de Voltaire) from whom every species of
theology is derived, invented the angels and represented them in
their ancient book the "Shasta," as immortal creatures, participating
in the divinity of their creator; against whom a great number
revolted in heaven, "Les Parsis ignicoles, qui subsistent encore ont
communique a l'auteur de la religion des anciens Perses les noms des
anges que les premiers Perses reconnaissaient. On en trouve cent-dix-
neuf, parmi desquels ne sont ni Raphael ni Gabriel que les Perses
n'adopterent que long-tems apres. Ces mots sont Chaldeens; ils ne
furent connus des Juifs que dans leur captivite."
Husher of secret sighs--from childhood's hour
The slave of Fate, I've knelt before thy throne;
To thy loved courts have sped
Whene'er my heart has bled,
And every ray of bliss that heart has known
Has reached it thro' thy grief-dispelling power.
Fain thro' my native solitudes I'd roam
Bathe my rude harp in my bright native streams
Twine it with flowers that bloom
But for the deserts gloom,
Or, for the long and jetty hair that gleams
O'er the dark-bosomed maid that makes the wild her home. [FN#5]
[FN#5] This invocation when composed was intended to precede a
series of poems entitled Occidental Eclogues; which work the writer
has never found opportunity to finish.
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