Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-03-09
THE SERENADE:
Or LAURA and HOMO.

Shall prove his pa1Tton and true,
As thou art, Laura, bright and iaif
Ger many hin, through many field,
1bro many glebe bent my way
Now clole by gathering fhddes conceal'd,
Now guided BY ths isendly ray.
Thro' feas. where anguifh vapors play,
Blue cleaning Ger the doubtful ioh;
Thro' woods, where rufians lurking lay,
To rufh through blood to mpious ipoi
Nor v7pors dank alarm'd my thought,
Nor proving robbers wax my fear
Per here referring warmth fought.
and knew my treaiure All was here.
Thea wake, my Love the corded hairs
Swift from the opening caGement throw,
And pay the lovers anxious cares,
With joys thar lovers only know
Re fwift, my love the tran1cient night,
For Loves Hymen's rites viii Ray;
Too feon fhall fpeed the evious light,
To chafs Alonzo far away.
Such was the Fong of Aionzo, who tuning the foft
GUITAR beneath the ioary window of his Laura, 10 the
tanned valley of VaIclufa far from the manilon OF his
okdura;e father, claimed by delightful tealth, thole
conlugal endeaTments TO which, in the privacy OF a
neghboTIng convent he had la.ey acquired a title
But the ieudal haired, whole perpetuity is Of the
frequent evils rtfultpg from the hereditary dnGtions
exiting between the families Of the youthful pair, pre-
vented the open avOwal Of their union nor had Alonzo
even deemed 1t prudent TO unfold the tender ecret 10
young Carlos the noble brother of his lover though
the hiendfhip, which chance had PRODUCED aud cor
Responding generoGty offentiment had firmly cemeuted,
might have ulti6e6 an unbound>d conhdence
Nightly therefore, he noe from his dfanv nanfon,
and attended on the dangerous way, BY other COM
psninn than the inItrumeEt whole tender notes
The era q lis approach, conantlv hcn-ath the
window Of BIS expecting bride, lover Of unAltered
truth
Nor was the car Of Laura row c!ofed againd the
rain, for the motion of the beams reflected by
the glais, fhewed thar the hand OF the fair
trembling on the caleTnent. while her car was fondy
hRenening 10 the notes oflove.
he cested, and the cafement opened and throwing
ms guitar as uipa among the ihrubs, he mounted BY
the ladder that dropped bis atanCe and ruhed 70
her enraptured arms.
undiGurbed be their tranfports--the Ian they fhal
enjoy and may ehaRe fecreey encurtsin them a
round
Alas! how often mas Prudence preached the wfdom
Of Jealous eonirton yet how many are the evils 1t has
eauisd
Safer. Oh hfer is the happinels Of him who yields
70 the generous mpue Of his heart, and 20 the friend
whom be has tried unbofDns the whole my1ery Of his
foul than that Of him. who wrapped in the cofe coun-
ellis Of ufpieous spirit, depends upon hmfef alone
Too fadly was this uath written ~ the fate OF A
lonzo
Don Carlos, returning from the fcenes of fealthy
love, bad found, he paTed by the fatal bGth the
gatar, too imperfeay concealed.
HIS Jealous fPirit took inf antly the alarm and
gloomy luGpicions aroie Of bis fter's honor. He
drew forth les dagger in the firm fury q ms ioul and
would have routed the houle, and Tuihed lnt4ntly,
fred by vengeance TO her chamber But g.eam Of
hope returned 10 his mind when he thought OF Laura
worth, and calling Recollection the meek department
uf her he ntsd h. aifoo
tainted foul.
But though his rafhneis was while reflTAined, his
fears NOT lulled to leep; and eoneealng hmicf
among the hrubs he waited the return Of dawn, that
hlouId difipare or confirm his doubts.
Not long was the Jealous brother concealed
The bird Of morn thrilled forth his carlicR notes;
faded the lure of the lamps Of light and the grey
eye Of morn feen prying the diltant hills
when quitting the bs he TO tate no more, Aon-
70 defended with heavy heart.
The fond farewell trembcd each faaltering tongue
and Laura turned Aide weep.
But = Stay difhono1ed wsnton, (cried the furious
brotber turn again thy paramount be gone forever
and take yet lall farewell"
A CalaIian's Vengeance lruck deep as he iPoke hs
poniard was iE Alonzo's heart
My huiband my hulband (e1claincd the antie
fair) iiain lAin by thy brothers hand =!
BreathIefs fell Aonzo brothers feet ard Carlos
Aood petri6ed with horror.
But what was the horror Of the repenaut friend to
the anguilh Of the widowed bride
The peace Of her mind was flown forever and vain
was each tender care.
The walls Of the fanGtHary long echoed to her
eroans as fc wandered through fullen aies bat
the fanefpafys feIf could calm her foul, nor ITS
f4cred walls COMING her besildered wanderings-W
the guitar of her murdered lord he ecaPed the holy
confines, and ltill roves wrstohed lunatic at large
Thy rocks, o Vaclufa Oft reverberate to her long
oft it POUNDS throught the ncighborng woods. The
torrents from the mountains join the chorus OF her
grief and it Geas through the vale along the fient
kreams.