γείτων ὁμότοιχος ἐρείδει.

γείτων ὁμότοιχος ἐρείδει.

Æsch., Ag.

Æsch.

Two chambers hath the heart:

There dwelling

Live Joy and Pain apart.

Is Joy in one awake?

Then only

Doth Pain his slumber take.

Joy, in thine hour, refrain—

Speak softly,

Lest thou awaken Pain.

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 LADY ISLAND, ON THE CHIEMSEE, BAVARIA

From the German of Victor Scheffel

O’er the placid lake at even glides our boat, alone and slow,

In the sunset stand empurpled domes of everlasting snow,

From an island in the twilight dimly rise a convent’s walls:

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