The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-12-01

do not weep Lucy, indeed have more cause
to grieyc Than you, though my heart feel, little
al sorrow at present. She asked hun ms cause
vi @r,f 1T i, th.s, Lucy, that cannot repay
YOUR natchles> love, and un" cared care Of me-
The poor glr tears flowed atrcsE, and her
heart sobbod Is If it would break. The even
lag was sprint IN rrG''ia.; such passages Of the
scriptures 70 ili:n as he pointed cut Iii, mind
Continued iirm and clear About midnight he
desired dat the easement Of the NIndo" might
De thrown open. 1t opened upon full Vie" OF
the river The night was sultry and almost as
bright a5 day IN owl was huolins from the
,ravc yard, and the whip poor WA wa, flying
.,v and screaming. Poor Cai!p UMlrd sor-
ruwiIl, The sound, DID not escape the notice
II The dytn. lu;,n. Two or lhrce cInors were
IN the middle Of The r.er, with h:i.,ht blazing
fire knuled in the Stern u each lie SAID. IN
low voice, the Villagers arc preparing TO spear
the salmon trout, then the moon must lac I.cativ
down HIS bed lay beside the window, and he
desired TO be removed to the extremity, that he
might look out upon the sky He did 50 HIS
face became animated, and as We replaced him
IN his former position, hr sand, the works Of
God never hci;re appeared TO me 50 cXqnlsltcly
beautiful. and vet his whole life had been pass
ed in admrin- the works of God He Whisper
ed to mr., that IT WAS time for Us 10 take our last
farewell My heart in the course Of long lite,
met only once with 50 trying moment as that
ofparing with the boy; but my l.ury--nly poor
Lucy: | though; her heart would break out
right lie then desired the window TO be clos
cd. the LIGHT to be removed INTO the next room,
aui not to be disturbed. At short distance.
vc listened to the rafting in his throat, for
about an hour, when it suddenly ceased. Lucy
imagined he slept, AID softly approached the
bed nut nv hand under the bed cover and
felt his feet They were stone cold Animal
heat had torsaken his cAtrenites, and the
chIs Of death were fast invading his heart
induced my child TO retire TO her chamber, IN
der thc belief that lie Slept, and She did not
learn his fate until She arose in the morning. -
Thus ended the Wilo~'s simple narrative
Poor Lucy Gray No hcin@ is more deserv-
tns Of commisseratlon than an anlaile female
brnodin@ over the SORROWS of hopeless love If
her affections are occas!oncd by the tlcachcrv
Of man, the bitterness Of thought poisuns the
very sources Of life. and works sure and raid
decay Even deviation from tie path Of rec
tudr, may be philosophical iato a rir.nc, W hen
uccasiuned nv one beloved, but 1t viii rise up in
Judgment, when passion has o5t its influence,
and the fatal conviction tlashes upon the mind,
that the object was unworthy of the sacrifice
But She who has watched by the death bed OF
him She d"ated on, and by her angel presence,
drawn his thoughts to heaven, and taught him
,esignation: who kissed his soul when parting
nom his lips. and watched The glazed eye that
even in death expressed his tenderness, until She
i.ncied that he fingered >till, aud paused to
hear him breathing such one NAV minoIc in
society. and pass ;lung unnoticrd with the rest
Of The crowd; She may join the sportive dance
ac+, t-n IT,