Undrawn was the rein, and his own good sword
  Ungrasp’d by the nerveless hand of its lord;
  His steed pac’d on with solemn tread,
  ’Neath the listless weight of the mighty deed. 
    But each warrior’s heart beat high,
  As he mark’d the beacon’s wavering flash,
  And heard the Moorish cymbal clash,
    For he knew that the Cid was nigh.

  We bore him back to his silent bed,
  When his plumes with Paynim blood were red,
  And the mass was sung, and the prayer was said
    For the conqueror from the grave. 
  We wrapp’d him again in his funeral vest,
  We placed his sword on the clay cold breast,
  And o’er the place of the hero’s rest,
    Bade Castile’s banner wave.

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SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.

THE AEOLOPHON, A NEWLY-INVENTED INSTRUMENT.

When Lord Stanhope first launched his model-boat on the Serpentine, no one expected to see the time when steam and paddles should suffice to carry “a tall ship” across the broad Atlantic.  As little did we, when we were first amused by that very pretty musical toy, the German Eolina, anticipate, that within three years we should hear such an instrument as the one we are about to describe.  In shape, size, and compass, the AEOLOPHON is the counterpart of a babinet piano-forte, having six octaves of keys extending from FF to F; and its sounds are produced by a series of metallic springs, set in vibration by the action of the air produced from a bellows.  It has three pedals—­one for filling the wind-chest, and the others regulating the swell.  The tone of this instrument, particularly in the middle and lower parts of its compass, is among the most beautiful we have ever heard, and much superior, both in body and quality, to that of any chamber organ of equal size; added to which, the Aeolophon has the inestimable advantage of never varying its pitch, or getting out of tune.

From the nature of this instrument, it will be readily conceived that its best effects are displayed in slow movements, and the sustaining and swelling long notes; but, to our surprise as well as pleasure, we found that a running passage, even of semitones, could be executed upon it, if not with all the distinctness of a Drouet or a Nicholson, with as much clearness as on any organ.  As an accompaniment to the piano-forte, it will be found an admirable substitute for the flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, or even violoncello; but perhaps its widest range of usefulness will be discovered in small orchestras, where the set of wind instruments is incomplete—­the effects of any, or even all of which, may be supplied by one or two performers on the Aeolophon reading from the score, or even from separate parts.

It is now about a year since that a patent was obtained for the springs, and this peculiar mode of applying them, by Messrs. Day and Co.; immediately upon hearing the effect of which, Mr. Chappell, of Bond-street, entered into an engagement with the patentees for the agency of their patent, and the manufacture of instruments under it.