If a new Isaiah were to arise among us, surely
he would depict the entry of the shade of Francis Joseph into the underworld in much the same words as he used to the King of Babylon :—
" Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us I Thy pomp is brought down to hell, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and worms oover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 day star, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst lay low the nations ! . . . They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof ; that let not loose his prisoners to their home ? All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden under foot. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou haat destroyed thy land, thou hest slain thy people ; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever."
