56 NO SOUND CAN AWAKE HIM TO GLOKY AGAIN? 



It is impossible to overlook the fact, that the moral cynicism 

 every where pervading the works of Balzac sullies his happiest 

 combinations, and has a most injurious tendency. All good feelings 

 are excited only to accustom us to their speedy and complete extinc- 

 tion, and we are brought back from their highly coloured and 

 theatrical exhibition to the solemn inculcation, the non-existence of 

 lofty and virtuous principles of conduct, and the folly of expecting 

 them; and all this served up with so much cleverness, wit, and 

 knowledge of men's natures, as to make it irresistibly pleasant and 

 plausible. 



NO SOUND CAN AWAKE HIM TO GLORY AGAIN! 



ON that lone barren isle, where the loud roaring billows 

 Assail the stern rocks while the wild tempests rave, 

 The hero lies still and the dew-dropping willows, 

 Like fond weeping mourners, bend over his grave : 

 The sea-storm may rage, and the hoarse thunders rattle, 

 He heeds not, he hears not, he's free from all pain : 

 He sleeps his last sleep, he has fought his last battle 

 No sound can awake him to glory again ! 



O ! shade of the mighty, where now are the legions 



That rush'd but to conquer when thou led'st them on ? 



Alas ! they have perish'd, in far chilly regions, 



And all but the fame of their triumphs is gone ! 



The trumpet may sound, and the cannon-peal rattle, 



They heed not, they hear not, they're free from all pain : 



They sleep their last sleep, they have fought their last battle, 



No sound can awake them to glory again! 



Yet, spirit immortal! the tomb cannot bind thee 



For like thine own eagles, that soar'tl to the sun, 



Thou spring'st from thy bondage, and leavest behind thee 



Such fame as no mortal before thee had won ! 



Though nations may combat, where war-thunders rattle, 



No more on thy steed shalt thou sweep o'er tbe plain, 



Thou sleep'st thy last sleep, thou hast fought thy last battle 



No sound can awake thee to glory again ! 



