The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-01-13

rsd = desolote dee esrness ia every tone hs Aid,
Ehzsbeth is dead 90
A. e 81 he was not comprehended. A Va.
Anpl hofrId iaogh, that echoed ,trangeIv
oush The siiI Dom, was his Only nave -
Then he rspe' ed the wo' d., and he features
Vi NY t-Ld became pale and molionIss ss ss
me ble--,hen h sat down in c AR, and GOV.
.ersd his face VIII his hands, bu, not q wo d..
20 biraih b uks tn si'enee. There was somo.
thing as ming Ia b" csimnes, u seemed
nke the silence oi the hssvy, black cloud lust
belore IL lsvocheN 10 d..uucuye lign nlng
from its bosom lie bsskoned, and WISHED to
tie slone.. Ii, was 'ei, h solItsds would
not profane he snbjscSby any auemp TO de-
sc ibe his feelings. There was q do k, horrid
c1niosion in hi, mind, ike some accused
dfesm ga'iog sioand him, and The night roll
ed away ITS long hou', Of seepess agony.
The next day was the iupe, al /; aud when
The sun 'osc IN hi, same glory, snd all .he
"Pomp and cncumstsnce" OF dsy began to
beam upon tho lace OF nature, and he merry
voice OF men sometimes came upon the b, ceze.
and the carts raiaed ,udey along, and all a.
round was business and adventure, unaffected
by 'he great event ths, had come like an ocean
nf seorching tic. upon the paradise Of his
heart-he recolIected and he said, today is
her iuoe'al--her funeral I" His benun bed
mind dwelt uprn Ihe words, but the,o was
something undsEned, and almost incomp,o-
hsnsiblc IN ,hem. She was 10 DO butied az
five 10 The Of enoon. The clock stuck four
-he pui on his hal, and went sttsd,iy O her
mouse. lie ,houghr twsuy lines ne nesrd
ne sweeuy- -toned voice, as he passed along.
lie turned mis- head once or twice - sec II Tho
was not ut his oulder, hui the We. nothing;
and he walked on. He saw the rouse, snd h %
eye soughI eve y w,ndow--but E,izs5oth was
not there. lie ,sng the bell he servant
came. weepi0g--he looked ai him, and walk
ed on--he passed into the psti ,--,he chsir
which she had occupied, when he was there
before was standing In The We y same place
and there was he, pisno-he almost thought
no heard musicale listened a ,ob fum Tho
next 'oom Came hke leo upon his heart, and
he "a, down. ner mo,het came into Tho
'oom-he' lace was serene IN x ief, but tho
hfst burst was ove,, and she was con awe.
y calm. She asked MIN If nc would look at
the corse. lie knezv she wa cd, bu, tho
blunt question shook eve y nerve In hi, f,sme,
-ud seemed 10 b'ea,he death upon his soul.
lie arose and followed the be saved mo,her-
There was tho al, Of death IN the apartmsn
and a vanished coffin was on ilre liable, a
whHe cloth fJng s'eiuliy OF The head u few
f'iends sat and wcpt IN silence, musing on
he besuties and virtues Of The being ,bsy
were about TO con'lgn TO ibe cold ca,th Ho
walked up 10 the table. end STOOD az still, and
pale, and molionIcss, es the form hat lay
,fetched befora HIN. lie would have torn
away the veiI that covered that lace, but ho
could noI--he Tel, that he might as we'll have
attempted TO hesve . mountain fiom us rocky
bise The mothc' ssw-,he ieIt--s mo hcr
an iceland she silently uncovered thai beat.
uiui countenance. II broke upon n,m in ali
Its ioveliness. There was the same white
to'e 'ehesd--Ihe sleeping eye--tbe cheek that
ne had kissed SO foodly-'ho lips ihs, had
spoken such Sweoi soGnd.--hs ggzed a, her
cof'e w,h Intensity OF thought lie living
image was beio,e him.-he saw her sm,lIng-
ne beheld he' In tho grsce!ul motion--now
her bgure passed. before him, besuuiul in tho
may dsnce--and now he & szcd mo he' full
UIsck eyes, and fesd unu,te, able ,h,ng, He
mad ring on biz fogsr, sptesen, from he -
he tried to spesk-he looked at the ring then
al he'--hgooy swcIled his heart he gave one
long gazs-and looked no more.
He knew not how, bur he stood by he, grave )
and hey wee bearing the coffin iowa DIS lie
ds'k narrow pt--a heap OF flesh earth was
piled sl It's side Some one said, Whero
are the cofdsi" He heard. the answer, " hero
they ate;" and then The coffin was gradually
let down mo the bottom OF he g,sve-it SAT
firmly on, the ground. and no heard voice
Soy, "there, that ,s 'ight-d'sw up tho rope"
Then the'o wss The sound, % IL the otde, 8
were obeyed-in The eel Of doing II, q lew
g'eins oi sand a"d psbbe d'opped upon tho
! cofn--then ali was srli-lhen O handful OF
'oit, damp, heavy elsy, was shovelicd down.
Oh, that sound That solemn, dtesty sound Of
uner de,olsuon! II broke The horId spell
ma, kept his voice silent and his eye dfy--
his lip began TO qu'yef--s sob hcsved his ach-
| .ng bressi--lsrge tears gushed from bis eyes
| he sue,ehed out bis hands in all agony os
| wreping-and grasped an old quicker gentle.