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HARLEMAGNE, réclamé par l'Eglie comme un aint, par les Francais comme leur plus grand roi, par les Allemands comme leur compatriote, par les Italiens comme leur empereur," is the reputed author of this Latin hymn. Men naturally prefer to trace a venerable and renowned compoition to an unexpected authorhip, and to find the refinement of letters in thoe otherwie ditinguihed; till more, to dicover in a great oldier and a great king the doubly refined gift of acred poetry. It is not impoible. "The eloquence of Charlemagne," ays his Secretary, "was abundant. He was able to expres with facility all he wihed; and, not content with his mother-tongue, he betowed great pains upon foreign languages. He had taken o well to the Latin, that he was able to peak publicly in that