Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-09-30

thou shalt be my own true love, and Will
be thine"
A sudden apprehension came upon all
those who were with him, and dreadlng lest
they might become infatuated, like the Pa
latine's son, and encounter their death up
on this rock, they turned the boat hastily
round, and struggled hard to regain the
shore. Hubert sprang up, and tried to
leap upon the rock, but his efforts were
vain, and he sank into the Rhine; and af-
ter him with soft melancholy cry, rush
ed down the syren, and it seemed like the
flashing of silvery ray from the rock into
the water. The youths, in dismay, rowed
away faster, and faster, intent only upon
their own safety. "How shall we dare
to confess that the Palatine's son perished
upon the spot' And yet, if we tell it not,
and keep aloof from his fathers wrath,
what injurious suspicious will light upon
us, whenever it comes to be known. We
will tell the truth as it really happened;
how he entreated and commanded us to
bring him here, and made us believe that
our lord, the Count, had sent him to kill
the wicked sorceress, and how he was be-
witched at the very moment when he
ought to- have taken aim at her."
When Hubert unclosed his eyes, he felt
as if awakening in the middle Of winter
Green and blue icicles, of gigantic size,
appeared to inclose him on every side; but
a soft spring air seemed to play through
the clefts, thawing his frozen limbs, and
kissing his cold forehead. These icicles,
however, were spars and bright crystals,
and the soft air was the breath Of Loreley,
which foated around him like whisper
ing wave. Thickets of tall sedge and
various water plants rustled around the
cave, and there was perpetual singing
and signing, as the crystal waves rose and
fell in plaintive murmurs.
In the stiffness of this deep world, HUI
bert now found himself alone with the wa
ter fairy. Yet he felt not at rest in this
mysterious solitude, and with the same i'm
patience which he had manifested in leap
ing into the flood, he now longed to return
to the regions of upper air, and felt that
there alone he could gaze with real de-
light on his lovely Lory. "Take me
where the sun shines that may rejoice in
thy beauty" cried he, as her waving hair
| and dazzling arms were twining around
him, and she took him by the hand and led
him further into the recesses Of the rock
AT every step the light became fainter, and
the flowers that trembled in the water
seemed al an unmeasurable depth below
them. "The mountains and valleys are
sleeping," said Loreley, "while the eyes
Of heaven are open. Dost thou not see
them looking down upon us! Take care
that thou slip not" added she, as Hubert
seemed bewildercd with the wild rush Of
the waters; ''sit down beside me here,
and we will wait for the rising sun"
A tall white cliff glimmered in the faint
light, and seemed as if borne along by the
impetuous waves which rolled close to Hu-
bert's feet. He could now distinguish,
through the still air, dark outlines Of rocks
and towers. "Where are we" asked he,
almost shrinking from Loreley's embrace;
for he sometimes felt as if it were spirit
that sat beside him, and that, perhaps, the
next moment he might be plunged into
the abyss from which they had emerged.
owe are in the middle of the Rhine"
replied the nymph, these ale the old
mountains, the children of the giants, and
at the foot of one Of them we are now
sitting: though it has stretched its proud
head so kong out Of the water, it is but
brittle white stone, and with it l can angle
for the ships that sail so merriy up and
down the Rhine; for by that rock they
sink, and yonder, where look down the
river, the fragments come to light again.
but nothing ever returns from that dark
gulf alive"
Far across the water now shone glim-
mering light-it was lamp just beginning
to burn before one Of the atars af St. Gle
ment's Church, on the opposite shore; and
as the feeble flame slowly Illuminated the
spot, shedding here and there fickering
ray, Hubert thought he could distinguish
the Mansethurm at little distance, and
several Of the well known towers which
crowned the nighboring heights "See,"
said Loreley," who seemed aware of his
mistrust and alarm, H have led thee up the
river, though the waters would fain have
carried thee down; but had they done so,
my own fairy people would never have let
thee depart out of their crystal courts, and
now thou shalt be mine, and mine only
For thy sake have Quilted our beautiful
palace--there is no happiness for me
without thee"
'Loreley," said Hubert, looking in her
face, (and as the light shone out, it smiled
as sweetly as evoi through the locks that
waved in the night wind, "they say that
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