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      BOISE . Doine ; or , the National Songs and Legends of Roumaniu . % E . C . GrenvilteTOurrar . * m ifch , 3 Ehiw xn&Co . The little volume T ^ o ^ e us rs a ejection Qf the songs , frfllaas , anMe-Brias —the peopl es poetry- j f the Rouman or Wallachianlanguage . 'fiouranS comprises Wallachia , Moldama , aBiansylvaaia , Bessarabia , &c , the Dacia of the Honaans . <® £ these -countries , their people , condition , an < l "literature little was . loNDmiirfSqglBp ^ probably , tUl recent political events brought them more promihentfy ~ before every one ' s attention . We begaa to take an . interest in H t ^ iPria « ipaJieig «; » j 8 jjuc 1 to makeinquirieaaboutvtheBQ , abutatUl iit *? a 8 >< a ttiw * afded ti&tefmt ^ jrttachtng ^ principally to the questions how tfaey were affected to Turkey or . Russia ; vf hat resources for the support of-armies

      tney possessed ,. ; wuetftor 3 eyer-and . agne lur'fcea m their morasses , or ^ pesi ^ L . I ^ ce . tkreateae&ittJb ^ suj ^ , CQunteies . » l » as &een < maJiten mor&cQr lesB fromthe politjusal , p ( Qint . of ^ riew . Ji «* g curious-to fturn » rnum . jwgesuof - **< facts « nd figures "—from travels wine 'are-m £ Etary surveys , 'tflwjh ^ regard * fhe rfaUr plains pf ^ Houmftaia * 6 lely- « s battle-grounds , see but bountfai ^ lines In 'ter ndblejcfcrjeams , and ilay £ 3 ,, or soldiers in her men and women- ^ to a * book rfhere , qs in all really national ¦ yoetrry , ^ u ^ ear'the ^ beafrfc-of <* -peopte £ be&&ng . ' ^ Tto fcallaSs -tiff a nation , * hamied -down ^ fhEOugli ^ £ e » eraif < ms ,-8 omafimQ 8 surviving alone amidst a total wreck of civilisation and of learning-, "are invaluable as chronicles , because "fcherr ^ vittatfityis dependent on their tenth . They must be faitWul traescripts of rnattonifl ^ i ^ r ^ ter , « n ^ miwt tecord events and speak -senUmeajtsin ^ Tiich the general mass of the reotile . ire

      jufcepested . —^ tbeshqwes tftfteyshawe tneurjihacl , the ronoagerfcheyihav * dauffesetg the virtues most honoured by them , the beliefs most dearly ' cketfcbeil . ^ Betwe ^ n t ^^ a ^ fcdlikiti- ^ resulting --fi om fe aM ^ ty iitt ^ Jharflicity of mairy-icircuxnalafl ^ W * 0 » . uilancy . oL , ev < e $ y ciYnisaiian , mpSififia ^ f eojicse Wlii ^ uoni ^ s ot ^ icBmiite , race , language , and habits . TIenqe , iia S ^^ Mnin ^ j ^ ^ taculyitsttps , "lP « etr ^ frhitih ; ha& sfciia » & £ h&fliesr& flo £ t ^ an echomth « tof Q » dt ) her . W-e tbiak ^ be is-right in belieying f&rt : fiw « e ^ rUa ^ nd po ^ d ^^ a oin ^* ^ ftfliwrtftiL oF € hat « cho * here » ^ We ^ ill presijftt the reader with some epecimens . , : ; :. H ^ e is * characteristic ballfli , andJj ^ e contraat is TMjry , artistic , sbebveen the bride , loving , ita ^ arihling , w « eping ,-- ^^ Qiu ! Jnpteer ,, 'im Al « n < ifW ^ pirt the Spftrtaaumotheri :- — - — - ^

