the shoulders of the Statue other words were written, which said, I
call upon the Arabs. And upon his heart was written, I do my
office. At the entrance of the hall there was placed a round bowl,
from which a great noise, like the fall of waters, proceeded. They
found no other thing in the hall,--and when the King, sorrowful and
greatly affected, had scarcely turned about to leave the Cavern, the
Statue again commenced its accustomed blows upon the floor. After
they had mutually promised to conceal what they had seen, they again
closed the Tower, and blocked up the gate of the Cavern with earth,
that no memory might remain in the world of such a portentous and
evil-boding prodigy. The ensuing midnight, they heard great cries
and clamour from the Cave, resounding like the noise of Battle, and
the ground shaking with a tremendous roar; the whole edifice of the
old Tower fell to the ground, by which they were greatly affrighted,
the Vision which they had beheld appearing to them as a dream."

Scott's poem on the Field of Waterloo was written to assist the
Waterloo subscription.

H. M.

"Quid dignum memorare tuis, Hispania, terris,
Vox humana valet!"--CLAUDIAN.



THE VISION OF DON RODERICK.