The Golden Legend

THE

GOLDEN LEGEND

BY

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

THE GOLDEN LEGEND

PROLOGUE.

THE SPIRE OF STRASBURG CATHEDRAL.

_Night and storm._ LUCIFER, _with the Powers of the Air, trying to tear down the Cross._

_Lucifer._ HASTEN! hasten! O ye spirits! From its station drag the ponderous Cross of iron, that to mock us Is uplifted high in air!

_Voices....