Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-28

sinks az midnight surrouadcd bya pale mist syered
by its own beams.
Death sent as precursor his gentle sister Ensens
o'fty' She touched the heart OF the bride. and her
warm countenaDce frose,-the flowers OF her cheek
shrunk--the pale OF winter beneath which the
spring OF Eternity buds, covered her brow and her
hands. The swelling eyes of the angel melted into
burning teer-and while he thought his heart had
burst forth in the form or that drop of water-like
pearl from the brittle she-fsh,-the bride moved
awakening from her last mental aberratlon' once
more raised up her eyes, clasped hm To her heart
and while she kissed him, said, Nov L am with
thee nv brotler"-cxpired The angel imagined his
heavenly brother had given him the sign OF the kiss
of death. but instead of beamng heaven, melau-
cholv gloom surrounded him. and he sighed that this
DEATH but human sorrow for the sufierings OF
another.
20 We afflicted mortas," cried he show do We out
live your aflictions and how do you submit to the
weary length OF e, when the circle of youthful
companions is broken and at last lies in ruins around
you when the graves of your friends behind you.
like steps conducting to your own, and when old age
is silent and vapid like the evening which follows
deadly conflict Dye poor morills, how can your
hearts bear it,"
The body of the assembled hero, placed the mild
angel amid human hardships-amid human injustice.
lie was surrounded by the thornv girdle of allied go
vernments,-that grde which holds in it's singing
grasp, whole quarters OF the globe; and which toe
mighty and the powerful cease to tighten. He
saw the claws of crowned vultures tearing their
now featherless prey which he heard struggling with
wearied wing beneath their cruel grasp. lie beheld
the whole earth surrounded by the entwinng folds of
the gigantic serpens of vicious passions which thrust
and hide their poisonous heads deep IN the human
breast Through his tender heart, which heretofore
bad ever been placed amongst sacliona,c and loving
angels, the Burning sting of hatred shots and his soul
the very sanctuary Of love was terrified at its imme
date dissolution: Alas said he, human death Is
indeed painful But was not death. for no angel
appeared.
| In fcw DAYS, nc became weary OF that life which
he lead for hall century and onpcd To- return 10 his
, -C.fn n-F 1gse
NAL SOUL HIS shattered and wounded breast eNiiaus
ted him with pain. lie went out with the glow of
evening upon his pale cheek, the churchyard that
green background Of hie where the material forms OF
those lovely souls, which he had once released had
been successfully deposited. He placed himself with
sorrowtui longing upon the yet naked grave OF his de-
parted bride, and gazed at the setting He look
I'd, too at Ills own afflicted frame, aud thought thou
too woudst have been living here dis rac,cd bosom
40 longer causing pain, had not raised thee from
death. Here he reflected upon the sad llfe OF man
and tho palpItatlonS of his wounded bosom show
Gu rum the snrro~s with which man purchases his
tue and his DEATH which he rrinccd to ha 70
spared the noble soul whose BODY he animated. IIu
man virtue deeply affected him, and he wep from his
ceaseiess love for man who amid the urgent cravings
or ms own necessities, under the lowering clouds
which ovcrshadow and darkrn the paths os life turns
not away lis eye from the high day-s,ar ui duty hui
stretches forth his generous through the dark.
ness, towards every mourning fellow Creature round
whom nothing bnt hope giInmcrs. like ia sun sink
ing IN the old world to Else in the new Dt.lif-h,
opened his wounds and his blood, Cthc tears of his
s"ui) flowed from his heart upon tie well levsled
grave; the sinking bCIy dropped softly towards the
object Of rs aft cOn. The sun, seen through his
tears of JOY, appeared to hoat in an ocean OF ROSY
hight. distant echo tones, Ike those of the. earth
when II speeds IFS way through ether, played through
the MOIST and glowing MIST then dark cloud, Ike
sudden night laden with siee, i.tied before The an
gel, and now the beams Of Heaven arose and enco-
passed him and thousands Of celestial beings shore
around him. Art thou there again, deusive dream?"
tns h Ia. l,f . l.
Trough the radiant light, and gave him the sign Of
he kiss and said, That Death thou eternal bro
thor and friend Of Heaven" aud the Hero and his
bride softly repeated the Joyful words.