a party of insurgent Chinese rushed into the
palace, killed the king, and established "the orphan of China" on the
throne of his fathers (1759).

=Orphan of the Frozen Sea=, Martha, the daughter of Ralph de Lascours
(captain of the _Uran'ia_) and his wife, Louise. The crew having
rebelled, the three, with their servant, Bar'abas, were cast adrift in a
boat, which ran on an iceberg in the Frozen Sea. Ralph thought it was a
small island, but the iceberg broke up, both Ralph and his wife were
drowned, but Barabas and Martha escaped. Martha was taken by an Indian
tribe, which brought her up and named her Orgari'ta ("withered wheat"),
from her white complexion. In Mexico she met with her sister, Diana, and
her grandmother, Mde. de Theringe (2 _syl._), and probably married
Horace de Brienne.--E. Stirling, _Orphan of the Frozen Sea_ (1856).

=Orphan of the Temple=, Marie Th['e]r[`e]se Charlotte, duchess
d'Angoul[^e]me, daughter of Louis XVI.; so called from the Temple, where
she was imprisoned. She was called "The Modern Antig'on[^e]" by her
uncle, Louis XVIII.

=Orphant Annie.= A bound girl, who is credited by _l'enfant terrible_ of
the household with the goblin-lore he lavishes upon a visitor, this
being the moral:

"You better mind yer parents and yer teachers fond and dear,
An' churish 'em 'at loves you an' dry the orphant's tear,
An' he'p the poor an' needy ones 'at clusters all about,
Er the gobble-uns 'll git you
Ef you
Don't
Watch
Out!"

James Whitcomb Riley, _The Boss Girl and Other Sketches_ (1886).

=Orpheus.= (For a parallel fable, see WAINAMOINEN.)

=Orpheus and Eurydice= (4 _syl._), Gl[:u]ck's best opera (_Orfeo_).
Libretto by Calzabigi, who also wrote for Gl[:u]ck the libretto of
_Alceste_ (1767). King produced an English version of _Orpheus and
Eurydice_.

[Asterism] The tale is introduced by Pope in his _St. Cecilia's Ode_.

Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell,
To bright Cecilia greater power is given;
His numbers raised a shade from hell,
Hers lift the soul to heaven.

Pope, _St. Cecilia's Day_ (1709).

=Orpheus of Highwaymen=, John Gay, author of _The Beggar's Opera_
(1688-1732).

=Orpheus of the Green Isle= (_The_), Furlough[TN-50] O'Carolan, poet and
musician (1670-1738).

=Or'raca= (_Queen_), wife of Affonso II. The le