Master and Scholar Etc Author:Edward Hayes Plumptre General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1866 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. THE DEPARTURE. , gather robes of every hue, The spikenard and the spice, The orient sapphire's kingly ray, The pearl of costliest price ; Rich armlets wrought with rarest skill, With gems encrusted o'er, And golden cups, thrice tried in fire, From Ophir's palm-girt shore. Lead forth the camel, let him sail, Fit ship for sea of sand ; The war-horse, let his prancing hoof Re-echo through the land ; Let Sheba's sons around their Queen Shout songs of noblest praise, And bear to distant shores our fame, The pride of ancient days. My princes ! . . . lo, they come ! each one In form and state a king, From Dedan's valleys, myrrh and gold And frankincense they bring; Their swarth brows wear the diadem, Their mantles sweep the ground, The girdle, wrought with goodliest work, In broidered folds goes round. My seers, the masters of the wise, They follow in my train ; They walk in Wisdom's star-paved way, A starry crown to gain ; Their white hair falls o'er lofty brow, They speak with words of power, And o'er them sweeps, in vigil late, The wild, prophetic hour. Come all, we journey through the world, We leave our state and throne, We cross rough seas and mountains hoar, And seek a land unknown ; We go, the heirs of heroes old, To guard their glorious name, To prove, in sight of man and God, Their yet unequalled fame. For lo! these strangers vex our souls, The men of Hiram's ships ; But we will show their vauntings vain, False words from lying lips. We need not fear, though high the praise They pour on Zion's hill, ...« less