The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-30
FRAGMENT.

lier still than they her dark H..
quid blue eyes were beamimg forth
the expression Of her happiness /:
her smile was radiant as the light
OF heaven, aud her whole figure ex-
pressed the gay and buo,aut feel
s., ings Of her soul-sle wore sin
Gle white rose IN her hair, q | knew
she was a bride
lie. the gallant and proud De
Rance, stood gazing upon her with
the high rapture Of happy lover
the past, the future, all seemed for
gotten in that moment exquisite
happiness and nj proud triumph she
was his. all his her beauty, her
confidence, her tenderness. her &C.
Mus, her virtues, all were his. and
he felt it would be bliss enough for
him to devote his whole life To her.
! do not know of any thing more
delightful than to witness the full
and Joyous expression of conscious
happiness that pure unclouded ray
of light which seems to cmanate
from The soul. and which beams
glowingly and tendcrly upon the OBJ
.ject Of ones affection, like the rain
bow or the clouds. it seems 10 seal
the promise Of future happiness !;
ard yctu does not last and as |
looked upon the brilliant creature.
animated and inspired. as she APP
peared, with the enchanting scnti-
ments which filled her young md
happy heart. said II myself that
garland viii fade, and so will that
smile As she turned away, q
flower dropped from hcr bridal
wreath. lplaced it in my bosom d
passed on.
The beautiful vision | had seen
saddcned me T.; it was the reality o'
happiness. and yet it appeared to me
like "a passing shadoy unused 81
the transformers Of human enjoy
ment thought the young. the gay
and the beautiful. are crowned Will
garlands of flowers, they bind then
around their brows. and think that
happiness shall last forever but i
is not so, for the loveliest and tht
happiest weep, and tears are ming
led often, even with their brightest
Joys the Ioyeliest and the h ,pppies
die, and that which gives the bitter
est sting to death is, they are forgot
ten,even by those whose light. wbos'
10y, whose heaven they were.
| Those who received the homag,
of society who were objects OF IN
bounded admiration those who's,
beauty kindled the glow of love in ;
thousand hearts ; and thnse whose
: genius seemed the very inspiration
of heaven, pass away, and are for
gotten as though they had ncye
been.
| | know not if the most splendil
genius, the most elegant aud pow
erful talents, the most divine beauty
or the most impassinned and devo
ted affection, can insure to US thu
recollection Of those VIII suryiye us
and if there is a thought full of bit
tsrness, which has power tn humble
the pride of the loltiest mind, ant
which subdues and saddens the ten
der and couiiding heart, ii is that
1t Is true, that the universal HON
ago paid to our memories, the mos
splendid monuments, and the mos
lpublic demonstrations VI sorrow ant
regret, could not affect our feelings
in the world of spirits but it is ;
sweet and Consoling thought, tina
our names, and our virtues, and oul
talents. and the efforts of our gem
US, aud above all, that our devotion
d tenderness will be held in grateful
4 remembrance by those whom wehav,
loved with unchangnS fidelity
but it is not always the heart tina
cherishes us the m ,st kindly, whicl
loves us with enthusiasm, with reli
gious devotion, that preserves thu
remembrance Of us the most inyiola
bly-time heals the deepest wounds
death ever made--new impression
and new attachments fill up the vol,
i'm the most dcsolate heart-loye'
brightest, fairest, and most brillian
image, fades like an evening tint a
way, when the veil of death shad
ows it, and there is enough of sad
/. ness and melancholy regret in tn,
thought, that love alone canno
transmit to posterity the names o
, those it worshipped--but it IS the C
choes of fame, and not the soft sill
yer tones of love, that must perpetu
ate the name that would live immor
Ital even amidst the uerisbinp IA,