Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-15

wire. or through the long and lone night 10
lie beneath the shadow Of the house, and hx
ms saul. wa,e hful as star, upon the windows
of the chamber where she slept. strewed
her walk, with the leaves OF poetry, ana a.
midnight made the air audible with Inc ofea'h
Of music. In my writings and my songs ""a'-
ever in the smooth ACCENTS oil praise OF Tue
burning language Of passion, or the 'iquid me-
)odies nf verse could awaken her FANCY or *
cite her interest, Attempted. Curses on 'ne
attempt! may The hand wither! may Inc brain
burn! May the heart shrisel, and parch ike
leaf ,hatsa flame de,ours-from which The
cravings of nv ghastly aud unnatural love
fund a channel, or an aid! told her IN my
verses. in nv letters, ,h.t I had overheard her
confession. ! told her that was thing which
the day.Iighl loaihfd 10 look upon; but i'oid
her also, that / adortd her; and l breathed
both nv story and her love in The numbers OF
son,.. and sung the m o the silver lords OF my
lutte. with voice tina, belied my form, and was
not out Of harmony with nature. She answer
ed me: and her answer filed the air, that had
hi ,herto been 10 me- breathing torture, win
enc han, mcnt and rapture She repeated, that
beauty was nothing in her estimation; that 20
her all LONELINESS was IT, the soul. She told me
that one who wrote as wrotr-who felt as
felt could not be loaihsome in her eyes. She
told me that she could love, he my form even
more monstrous than had portrayed 1t. Fool.
miserable fool tha, was, 10 believe her! So
then, shrouded among ,be trees, and wrapped
from head to foot in mantle, and safe IN the
oath by which had bound her not 10 seek 10
penetrate my secret, or TO behold my form
before the hour l myself should appoint, had
arrived-l held commune with her in the
deep nights Of summer, and beneath the un-
conscious stars; and while unrolled 10 her
earnes, spirit the marvels OF the mystic world,
and the glories OF wisdom, l mingled with my
instruction the paihos and The passion Of love!
&C., sad she one night as we conferred to-
PC, her, aud through the matted trees ] saw,
though she beheId me moi, tina, her cheek blush.
ed as she spoke; Go, and win from others the
wonder that you have won from me. Go, pour
forth your knowledge to the crowd; go, gain The
glory Of fame, the glory which makes man i'm
mortal, and then come back and claim me,
and / will be yours!
Swear it!' cried !.
Iswearn she said; and as she spoke the
moonlight STRAINED upon her face, flushed as
| il was with The ardor Of the moment and the
strangeness of the scene; her eye burnt with
steady and deep 6re-and her figure, round
| which the light fell like the glory OF halo,
seemed instinct and swelling, as il were, with
the determina:e energy the soul. gazed-
and nv hear, leapt within mel answered MOI
blu, I stole silently away: Tor months she
heard OF me more.
fed to lonely and far spot surrounded
myself once more with books. explored once
more the atcsDa Of science, ransacked once
more The starry rel ions of poetry; and then up
Oh the mule page poured the thoughts and
the treasures which / had stored within me!
h.. ui,hn NO
| II nIrosvEue:s BOWED IN woD>
der before my discoveries; the pale student in
cell aud coster, poured over the mines Of
learning which ! had dragged into day; the
maidens in their bowers hlushed and sighsd,
as they drank in the burning pathos Of my
verse. The old and The young, all sects and all
countries. united in applause and enthusiasm
for the unknown being who held, as they aver.
red, the Cent? Of wisdom and the Spirit Of
verse in mighty and wizard spells, which few
had ever won, and none had ever blended be-
fore.
l returned to her,-I sough, meeting under
The same mystery and conditions as Of old III
proved myself that unknown whose name filled
all ears, and occupied all tongues. Her heart
forboded i, already! I claimed by reward!
And in the depth and deafness OF night, when
""' " ''ai Wv ~ s''ouSu Oh CiOuO
and gloom-when rot CLEAN struggled against
he blackness-nct . breath stirred the heavy
torp"r around Us-'har reward was Welded.
TIE dense wood, andithe eternal hills we're the
sole witness Of our bridaIs;-.nd eiet with dark
ness as with robe, she Irant upon m, bosom,
and shuddered not at the place Of her repose!
Thus only we met;-but for months we did
meet, and was blessed At last, the fruit of
our ominous love could no longer be concealed
1t became necessary. either that I should hy
with her, or we'd her with the rites and cere-
monies Of man-as ! had done amidst the more
,atrtd so!emni,irs Of nature. In either case,
disclosure was imperious and unavoidable:-i
took therefore thai which gratitude ordained
Beguiird by her assurances he'd by her
trust, aud 'enderness-maddenrd BIZ hr- tears
= dupeG by my own heart-I agreed to mre,
her. aud for he fist Tine openly revealed my
self--a'lhe foor Of the altar!
The appo'n'ed day Came At our mutual
wish, only two witnesses were present, beside
the priest and the aged and broken hearted "a.
ihrr, who consented solely to our singular mar.
riage because mystery was less terrible to him
than dissrac'. She had prepared them to see