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PYRAMUS AND THISBE (from The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch) Pyramus wi . “My and Thisbe the fairest maiden in all Babylonia. Their parents occupied said he and, drawing his sword, he adjoining houses, and neighborhood plunged it into his heart. The blood brought the young people together, tinged the white mulberries of the and acquaintance ripened into love. tree all red, and sinking into the They would gladly have married, but earth reached the roots, so that the their parents forbade it. One thing, red color mounted through the trunk however, they could not forbid- that love should glow with equal By this time, Thisbe, still trem¬ bling with fear, stepped cautiously ardor in both. forth, looking anxiously for the One morning, after lamenting their youth. When she came to the spot and saw the changed color of the mulber¬ hard fate, Pyramus and Thisbe ries she doubted whether it was the agreed that next night, when all was same place. But she saw the lifeless body of Pyramus and she poured watchful eyes a »a well-known edifice called the Tomo or i\\inus, ana She saw her veil stained with blood that the one who came first should and the scabbard empty of its sword. “Thy own hand has slain thee, and tain tree. It was a white mulberry for my sake,” she said. “I, too, can be brave for once. My love is as strong That night, Thisbe cautiously st ’ as thine. I will follow thee in death. forth, her head covered with a veil. Death, which alone could part us, She made her way to the monument shall not prevent my joining thee. and sat down under the tree. As she sat alone in the dim light, she saw a “And ye, unhappy parents of us lioness, her jaws reeking with recent both, deny us not our united request. slaughter, approaching the fountain. As love and death have joined us, let Thisbe fled at the sight and sought one tomb contain us. And thou, tree, refuge in the hollow of a rock. As she retain the marks of slaughter. Let fled, she dropped her veil. The lioness, thy berries serve for memorials of seeing the veil on the ground, tossed our blood.” and rent it with her bloody mouth. So saying she plunged the sword Pyramus, having been delayed, into her breast. Her parents ratified her wish, the gods also ratified it. .“0, hapless girl,” said he, “1 The two bodies were buried in one been the cause of thy death! I am the sepulcher, and the tree ever after guilty cause, in tempting thee forth. brought forth purple berries, as it to a place of such peril, and not being does to this day. myself on the spot to guard thee.”
A MOUND OF RUINS \"Learn, 0 Lisbon, that the destroy- fifteen to twenty feet high. The waves of so many people and of the flames hurled themselves on the six miles of Lisbon coastline. Ships were shat¬ tered, buildings ruined, hundreds upon hundreds of persons drowned. ena. Tragic Lisbon is now a mound aster. It was difficult to draw up a correct death toll. There were many sionary, Gabriel Malagrida, in 1756. exaggerations, but it was generally His explanation is not accepted by agreed' that some fifteen thousand earth scientists today, although itwas rasand houses were destroyed, as a typical comment for its age on one ;11 as many historic buildings. Fa- of the worst earthquakes in history. jus art collections perished, as did Lisbon, the chief port and capital Africa, France, Switzerland and of Portugal, stands on the right bank northern Italy. of the River Tagus. Eighteenth- century Lisbon had a population of a While sermons were preached call¬ quarter of a million people. The city ing on the people to repent for their sprawled over hillsides and crowded sins, scientists studied the character into valleys, with many turrets, spires and causes of the earthquake. The and winding streets. It had over forty French writer Voltaire wrote a poem about it, and the German philosopher mansions. Its wharfs and warehouses Immanuel Kant produced several were overflowing with rich merchan- papers on its physical and philosoph- On All Saints’ Day, a Saturday, The after-shocks continued for November 1, 1755, the churches were months. By August, 1756, five hun¬ crowded. At 9:80 a.m., the earth dred shocks had been recorded since began to tremble. The tremors lasted the day of the disaster. The British Ambassador in Madrid, Spain,wrote shook and swayed like stalks of corn. to the British envoy in Lisbon, “Will Thousands of buildings crumbled, your earth never be quiet?” burying their inhabitants under piles Gradually, the earth grew calm. settled on the scene, turning day into .As much as possible of the old city night. was restored, but a large part Of Lis¬ bon had to be replanned and rebuilt. Fires started up and fierce winds spread the flames. The city burned for six days. Just before noon,'the waters of the River Tagus rose inthree hugewaves,
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