Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-06-19
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A PICTURE OF THE DELUGE.

The marble towers were already
deep buried beneath the Hood, and
dark waves already rolled over the
mouotain top; one lofty summit stood
alone above the waters LIS sioes re-
sounded with the mingled cries o.
wre.ches who attempted to ascend
aud whom death followed Oh the dash
ing wave. Here, a crag, rent from
The mountain, fell with it's burthen OF
helpless mortals into the foanang food
there the wild stream Of torrent hur
RED down the son, as hr was drag
ging up his dying father, or the DIES
pairing mother with the load of her
children. Only The highest summit
now remained above the deluge.
Semin, noble youth, to whom the
most noble of maidens had sworn e
ssrnal love, had saved his beloved Sc
mira on the Sunni, AL else were
dead. They stood alone IN the howl
ing storm;the waves dashed over them
Above them growled the thunder. and
beneath roared the furious ocean -
Darkness ieigned around, save when
.he lightning Showed the horrld scene
Each clouds dak brow threatened
o vengeance, and each wave rolled on
q thousand corses; it rolled on with
fury, seeking for more destruction.-
Semira pressed her beloved to her
trembling heart; tears ran with ihe
rain drops dowp her faded checks -
She spake with a faultering voice.
there is no more stfety, o my he
loved! Ny Scmlnl D-ath surrounds
us. o destruction! . misery! Death
comes every moment nearer Which
of those waves, OBJ, which will over
whelm US? Hold me in thy trembling
arms, o my beloved! Soon. soon
shall /, shalt thou, be no more; swal
lowed up in the universal destruction
Now, o God! yonder i, rolls How
dreadful! l. roll. yel nearer, ilInmin
ed by the lightning Now, O God!
our Judge' she said, and sunk on Sc
min. His trembling arm surrounded
his Iainting love No voice breathed
from his quiveringlip lips He saw dies
truction no longer. he saw only the
faiuting semira ieanlng on his bosom,
ard feh more than she chill OF death -
Now he kissed her pale cheek. wet
with the chilling rain; he pressed her
closer to his bosom, and said Sc
mira, beloved Sen,ira, wakel Oh,
yet return to this scene OF horror, that
thine eyes may look on me once more;
that thy pale lips may once more tell
me that chou lowest me e ven IN death
vet once more, ere the flood over
whelm as ho,h!' he said, and she a
woke. She looked OF him with an
eye foil of tenderness, and inexpressi
bic sorrow then on the wide scene
of dessolaiion. % God, our Judge!
she cried, SIS there no pity for US? O
how the waves dash, how the thunder
roars around usl what terrors announce
the appropriated Judgment o God
our years flowed on in innocence -
Thou, the most virtuous OF yOuths!-
Who is me! They are al! gone: they
who adorned my life with the flower;
Of icy are all gone!-And thou who
gavest me life, o agon'zpg sight, the
wave tore The from my side We
once didst thou raise thy head anc
arms; thou wouldst have blest me
and vert overwhelmed o they are
all gone-and yet-O Semin, Semin
beside thee the lonely dessoiated worlc
would be TO me paradise, Our
youthful years flowed on IN Innocence
Oh, is there no salvation, no mercy
Yet why do my efflicted hear, com
plain? o God, forgive! We die
What is the innocence of man in Thy
sight? The youth Supported his below
as she trembled in the storm, and said
Yes my beloved, life is banIshed from
the earth; the voice Of the dying is nc
more heard amidst the roaring of the
ocean, o Semira, my dearest Semira
the next moment viii be our lastl Yes
they are gone. the hopes of this life are
all gone; every pleasing prospect thai
we imagined in the enraptured hom
Of cur love, is vanished. We de-