...head He 10 a learned rlerk beside him said. "Wlmt mean these words?" The clerk innde answer meet, :i He has put down the mighty from their seat. And has...degree." Thereat King Robert muttered scornfully, "Tis well that such seditious wordare sung Only by priest sand in the Latin tongue: For unto priests...

...from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree." Thereat King Robert muttered scornfully, " 'Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests and in the La tin tongue : For unto priests and people be it known There is no power can push me from my throne...

...Once, when he sat in church, thinking of himself and all he possessed, he heard these words chanted : He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree. LONGFELLOW— King Robert of Sicily. This made the proud king very angry, and he said to himself that...

...and clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street : " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree ! " And through the chant a second melody Rose like the throbbing of a single string : " I am an angel,...

...like a burden or refrain, He caught the words, " Deposuit potenles De sede, el exaltavit humiles ; " And slowly lifting up his kingly head, He to a learned clerk beside him said, " What moan those words ? " The clerk made answer meet " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has...

...heaven Walk barefoot till my guilty soul be shriven ! " XIV Above the stir and tumult of the street, " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree ! " And through the chant a second melody Rose like the throbbing of a single string: " I am an angel,...

...learned clerk beside him said, ': What mean those words?" The clerk made answer meet " He lias put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them...degree." Thereat King Robert muttered scornfully, " Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests, and in the Latin tongue ; For unto priests...

...Repeated, like a burden or refrain, He caught the words, "Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltamt humiles "; And slowly lifting up his kingly head He to a learned...meet, " He has put down the mighty from their seat, " 'T is well that such seditious words are sungf Only by priests and in the Latin tongue ; For unto...

...loud and clear, To hear the monks chant in the Chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street: ' He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree.' 13 For thousands of travellers since Longfellow, have. As the evening shades descended, Low and loud...

...gives it with the English words. Miss WHEELER: The words of the chant are the argument of the poem. "He has put down the mighty from their seat and has exalted them of low degree." The fact that the words of the chant are introduced is no argument to my mind for its being necessarily...