THE

GOLDEN LEGEND

BY

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW




THE GOLDEN LEGEND


PROLOGUE.



THE SPIRE OF STRASBURG CATHEDRAL.


_Night and storm._ LUCIFER, _with the Powers of the
Air, trying to tear down the Cross._

_Lucifer._ HASTEN! hasten!
O ye spirits!
From its station drag the ponderous
Cross of iron, that to mock us
Is uplifted high in air!