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

ties-a nature was seen in the light of fancv-not
OBJECT at sunrise ana sunset the same. All was beau
fui within the circle of the green hill tops whether
sErouded III the soft nliss, clearly outlined in cloud
less Sky. Home, friends, cottages ciiicSau SINK n
way MO OBLIVION, aud Harry Howard felt rs if waited
OH on me wings OF a spirit, and down Il land be-
yohu the sea- foreign TO all he had before experenced
yet IN lis perfect and endless beauty appealing every
houT more enLory and strongly spirit awakened 10
ne" power, and revealing Il emotion. In that cot
tage he TOOK up his abode I'm few weeks came hbro
~ OF books i'll all languages; and there was much won,
Gesipg talk over all the Count ysde about the nyste
rious young stranger who now lived at the Fold
Hvery day, and when lac chose TO absent himself from
his aunts among the hills every hour was Lucy before
the young poets eyesand every hour did her beantv
wax more beautiful IN ms imagination. Who Mr. How
ara was OF even that were indeed his real name no
one knew bu;!unne doubted that he was eecnte hr,h
and all with waom hc had ever converse, in HE Co.
amenity, could have that a youth 81 bI,,d ,rJ
'o' aUu "ith sue" voice, and such eyes would NOT
nave injured the hunbest Of Gods greatness ,nrcL L.
S"''' creature as Lucy of the Fold. II was indeed
even s"-or before the long summer DAYS we're rome
"e Nv n'o never had sister loved her even as if she
."u SioP' on me same maternal bosum-Father or mo-
uer ne now mad none-indeed, scarcely one near ,ea
ton--aithough he rich in tins rori,s riches bnt -
mem poor IN comparison with the noble eniowuents
una, nature had laVlshed upon his mind His Guardians
look itte heed OF the splendid but wayward vnu;lE
u N"e" not whittier his ances had carried him were
even 10 some savage land. Thus, the Fold became
a. '"c one nearest ooi under The roof of heav en-
All me SIMPLE on-eoiugs Of that humble home lovo and
oeautiheG INTO poetry and al! the rough or
coarser edges of lowly e were softened away in fc
gh' OF genus that transmitted every thing on which il
ieii; while all the Silent intimations which nature pavn
there ct her primal sympathies in the hut as fine and
orceu as III the hall, showed his eX cited shirt nr
emncntly beautiful and chained ii to the hearth around
"nch was read the morning and the evening PRAYER
Hhat Wid schemes does not love imagine and IN the
lace OF very lmpossibiliiy achieved 81 will t,lxo ,,c,
10 myself 1t 1t should be in place of all the world
WI. myself breathe light over her being, I'LL in new
spring 1t shall be adorned with living flowers that fade
n nd eplF.r
the bright docle creature shall have the soul of very
7nget--and then, before Cod and al his holy aIiar
NINE shall she become for cver-herc and hereafter
III Tins paradise of earth, and fnoe celestial be- in the
paradise Of heaven.D
Thus two summers and two winters wheeled ayay
INTO the past and in the change irnpcrceptibe from
cay TO day but glorious nj last wrought on Ircy,s n,
'nFe oy communication with prodigall. endowed
scarcely coud her parents believe was their same
cu' except that she dutiiul as before as atfrc
ana as fond OF all the familiar Objects dead or
FhS' i"und and about her birth place. She had now
grown To 'Toman's siaure--ta, though she scarcely
seemed s., EXCEPT wien among her paymates and in
er r'ufin5 loH eliness fulfilling, and far more tan fall
ii!!tS the air promise her childhood Never Once
mad ihc young stranger stranger no Doresnol,cr 10
laughter, father, mother of his love. Indeed for
All at he tclt tow Lucy there must have been some
other word than love, Tenderness which was almost
P'y--itl affection that vas often saJ-wonler at her
s~fasSn9 beauty, less her unconsciousness of
!" professionalism OF her spiritual qualities that
ever rose up TO meet instruction il already formed
ana nat heart trCbbing tiiat ss the blood of vont
"iieh Tie innocent eyes il loves ale beaninn in tie,
twilight through smiles through tears-these and
thousand other feelings, and above ALL the creative "a
emily OF poets SOUL constituted his very beuo
"heh Lucy was III presence ncr otsouI lin when lo
was alone among the mountains
y last ii YVES known through Tie country that Mr.
The stranger, The scholar tie poet the Gle
gam gentleman, Of whom nobody lna.Y much but
" aoih every body loved, and whose f.: icr must al least
nave 0ech a. lord, was gong-iu Il year or icss-to
marry NE daughter Of Allan Flerliug-Lucy the
Old Oh gret and shame 10 tire parens-if still living
OF the noble boy! . sorrow for himself when his
passion dles--whcn the dream is dissolycd-aud when
IN place OF the angel Of light who now moves he fore
''' he sees only ciid of earth o'Vy born and long
rhdeiy bred, being only fair many others are fair
sister IN her simplicity aicns less pleasing than
s''e ana partakIng OF many weaknesses, fraes, and
:aus now unknown to herself in he happiness and TO
ann IN las love! Was there no one 10 rescue tl,a
rom such !ateTCm ct months of jmarinar, blie.
and from many years of real bale! How could such a
man as Allan Fleming be infatuated as sell his cd
10 i MCKEE youth who would desert her broken
"ear'eG! ct Kind thoughts, wishes hopes and beliefs
prevailed, nor were there wanting stories of the oden
ttne, OF !owbOrn laijenS married ~ lonihs nj bioh
estate, and raised from hut TO ball. becoming mothers
% ordiy ne OF SONS, that were councillors to kim
and Princes. 'e'
In sPFiog Mr.. Howard went away fot few months
III " As san! {" The great city of Londoil-and on h
return al midsummer I.ucy was TO be his bride The
parted with few peaceful tears and tbouaL obsory,
were still together. And now letter came 70 the
Old SAYING that before another Sabbath he would he
az '''e oIu' n lew beautiful fields in Easdale long
morgaged beyond their fee simple by the hard WORKING
statesman from whom they Reluctantly were passing
away mad meanwhile been purchased by Mr. Howard.
@nd IN u4bcDtiase 4lcy we're TO abide, I'LL they had
bu;It for tiis,azeIs4s s,ose little frilor nm ,I
.! ihe sylvan h'l below the siadow Of Helm Crap.
Lucy saw The SABBATH OF lis aud its golden sun.
out II was III her Gnt's = onjy r it was TO DIES
Cend behind the Ei!.s she W., not u 10 ,,,,c,~ d.
number OF living things.
% fofes-Uswa'cr thc you,h had core by the li2h,
% 'ne sn'ng sun; ana IS he crossed tie mountains TO
G'assrnere by the majestic pass ft,c SOLITARY Ua,ro
sun as every ncw star arose in heaven with it arose
lnsirons new emotion from tie bosom OF his betrothcd
he midnight hour had been fixed for bis return to tie
Fold and as lac reached tie ellis above wilderness To-
according 10 agreement, light burning in the low
wndoS' The very planet Of love. It seemed to shed
o'Igh' sefenIi, over al The vale, AMI tie moon glitter
ing waters Of iiydalInere we're as an IMAGE or f ,nrs
lonely "ol'tu bed ADD IT the pen,lve hour how pro
iounh: blessing ai' praise be 20 tie gracious God!
VINO 'Tacn my Splt s." to delight IN his beau fui and
glorious crcluonblcs-ing and praise TO tle Iov One
OT TIC coon g" y NlafFs i"noccnt ard religious oyc0