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The fourth emblem of the first book exhibits the young 

 female yoked in harness, and dragging round a couple of 

 heavy millstones, while the male figure, invested with wings, 

 and with the nimbus or glory encircling his head, follows 

 close behind, and with uplifted whip, goads the other forward. 

 She exclaims — 



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" Like Captive Samson, I am driven about. 

 The drudge and scorn of an insulting rout. 

 Around I draw the heavy restless wheel, 

 And find my endless task beginning still ; 

 Within this circle, by strange magic bound, 

 I'm still in motion, yet I gain no ground. 

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Oh, cast an eye of pity on my grief, 

 And use some gentler methods of relief." 



The most singular delineation however appears in the eighth 

 emblem of the third book. Here the female figure appears 

 with folded hands, encased within the ribs of a skeleton, the 

 Lemma or Motto being taken from the Epistle to the Romans. 

 " 0, wretched man that I am ! Who shall deliver me from 

 the hody of this Death ? '* She thus concludes a long expos- 

 tulation : — 



" Why am I to this noisom carcase tied. 

 Whose stench is death in all its ghastly pride? 

 Then speak the word, and I shall soon be free : 

 Thou form'dst me thus — O ! thus unbody me!"* 



We have dwelt upon this very original production at some 

 length, not only because of its scholarship and classical 

 Latinity, and of the poetical spirit which animates its pages, 

 but as having been taken as a model for several succeeding 

 works, either in the poetry or in the accompanying en- 

 gravings. Hugo's work itself speedily passed through many 

 editions ; and, besides the English version or paraphrase 

 abeady mentioned, was translated into various other lan- 



* Want of room renders it necessary to omit the original Latin verses of Hugo. 



