The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-09-06
From Lights and .Siadoms Of Scottish
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SJINGLr Mn GirNuIGI

f'tAf Hhs'if -. ANhi1fIs
"Tbs j. the evening on WHICH. a frn
days ago, WE agreed To walk To the Bower.
nj Waterfall aud look ut the perfection u!
a Scottish Sunset Every thing ON earl
aud heaven seems nj this hour ms beautiful
rs our souls could desire. Come then, INV
sweet Anna, come along, for by The Time
we have reached thr Bower with your zen
lie steps, the great bright orb will be near
~ resting lis rim on what YOU call the Rn-
by Mountain. Conn along, and ~ can
return before the dew has snitenc,l a single
ringet on your fair forehead. With these
words the happy husband locked kndl,
within his own, the arm of his Young En-
gsh wife; aud even in tlc solitude or his
onlreqlehted grows, where noscye but his
own now behrld her, looked will pride on
the graceluness, and beauty that seemed
SO congcnial with The singlcness and sim
plicity of her soul.
They reached the Bower iust as the
western heaven WAS IN all lis glory. To
them while they stood together gazing on
that glow of fire HAT burns without con.
Stunning, and in whose mighty furnace the
clouds and the mountain tops are but as
emhefs, there seemed To exist no Sky hui
that region of il in which Their spirits we're
entraneed. Their eyes saw il their souls
felt II; bat what thCir eyes saw or their
souls telt They knew not IN the my stery of
that maeniiiccnce. The vast black bars,
The piled up masses Of Furnished gold, the
beds of soltest saffron ard richest purple,
lying surrounded with continually fuc,lm-
ing eyes OF crimson, until The very sun
himself was for moments UNDECIDED IN the
georseousneys his light had created, the
show OF storm but the feeling ol' calm over
all the tamnihlous yet settled world of
clouds that had come floating silently and
majcstlcally together, and ycl, in one little
hour, was 10 be- no mure--what mlgIJ mol
beings endowed with sensc Dfbramy, aud
greatness, and love, and Gear, aud terror,
and eternity, feel Hhrn drawing their stead.
fast eye3 on each eihcl faces, IA such n
scene az This
But from these high and beviIdoring
lmagiHallons, their souls returned insensbIy
IL thu real world in which their life lay ,
aud still feeling the presence of thai SPLEEN
did sunset, although NOW they looked not
towards it, they let thcir eyes glide, in mere
human happiness, over the surface of the
inhabited earth. Thc green fields that, in
all "afnncs ol form, lay stretching ont be-
lore them, the hedge rows of haw- thorn
and swect-briar, the humble cppices, the
stately groves, and, in the distance, the dark
pine forest loading the mountain side, were
all Their own, aud so too were hundred
cottages, on height or hollow, shelterIcss
or buried IN shelter, aud all alike dear Ia
Their humble inmates, ON account of their
eherrlulncss or their reposc. God bad
gwen 10 them this bright aud beautiful por-
lion Of the EARTH and he had given them
along with II heart, and souls 10 feel and
understand in what lay the worth of the
gift, aud IN enjoy il with deep and
Thoughtful gratitude.
An hearts bless yon, Anna and do
yen know that the shepherd Poet, whom
WE once visited in his Shoalmg, has com
pos' d Gae!ir song on our marriage. and
II Is now sung by many pretty Highland
sir, both in cottage and on hillside: They
wondered, ii is said, why should haYe
brought them an English lady but that
Was before they saw your face, or hrard
how sweet may be an English voice even 10
u highland ear They love yon, Anna -
they would die for you, Anna, for they
have seen you with your sweet body in silk
and satin, with a jewel ON your forehcad,
and pearls IN your hair, moving to music
IN your husbands hereditary ball and
they have scen you too in russell gaib aud
rlngIcts unadornrd, in their own smoky
cottages, bthe and free M some native
of the hills. To the joyful
and the sorrowiul arr thou alike dear and
all my tcnantry are rcioiced when you
appear, whether ON your pallrey on the |
heather, or walking through the hay or
harvest field, or sitting by the bed Of sick
ness, or welcoming, with gclltle slatcli-
ness, the old wjthcred mountaincer To his
gate"
The tears fell from the lady's eyes at
these kind, loving, and Joyful words anl,
with sob, she leaned hpr cheek on herr
bosom. "Oh why, Hhy should
be sad in the midst OF the ubdcscrycd
goodness Of God Since the farhcst back
time reeolleet in the darkness Of infancy.
J have been perfectly Ilsppy. have ne
yer lost any dear frlend, rs so many others
have done. My GaiLor and mother live.
and love me "cI blessings be upon fhcm
10" forever! lou love me, and that 80
tendcrIy, that at times my heart is like 70
break. = Il, my husband, forgive me, pi-
" me, hut upbraid me not, when tell you
thu my soal, of late, has often tainted
within me, as now il does, for OH hus-
band husband the fear of death is upon
me aud as the san sank behind the noun
tain, thought that moment of Il large b,r.
rial Place, and the vault in which aIn to
be inferred"
These words gave shock to her hus-
bands heart, and, for few moments, he
knew not how To cheer and comfort her,
Almost before he could speak, aud while
he was silently kissing her forehead, his
young ~iic, somewhat more composely,
SAID, " J st.i.e against Il: close my eNes