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Article LANAH, A TALE OF THE FLOOD. ← Page 10 of 11 →
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Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
" Thou art come again , dark prophet of evil ! " exclaimed Lanah , as he stood before him , " Thy predictions are powerless now—they are gone—nothing can harm them more ; ancl I am left a blighted tree in the lone wilderness without one leaf to shelter me ! But 'tis thou hast wrought this—I
feel thou hast . I was happy till I met thee ; and shall I not be revenged ? Shall I not tear thee like the lion in the wilderness , or with this staff dash ont the brain that hath wrought this cruelty ? " Calm and unmoved the son of Noah stood erect before him—Lanah dropped his weapon .
" I cannot harm thee , " he continued ; " that look of conscious security and firm demeanour unnerve my handteach me thy faith ; yet no—no , " he continued rapidly , " let me die , and forget my miseries . " " Canst thou foi'get them in the grave ? " said Japheth .
" Dost not feel that thou art immortal ?" " Ay , " replied his hearer , " immortal in the elements into which I soon shall be resolved -. immortal in the air that animates this heart : immortal in the fire that warms , that burns in every vein . "
" Peace ! such is the immortality of brutes ; man hath a higher promise , a purer hope — to mix with angels , to live before his Creator , and rejoin in blest communion those he hath loved on ear * th . " " That were indeed to live ! To listen to the voice that
charmed us here , to gaze again upon the eyes that loved us —that were a hope divine . Man—prophet—Brother , teach me thy faith !" Lanah cast himself upon his knees , and bowed his head before Japheth .
* # # # * The gates of the earth and the windows of heaven were opened , the waters rose , and the tempest was heard afar ; VOL . I . T
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
" Thou art come again , dark prophet of evil ! " exclaimed Lanah , as he stood before him , " Thy predictions are powerless now—they are gone—nothing can harm them more ; ancl I am left a blighted tree in the lone wilderness without one leaf to shelter me ! But 'tis thou hast wrought this—I
feel thou hast . I was happy till I met thee ; and shall I not be revenged ? Shall I not tear thee like the lion in the wilderness , or with this staff dash ont the brain that hath wrought this cruelty ? " Calm and unmoved the son of Noah stood erect before him—Lanah dropped his weapon .
" I cannot harm thee , " he continued ; " that look of conscious security and firm demeanour unnerve my handteach me thy faith ; yet no—no , " he continued rapidly , " let me die , and forget my miseries . " " Canst thou foi'get them in the grave ? " said Japheth .
" Dost not feel that thou art immortal ?" " Ay , " replied his hearer , " immortal in the elements into which I soon shall be resolved -. immortal in the air that animates this heart : immortal in the fire that warms , that burns in every vein . "
" Peace ! such is the immortality of brutes ; man hath a higher promise , a purer hope — to mix with angels , to live before his Creator , and rejoin in blest communion those he hath loved on ear * th . " " That were indeed to live ! To listen to the voice that
charmed us here , to gaze again upon the eyes that loved us —that were a hope divine . Man—prophet—Brother , teach me thy faith !" Lanah cast himself upon his knees , and bowed his head before Japheth .
* # # # * The gates of the earth and the windows of heaven were opened , the waters rose , and the tempest was heard afar ; VOL . I . T