      * ' STKFAN > WU 5 T 3 BEAT ^ U ! JI > fHlS , fMOTBEft . . , ¦ " UpcBiAgloomy rqckjaeat , aujftuci 8 at castle , mJttoldavia ^/ air . iadr paM ^ s , ^^^^^ in we $ p | ig . 4 t ia 4 «» AndB-iof -S «^ a Di » k 9 i ) Fj |^ 3 oldawans . v Her , r * li ^ ^^ iptociliij 9 two . \ adetsJ » aiie « th -the , jacaaiog dew , ; . and i ^\ d ^^) hwJmm ^ 0 li : ^ bm ^ mW ^ i f ^^ < Jbuosband r ha » 0 B « eiiJSgoiie .. eoine days to JhesKai ^ rJHBdcflljeJwsdiot KeAc 4 , fi » m £ « bi . ' ^ isaho still weepa a horn is Heard to sound at the castle-giate- * . , . . ¦ " ' CfpenJ mother ouap , ' , cries the . fwnt voice of a « wntJioweDoan . ' . affy aim ^ imant-4 era ^ » nil ! ia . y ejl < iid , iiit 4 jer . frcnn the ^ fieldl % iWot ^ fgate . ; q ^ lc ^ , iii ^^ tb « ^^^ ^ ewi % : injvwo au ^ ate ^^ Utt ^ U , andl ^ ' * . . . > tAt . tfaaaa ^ OTJdstthe yoayg . pyaicesfit jHi < s , io ^ tha Jhtttlce . ^ J 3 # tUe , amm «^ , waUiw ^ 0 dB him bll "/

      ody— . , .. . ,, . V " ' What ¦ doest thou . here , my son ? T . command thee to remaaa without . ' SWepatksj MD&&aiDg&yw 1 m * t ! tnwutyw ¦ ^' : ! : Wfl ^ iyo wlda tii& afr , ^ towgeci' ^ ft is iin ; wxn 7 fch » t ; iihoik ( Be « towtjta eater tbissaalto ^ ijeeteadiogioJUe ^ y ^ on . ^ M y wni 48 wi ^* b 4 ) i » V (^ ,. ^ bw e 4 » $ y ** llsl ^ iin . Memfrtovm Mtnmed to biftlieftictlijai . ^ hiain ej tQr , if ^ hou act diny ^ on ^ IjHa not 4 % jnaiher ., Jf , ' £ bi has reserved such a Bhgrace ^ to enSbitter the rest oT my day < r ;* 5 fthou urtm $ ^' M $ ML then know that thou slialt never enter this castle with thy brows unlaurell « d . ' ' He '* rao knows not bow to die for his conntry is like those ill-omened night-birds who see only ia the dark . If thy soul has lost "its-noble courage , gorback then to the realms of Night , from whence tbou earnest , for the morning breaks . ' " Recalled to his duty bar these burning xvords , tufl 4 uke . returns to his army , and tha combat is renewed . The Turks fere either routed or cut to pieces , and St ^ faa the First retoensjn triumph . io ^ biseastlei" ' . ¦¦ V .

      . fiauxnania has sons worthy of such mothers . Here is a Leonidas : — " mircea before nioopolis . ¦ •• ••• . ^' The ^ eBeirvy haw iavaoed jtae oountryof : th « , Rouman § . ; hmt , the . J > i » keadoa « tnot ' v 4 Qle courage , ajad aitstens to meet them with a little army of braves . It is not in the hope of saving his country that he raises . his , standard and . rides to the Uattle ; Ijejjaea . to . JialfiLa « aerea daty . "• ~ " ' " Where ax . e < naw the grand jold , times , whea-allJowwihowifcoflio fiorvdnty ? " ' "He rides through the daylight and the darkness mounted . upon » a . V 5 rild . co , nog flr ^( wd the rising sxin caresses his hair , white us the-snow on the"CarpatlXians . u 'My -children , ' then says Mircea to his braves , ' God has preserved May life ^ until ^ ttiifi day that I might-die like a hero . . Whakis . the ; li £ e of one mat ) to the life of-a . jpeppUj ? , , ^ lt is as one flewer to the springtime , as an hour to eternity . Thpy say that ihe proud « ajda of the rocks when henrawdHn by the hunters will kill -the youog ones in 'liis ' -nest-rttner ^ tbonseo them captured , - ^ o , like the eagle of the rocks , I would rather see my ohildren iiio than liveia-alavery I' - - - . " Oh ! when wilHhe grand old jjoxo return when a Rouman will choose a glorious . dea ^ h instead of the life of a Blaver ? " '

