary.--Bacon's Essaycs; Of Travaile. On Friday, Dec. 16, my wife and I crossed oveV to Calais, with a brisk breeze blowing from the southwest as we left the harbour, and the spray dashing from time to time over the sides of the vessel. The sun, which we had not seen for days, broke out as soon as we reached the shores of sunny France. We arrived at Paris after six o'clock in the evening, and drove to our hotel beyond the Champs Elysees, and near the Arc de Triomphe. Saturday, D...