Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-20

that was not slurnber--the orhs- themselves were
scarcely 'isioie-and her voce--it gone TO be
heard never again, till in the choir of white robcd
spirits, That sing at the right hand of God.
, no one doubted that she knew hin-hn who
"su uFopt down, like superior being. from another
sPnefe, on tue Innocence of her simple chdhood-had
usi'her 10 know SO much of her own soul--to love
er parents witl pr, under and more holy love-to
IN characters more div inc, Heavens promises OF
forgiveness To every coDtrite hCar-aud life of per-
iscl olessedness hey death and the gravel smile
That shOne her the moment that she had been
Drought 10 know that he had come nj last and nigh
AT hand-and that never left it-whe her bosom NOV.
eo-no-no for all the three DAYS and nights that he
continued To SIT beside the beautiful corpse when father
ana mother forgetting their in slacp-tl,9
smile told all who stood around watching her tJerar-
ture neighbour friend priest, parent, and him the sud
denly distracted and desoate that, the very moment
OF e%praiion She knew him well, and was recommend
ing hn and hs Affections 10 the pity Of who died
10 sinners,
Three days and three nights, have said, did he
sIt BESIDE her, who have been his bride:
ana come or go Who would into the room, lac them
not-hls sight was fixed the winding sheet, eycing it
without single tear from feet 10 forehead, and some
t'mcs looking up 10 I!caven As forgotten in
dungeons have lived niserablv lone without food ca
did he-and 20 he would have done, on and on To the
most OH funeral day From that one chair close
10 INC oeu si"e lie never rose. Night alter night when
al The vale was hushed he never slept Through one
Oh me mldnights there had been GREAT thunder storm,
{the lightning shifting cliff close To the ccttarc-bui
IN seemed 'lat he heard not; and during the floods of
next Day 10 i;n the roG7ing vale silent On the
morning oil the funeral the old reopc-Gr now ie,,
seemed to be o!d-wcpt 10 him sitting unconscious
beside then dead child; for each remaining Lour had
no" us own sad Office, and man had come 10 nail
down the cGiln Three arg spacls suddenly oIiohtcd
on Tie lace OF the corse-and then oit-aud on0and
a"ay-and returnlng-was heard the buzZinr of La roa
pei lies attracted by beauty in lis corruption oIia
ha!" starting up, he cried with horror, what birds Of
prey are these, whom Satan has sent TO doyour Ito
/ I, I
oeIng led out TO tue open air, laid down scenin~Ir
as dead as her Within the green daisicd turf ybere
beneath The shadow Of the sycamore they had so often
fnl life! q ''N "''S9>
The company assembled but not before his eycs
tile bier was Lifted UP and moved away down The 81
Wan slope aud away round the head of tbr hike md
over Inc wooden bridge, accompanied here and there
us IL passed the way side houses on the road TO Grass
mere, by tie sound OF Psams-but he sa,v-he heard if
o'-"hcn the last sound of Tie spade rebounded from
INC smooth arch of the grave he was not bybut all
lie while he was lying where they had lief, him will,
one or two plying daes,nen his head and feet
hCn he awoke again and up the cottage of the
Old was as If she had never been born-Eor sia LoJ
vanished forever and ave- and sixtccn wears s,n;I;n M
was all cXtingushed in Dust "
Weeks aud months passed on and sill ti,cro v,,s
vacant Wlidness in his eyes, and MOI al gIaslness
over his face, mex pressve Of a reasonable souI u,
scarcely seemed that lie knew where he ,vos NV J.;
what part OF the earth yet when left by himself he nc
10 move beyond the boundaries of the Fold
"ns t"c HTSt RANT 5'linc!lnCS OF returning
ne would utter her name and over MANY fines
wan t:ournfui voice, but still he knew not that sin
was dead-then he began to caution them all to traad
softly, Tor that sleep had Hen upon her and her fever
IN IT'S blessed balm might abate-then with aroaps too
ahecting 10 DE borne by those WHO heard i,op, La
would ask why, since she dead Cod had The cI,I
10 keep him, her husband, in lie; and finally and last
OF all ne imagined himself in Graasinerc Churchvar
ana ciaspng little mound the green which il yeas
eVioent he thought was her grave he wep over if for
houIs and hours and kissed it, and placed stone at IFS
mead ard sometimes all broke ost info Gf oc
laughter I'LL the hdeors fantng fits returned and fe
long Commissions left him lying as if sionedeod, A.
ior his bodily Frame when Lucy's fati.er lifted If nm in
ms arms little heavier was it than bundle of thered
fern - "''''o'eu
Nobody supposed that SO miserably stienated
anu ghos-ke could for many days be aIivc-yet not
t!i the earth had rcvOlyed times round the sun
did that body die, and then was buried far far a,av
from the Fold, the banks of Ryda water. and ito
sweet mountains of W estmoreIand; for after nassin
IKE shadow through many foreign lands he ceasci
ms pilgrimage In Palestine benea IN the shadow or
Mount SION, and was laid with lock Of beautiful hair
which, from the place held strangers knew 10 lave he
ionged to one dearly beloved-close TO his heart an
which 1t had lain SO long, and 10 mouIder a,yay in
darkness together, BY Christian hand and in Chris
tian sepulchIc! '''"