The members were termed Wissenden, or Initiated,
answering to the modern phrase of Illuminati.
[2] _Baaren-hauter_,--be of the Bear's hide,--a nickname for a
German private soldier.
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THE SELECTOR AND LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS._
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LORD BYRON.
Mr. Nathan, the musical composer, has just published a pleasant volume
of "_Fugitive Pieces and Reminiscences of Lord Byron_," with a new
edition of the celebrated "Hebrew Melodies," and some never before
published, of which the following are three, with Mr. Nathan's
Notes:--
SPEAK NOT--I TRACE NOT.
I speak not--I trace not--I breathe not thy name,
There is grief in the sound--there were guilt in the fame,
But the tear which now burns on my cheek may impart
The deep thought that dwells in that silence of heart.
Too brief for our passion, too long for our peace,
Where those hours can their joy or their bitterness cease,
We repent--we abjure--we will break from our chain,
We must part--we must fly to--unite it again.
Oh! thine be the gladness and mine be the guilt,
Forgive me adored one--forsake if thou wilt,
But the heart which I bear shall expire undebased,
And man shall not break it--whatever thou mayest.
And stern to the haughty--but humble to thee,
My soul in its bitterest blackness shall be;
And our days seem as swift--and our moments more sweet
With thee by my side--than the world at our feet.
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