      The following is a curious specimen of popular morality on tlie text v " That they should take who have the . pemer , ^ And they should keep who can . " Itmj ^ kt h » ve teen written ibr our own "Robin Hood or Jdhnnie Armstrong . As a little touch indicating the magnificence of the outlaw , it should beobuervediihat a * ^ : lot" is a c oin , thirty times the worth of a " ban . " " iuoh and- poob . " A little below the mill there is a small inn , and thero side by side sit two wayfarers , a rich man and poor ono . The rich man ' s heart swells with pride us he gives the . host a , han > to bring Bomo wine for his companion . "The poor man , however , laughs . disdainfully , and calling tho host , he gives him a zlot , and proposes in turn to treat bis neighbour . " Poor wretch ! ' cries tho rich ixinn , ' wouldst thou comparo thyself with me ? Thau , hast not even a shirt , while my / looks and herds cover tho pluin . Thou canst not offer wine to mo ; wo are not equals . ' 14 ' Wlmt mutters ? " answers the p oor rrmn . ' If you have lands and wealth , are not riches like the mountain torrent , which to-duy swells and roans in the 8 uaahme , J » ut tomorrow is dried up ? Hnst thou not as many cares as cattle ? for wherever theJftook ia there is the wolf also . ' 44 Poor wretch ! ' ropliea the rich man ; ' I would have had pity on'thee , bafc'forjjhyjsriBer . 44 ' Ami thou Miserable , with all thy wealth , ' nnswera tho poor man . 4 If * fnou hast flocks and herds , I liave banquets of fruits and flowers . Thou bast gold in . thy kunir ( girdle ) ; 1 have a pnlonh in mine , to protect life and honour . Thou hast Btatel y halls ; I have the wide plain with tho azure sky all spangled over ¦ with gold for roof . " What it takes tlicc a whole summer to win , L can guiu by robbery in n single day . What hoi then ,

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      " How soft tlxe lovelight of the West reposes On this green vaJlip ^ a . ishee ^ aBoljiude , On the trim cotlwga ^ ifchv iUiscra en of roses , On the grey hellry with its ivy hood . And murmuring mill- * Mee , HHKl the wheel that flings Its bubbling ir » al » n«»—wjbile thdBlnckbjrd sings . 41 The very dial on the village church Seems at ' twere dreaming in a dozy rest ; The scribbled benches underneath the porch Bask in the kindly welcome of the West ; But the broad casements of the old Three Kings Blaze like a furnace—while the Blackbird sings . -41 And there beneath the immemorial elm Three rosy revellers round a table sit , And thro' grey clouds gave laws unto the realm , " Curse good and great , but worship their own wit , &Aad"gpv&of lights , and fairs , and junketings , jCorn , colts , and curs—tie while the Blackbird sings . ¦* ' Before her home , in her accustom'd seat , The tidy"Grariaam sphis beneath the shade ( Of tiie-oWnHftusofaflckte ^ ativr fact Xb « jiMwnioi ^ i ^^^^ ttwinkM hAy laiict * -T ^ felov ^ hI 5 ^ HCfle ^ aenlSfaigar itodspeU ^ iaailimce- ^ li&iJbA ^ ia ^ btfd ^ ingfl : ¦ ! ¦^ Somefimeathe Shadow tff a . l * zydodd Breaitl » 8 ' 6 eT' * hefhanihJfr # ith its-garieHSjgretin , ^ WbH ^ tttf&Tfields wdtb Bwitliaht ovtwflow'd i ^ e ^^ oa * b 3 ire 8 « of «! E «« f 33 « ndwi » r ©;» e « j 4 Again , th ^ w »^»< mitiAMh 0 dtw , f ^ i ^ ff 9 , ! &M fires ; th * 4 liicket » Hl » eie tbft'BlacIcbirA ^ iQgs . i ' *** JDsehm 9 ofa + 'tii& 4 « ra ^ ihe AeftkedJ | Mtorbora& With its peach-cover'd walls , and rookeryiaiid ., The trim , quaint garden alleys , screen'd with : Roughs , Thelion-headeflLgato 8 4 «»^ jBunJ * Dd proud , t ^ l-hainoMyffouiitajut ^ iU ^ itatnuiCTna igwge Itie in tmr 9 timoshuM ^^ le ^ e ^ kcUu ^ , fHqg ^ We ^^ are-not-wrong'the aaS and s 0 lenm-beon ^ y ^ ' « he fo ^ 0 wii ^ pt > jeem ^ extract or TCurt ^ ment . l tis worthyof the ^ n ^ me of ^ Tennyson .

