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of sight. Sebastian was at my side during this reconnoisance. " They 

 are gone to the stable, Signor," and again for a long interval we were 

 all eyes and ears for the result of this arrival. Anon the shutting of a 

 distant door reached us, the loud echo resounding through the long and 

 lone passages of the building. Anon the noise of coming feet, and the 

 suppressed whisperings of confused voices. We cocked our pistols. 

 " Could I, Signor, but secure the ladder 1 " were the last words I heard 

 from poor Sebastian. In a second he had rushed out — in less than 

 another there was a heavy fall, with the report of a pistol — then a faint, 



low moan, and******** 



W.H. 



THE CRUSADER S SONG. 

 " Remember the holy sepulchre." 



Forget the land which gave ye birth; 



Forget the womb that bore ye; 

 Forget each much lov'd spot of earth ; 



Forget each dream of glory ; 

 Forget the friends that by your side. 



Stood firm as rocks unbroken ; 

 Forget the late affianc'il bride. 



And every dear love token ; 

 Forget the hope that, in each breast, 



Cilow'd like smould'ring ember ; 

 But still the holy sepulchre. 



Remember, oh ! remember ! 



Remember all the vows ye've sworn 

 At holy Becket's altar ; 



Remember all the ills ye've borne- 

 Have borne, and did not falter ; 



Remember every laurell'd field 

 Which saw the crescent waving ; 



Remember too when forc'd to yield, 

 'Gainst numbers vainly straining ; 



Remember these, remember too. 

 The cause ye strive for, ever ; 



The cross — the holy sepulchre — 

 Forget —forget them never 1 



By him who, in that sepulchre. 



Was laid in death's cold keeping ; 

 By her who bore — who rear'd him — her 



AVho by that cross sat weeping; 

 By those whose blood so oft has cried 



" Revenge ! for souls unshriv'n ;" 

 By those whose sacred precepts guide 



The path to yonder heaven ; — 

 From youth to age, from morn to eve, 



Worn spring-tide to December; 

 The holy sepulchre of Christ, 

 Remember, oh ! remember ! 



H.N., 



