PRESUMPTUOUS 1'OETKY. 



Till on its pedestal, it shook, it fell, 



With a tremendous crash, in hideous wreck." 



HERAUD. 



This reminds us not a little of Samson pulling down the theatre 

 upon the heads of the Philistines: 



" This utter'd, straining all his nerves he bow'd, 

 As with the force of winds and waters pent, 

 When mountains tremble, these two massy pillars. 

 With horrible convulsion to and fro 

 He tugged, he shook, till down they came and drew 

 The whole roof after them with burst of thunder." 



MILTON. 



Also, the transformation of Samiasa into a beast: 



" - Horror fell on all, 

 But chief on him, O change ! for prone at once 

 He sank, now beast, in sorow and in shame." 



HERAUD. 



" His arms clung to his ribs, his legs entwining 

 Each other, till supplanted down he fell 

 A monstrous serpent on his belly prone, 

 Reluctant, but in vain, 



Horror on them fell 



And horrid sympathy." 



MILTON. 



Let us now pay our respects to Mr. Heraud's Amazarah. She is a 

 queen and an enchantress : 



" But she, who erewhile vaunted power to bid 



The angel of the sun attire himself 



With radiance new, feigned how he veiled his beams, 



That the surpassing glory of her pomp 



Might be itself, alone ; while some presumed 



That his diminished head he hid in shame." 



HERAUD. 

 " O thou, that with surpassing glory crowned 



Look'st from thy sole dominion like the God 



Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars 



Hide their diminished heads." 



MILTON. 



By the power of magic, Amazarah raises a city. 



" Nor lacked there sound 



And sight; concerts of numbers and parade 

 To celebrate the finished work. Nor since 

 Hath bardick praise been wanting, to report 

 How to the harmony of harp it rose 

 Exhaled from earth by charm of magic verse." 



HKRAUD, 



" Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge 

 Rose like an exhalation, with the sound 

 Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet." 



MILTON. 



It may not be out of place here to submit a plagiarism from Shak- 

 speare. Mr. Heraud is describing an ambitious demon : 

 M.M. No. 103. E 