      " sewG-or . jMTOLDsatAn . 'Tlie ^ Mn , th of SprtngBteAls o ^ ertfelea ; tla ' itynanercyuntosine A-pfil , thontcomestiin-BuohiiaBte ? - " -A *! geritler'ffierid , l'wou ! a be 4 old Tfay ^ tatr ^ Tonngi&oe , * hy tericter ^ tears , % Ktbym 6 fb : vaimimy spirit htan Itself Bpeak . chterlj . aB ^ iold . ; - < u WhOT * ere thettaim I wike atrS weep , ^ o think ^ f heaits ^ thafc * eat no -more , > AndVcruel > memories ( hannt mesore , 'Come ^ hou ^ tana'thronghmy Jklitioe cwep . ^' iAijdjDurmnriag Wtbo ivy leaves "Waken the eairlyTnprning bird , fWh « B ©^ ni » th ; by -the first-daylight stirf d , ^ Si ^ ga ^ o > ime ^ n > intbaDeatib ^ he e » v « s . "Oh ! the first snewdropletmesee , The first T'JMBng-pnjnrose lauching ^ ut j When'the xithe vSpleb-sheds « bout fIts'magio ^ soTil , > k « ar . tliBftototte . ^»* Wh « n . in their « h « arts . thyJife Whom , Theryonng-mnuJlaoghs ' j-tlae jroung ^ gitlfliglra , AndJovadn'light of their , iblwe eyes Jkknres , * A s iniuita « enithe at * t \ tf Masn . ^' vwfldiorsesTun ^ in va «« w 8 > wiae , Hhestkaer AevfB Vf ^ iofoaiemip ^ uie , , The , lion JfwmJWa « ock ^ shade ( RcAWy ^ indrnna . dttwnJiheimoutifcaiamide . ^ Wh « a tkyjjw , i £ b , li fejn ovesiia their ilood LIIdb lightning , Jo I the strong arise ,, Ariditb greaifueeds , and o * er the wise Boll gofllike vkwoBsTfikea'flo ^ d . " The Koet . bjr « 83 hjia suffering Jbrows Votor thee , and , iis-. vojco isneaxd Mingling ^ witti < eo > njgiof tree and bird , Xlkewod ' s beneat \ the garden boughs . ~ '" . But T am old , obS in mv breast Th « embers « f i ; he ancient'fire ¦ 'Flame 'nottagain mt my desiref . Oh ! ' lain Qldyi « atL- « r » ¥ e UutTwat .

      ^ iXesd mexaimtleoa'theftun Ewd himdM > f w » id , or l » ving child ; My tears the ]^ ght . Of Heaven ishall , gild "Until , «> y wintry aay . be done . 41 Though in my' lieart the voice of Sprii » g ; With its bright flowers and carola clear , Telia mernatofithe , pagsiqg 7 ear , . And the new Jife in everything ; 44 But takes me back where lie inurn'd TUvO , asbes of imperial joys , DvsGrotpne&luypea toitTi quenched eyes , 'GiHcct passions with their torcJies bum'd . **¦ Some spirit out of darkness brings , And sets upon their ancient thrones Tha scatter e d wumumental bones Of thoughts that were as mighty kings . 44 Some ^ voice thrills in mine ear like breath Of virgin song , and fair young Love 1 Is . seen his gol < len plumes to move Over the grim grey lond of l > eatu . "JMy heart is like a temple dim , Down whoao Long aisles the moonlight fioata And uad celestial or gun notes Hover , like wings ol' Olier , ubun , 44 Xouoh'd byBome uaaeon hand , around Tiie inurble tiff urea of the Dead j hut ut Uiifihour uo living tread la ueard , uo dmqohuntLnijsound . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 22, 1854, page 379, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2035/page/19/