Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-07-07

aherc was left to die alone and to struggle and flo h
sTith death III utter desolaon-thc was known e
none save me, and-as Imagined in my delirium-to
Zone far being whom had loved and who had visited
amy cave as The messenger OF 10Y end gadness Thcr
an the uncounected imagination oil Il dream came usl
5Ing into my mind, and Overwhelmed me with thoughts
Sot guilt aud sorrow-indisnctly marked out and dan X
Sy understood, but pressing soul with all the
ktieshncss OF recent fact-apd shebed in agony; fol
Z thought that had murdered her. my meek and nuo
gccnt love, and that now with my madness was expia
ng the fuuuess ofmy crime No, no, no-thesc vision
passcd away, and knew that had not been GUILTY.
III thOught-and shook with strong commissions as
Ebelic*cd it 10 be true-l thought that had sunk t
scep i'll her and that the last sounds that hear,
Ewere the sweet of her voice. Nercful hea
svens! She too is deodor She too has deserted ue-,
s hreks my cOnvusye agony, would else have aroused
hcr. But mo- shook OFF these fancies with strong
Eieiiort, aud again hoped prayed that might still
be asleep, and still only suffering from the pressure
Gan agonizing dream. reused myself called fortl
Sail my energies and again opened my yes and agair
the moon and the stars, and the unnatural HEAVIER
ssglaring through the darkness OF the night an,
agan overpowered with the strong emotions that SHOOT
Aray reason fell To the ground in a swoon.
d When recovered the scene now. The moon an.
sars had SET and the mad arsenbut still the sa,nC
5dak atmosphere, and the mysterious sky As vet
81 saw not the sun, for my face in the direction
aof his rising. NY courage was, however revived an,
III beg,a TO hope that all had been but one of the vision
5of the night. But when raised my head and locke,
S5aronnd was amazed distraced-I had lain down i,
t woody Ind romantic glen-I looked around for I'm
copse and hazel tina, had sheltered mel looked for Ii,
Sciear wild stream that fell IN many cascade from th
rocksi listened for the song OF the birds and straine,
ny ear to catch sound of life aniInaton no tree
rcared its green boUghs tie morning sun-a was ST
Client and lone, and gIoomy-nohing was there but grey
1rocs, that seemed fast Fastening TO decay and tie root
= of immense trees, that seemed to have grown an,
Sand houriehed, ana died there.
81 raised myself until sat upright. Horrible was h,
Epasy that fell on my when the cavc-tL,
syery cave that had seen covered with moss and h,
swd shrubs Of the forest standing grim and as darI
as the grave, without leaf of verdure adorn
4whout single bush to hide ii there was grew alc
3nouideriug and there lay the beautiful vale one dread
diul mass of rocky desOations with wide, dry chan
winding along what had been the of green
ayalicv.
looked around on that enclosed glen as far as nv
5eye could reach, but all was dark and dreary all seem
led alike Fastening to decay. The rocks had fallen in
9huge Fragments and among the fragments appeared
sarge roots and decaying trunks of trees not clothed
s"lth moss, or with mushrooms springng up from the
moist wood, but dry, and old, and wasted. well re-
ancmbeTcd, that IN that valley Zee larger than the
hazel the wild rose had found room or noursnlcnt.
yet there lay large among the black masses of
crock; and evident that there they had grown and
/! lied.
Some dreadful conyul,ion must have taken place
yet 1t not the rapid devastation of an oathquae
The so" finger OF time there, and every object bore
marks OF me lapse OF years-aye, OF INJURIES. Rocks
lad mouidered awly--young trees and bushes had
grown up, and come to maturity, and pcrished while
was wrapped IN oblivion And vet, now that saw and
knew that was only through many car having PASS.
sed by, That all these changes had been effected even
now my senses recovered in measure from the de-
eterous excitement of the first SURPRISE and such is
5'hc inconsistency Of dream almost fahcled that all
tins desoon had been thing to be looked for aud ex-
sPected' Tor men, Tor the first time remembered that
Edurihg my long sleep thought that knew that da
ana ii'oh's and years, were rolling over in rapid
8 and nuiseless succession.
No sooner had this idea seized any mindno sooner di,
Il conceive that had indeed sIept-that had n.eed lain
gin silent iUscnsiby, until wood, and rock nd river had