O glorious day of ire,
That to all Germans soundeth good--
Day of our great desire!

Let wave, let wave, whatever can,
Standard and banner wave!
Here will we purpose, man for man,
To grace a hero's grave.
Advance, ye brave ranks, hardily--
Your banners wave on high;
We'll gain us freedom's victory,
Or freedom's death we'll die!

EDWIN ARNOLD

(1832-)

The favorite and now venerable English poet, Edwin Arnold, showed his
skill in smooth and lucid verse early in life. In 1852, when twenty
years of age, he won the Newdigate Prize at Oxford for a poem, 'The
Feast of Belshazzar.' Two years later, after graduation with honors, he
was named second master of Edward the Sixth's School at Birmingham; and,
a few years subsequent, principal of the Government Sanskrit College at
Poona, in India. In 1856 he published 'Griselda, a Tragedy'; and after
his return to London in 1861, translations from the Greek of Herodotus
and the Sanskrit of the Indian classic 'Hitopadeca,' the latter under
the name of 'The Book of Good Counsels.' There followed from his pen
'Education in India'; 'A History of the Administration in India under
the Late Marquis of Dalhousie' (1862-64); and 'The Poets of Greece,' a
collection of fine passages (1869). In addition to his other labors he
has been one of the editors-in-chief of the London Daily Telegraph.

Saturated with the Orient, familiar with every aspect of its
civilization, moral and religious life, history and feeling, Sir Edwin's
literary work has attested his knowledge in a large number of smaller
poetical productions, and a group of religious epics of long and
impressive extent. Chiefest among them ranks that on the life and
teachings of Buddha, 'The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation'
(1879). It has passed through more than eighty editions in this country,
and almost as many in England. In recognition of this work Mr. Arnold
was decorated by the King of Siam with the Order of the White Elephant.
Two years after its appearance he published 'Mahabharata,' 'Indian
Idylls,' and in 1883, 'Pearls of the Faith; or, Islam's Rosary Being the
Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of Allah, with Comments in Verse from
Various Oriental Sources.' In 1886 the Sultan conferred on him the
Imperial Order of Osmanli, and in 1888 he was created Knight Commander
of the Indian Empire by Queen Victoria. 'Sa'di in the Garden; or, The