Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-04-01
From the Literary Guzette.
A SOLDIERS FAITH.

Never shall l forget their Drl0ai-
earth scarce contained aught more love.
ly than Maria. as she passed the por-
tai If the village CHURCH, and hasten
ed to escape the admiring gaze of the
rustic crowd. Maria was barely eight
cen; the light of beauty danced in
her deep blue eye but OH this, her
bridal morn, its long silken lash hid
more than half its brightness, and the
snowy veil which fell over her auburn
tresses, was not .paler than her cheek.
| had loved, ere left my fathers roof;
but ! had no patrimony except proud
name and soldiers fortunes and
Maria was a prize too great for one so
portioned. looked upon her bride
groom--every feature was replete with
manly beauty. and each well knit
limb might have formed study for
the fAstidious statuary, and yet | gaz.
ed upon him till my heart swelled al.
most to bursting. and | turned once
more to look upon Maria, and wished
that day had chosen her another lord.
Never shall I forget the dark, deep,
earth.turned eye, or the naughty lip
with its triumphant and fearful smile !!
left my native village; sighed not
one farewell to Maria. After her
marriage we feared to meet; she felt
that I loved her. and her own heart,
more stubborn than her nature, resist
ed even yet the harsh mandate Of an
unyielding parent she knew it, and
| she shrunk not from her duty. Again
| left my home. and the sun Of Spain
darkcned my brow, and her wars nerv
/, ed my spirit to greater daring but
returned from her naughty daughter,
with a sickninS soul, for thought o
Maria, and her fatal destiny, and
'lcIung to her remembrance as if m,
hopeless truth could not in aught avail
her. Years sped on, and my hear
yearned to revisIt the house of m.
chil6hood--thc birth place Of my frs
s. hopes | trod its path with iirm step
'' but the sunny ray which glanced o
me in the home of my fathers. reste
I; on the sacred features Of war.scath
It, ed soldier. IsIrunk from the reflect
ion" should Maria now look on m,
ul how would she deem me changed !!
1t was foolish thought, and in tn
GO next moment l blushed for its concep
hit ion. My stay was brief, yet ere |
= gain became a wanderer, | once mor
oe, beheld Maria she had been the mot
er Of two blooming boys, but they ha
withercd, like roses dcvoured by Il
w. worm which feasts on beauty. l. sa
her lord, too; the Voice of murm'
), /. was on his tongue, and his eye scow
ed reproaehed as he threw it on b
Young bride-the pale cheek grew p
b., Ter beneath the glance-the soft bl
eye swelled with the drop Of silent s,
fering--the heaving bosom struggl
to rcpress the sigh which threaten
n'n to escape it-and l fed ere my tsng
gave utterance to the curse my he'
'e't engendered. | became loudest in
revel, but I could not drown the me
'sn' ory Of that low stifed sigh; ming
IN the train of beauty. but the d.
eve with its large tear was ever 10
throng, and every pale cheek on VIII
gazed in my wnnderings, recall
The memory Of Maria Again
tented field was my abode, the gr'
are sward my esting-elsce--again
,ight-slumber was admist the bra
md my day-dream Of conquest anc
81! glory many bold aad buoyapt h,
sicptin death ere the field was fou
(, many an art. ut spirit bounded
ncie to the battle; bat the death-l
et passed me by, and the wound c
I'D, and the scar healed, when VIC