Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-10-09
NO. IL.

engaged with her own thoughts than with
Jane discourse, bore her trials mceklv.
Once, only once, she permitted am ex-
preston to escape her which had refer
{, ehce to her situation.
Iwonder," said Jane, one evsn;nc in her
usual rattiing manner, after the dav had he.u
ilxed for the celebration of her marrri,rc With
Edward, wonder whether marriages in a
family are like misioriuncs, which t,bev cav, ma.
YER come alone What do you think. Aones }"
wonder, replied Agnes, .pensively, and
WIN slightly tremulous voice wbIc;, Tho
strcve TO conceal by faint effort of oare,v in
| her manner, wonder whether ] shall be mudc,
| waltz again, IT L compare my heart, no,,. 4,
The dove wandering forth from its ark 10 find a
resting place, but returning with no olive
! Jane was silent. The word mar had h,.,
pronounced IN tone of such deep melancholy
oy agnes, ana with an emphasis SO peculiar,
.hat, though Jane knew not its meaninq she felt
hada meaning which could not be sportcd
Wl'n ana Agnes herself immediately changed
'o ta@ject OF conversation.
The br;dal.morn came and Anna, do.,,,,o,
rom her chamber Il bride s-majd She wouId
nave IL So IN spite of all the fond entreoties NJ
nef niot"sr TO the contrary. And why wcr.
nose iona en'reaties urged Alas The grief
"at SptAHs not mat wcops not-that will not
complain, but dwels in silence in the bcor, 10
rows qncnch themselves i'm their own tr,rs
arc scattered by their own sighs-or DISCHARGED
ii'Ii l"o oppressed bosom in each word of nen
Tie iamnntation but the ravupcs Off lonely co.,
| 10" arc iatai Like the worm that never dies
IL Snaws and gnaws from hour In bnnr 80
lay to day, till the last thread of tho vital oo'
gives way, and the poor sufferer is at res, I'ha
health OF Agnes had gradually declined. and
iouSh sie s'rove To conceal well the svmn-
~ Il" uI cause OF her increasing debility she
c"'.'d not aiIdy the ANXIOUS fears Of her mother.
as scr wan face, painted with the hectic rIn,. oe
a wasting fever, told -
how painful dIsappoin:ment's canker'd f.nps
"lther The rose upon her maiden cheek
Mrs fltzroy had watched Che go svmnf,,,rs ,.;,r.
uneasness but without anv soricu. an"roi lin
SiohS tiii the rapid strides they aiter.y madc in
sPired her win alarming thoughts of ths danyer
'hey Potlehded In fact there was bat loo
MUG" reason To dread that Agnes was Lecominp
iuP''o' IL she were not so already The
angund glare of her full blue ewes, 70 which -
i'ls"tiul prominence was given from the hollow
ness produced by the WASTING of the anob ro,,,I
''ic'f oroits-the quick breathing, and the nan,
my cough, brought on by the slightest motiion
tnc hayward appetite, the now loathed and now
ss~.en Tor iood--und the labourinr respiration
| 49,, .n a' .''e nuShed lace, which followed eve
| y noai-together with the emacioted anno,r
| ahce OF her whole frame, were fearful ippfGi"a
1' the existence oil that hopeless thouoh do
ceiln malady. Mcdicdf aid had hen - ; i'
ou' INC most Sklltnl remedies had failed 70 mr.
u,Ia no progress Yet there were some DAYS
w!eh treacherous hope of amendment -
heid out, To he followed only bv moro sorors
| and searching relapse
| was IN inns delicate and dangerous crisis of
| het heaith, that the appointed weddinn. dav ar.
a,d ana hehce 1t was, that both Mrs Fitzrov
| ''iie earnestly dlssuaded her from encoun
| 'crihg the fatigue and xcitement of tho ceror,a
| NY. But no; it was her wish, her n,av.r ~
most that she should be her cousin s onv bride,
! ,''.tu: ana Shc dld 50; and she lcas her only.
piiue s.inaid and she stood, like one ENHANCED
ce'ore inc altar and when the ring was ON The
| .l'Sei OF Jane, she smiled, and in whsnerino
| exclamation to her own bIeakinr heart sbe sa;S
nave done we'll have triumnhcd a,vcr ',,.
| sen ! have calmly witnessed the consumnf,-
Iuh Vi Felicity which should have been NV
w., an: anu now may depart, and bury nv Sc
Az h WIN me Jane was happy bride, but
cgheS ieit mat she was happier bride maid
Tor her last and hardest trial was over save On
and that she prayed for as the end of all ''
Tier prayer was heard The moon. whose Gil
Vci C'oSceht rose pale and bright in the evening
VI uiat day winch saw the nuptials of Jane Don,
| gus s"ga Its waning beams upon the grave OF
agnes fltzroy On the eleventh morning she
dled but death stole over her so gently tbot
| sue was as one who sunk to sleep only i'm the
grim embrace. And as she seemed TO fall; n.
Steep her hnger dropped upon the melancholy
but faithful picture OF her own sad fate, drawn
WIN prophetic fidelity by one who, like herself,
| hao bowed his head to the " worm that proved
upon her youthful bloom" A volume of Kirk
White Poems was in her hand she had been
leuaing his 'fragmentof an Eccentric Drama :
ana the book lay open before her, where tho
uoddess OF Consumption s supposed to speak
~ ~ the following fanciful strain Of her fell Office
| IL was probably the last object upon which the
| dying eyes of Agnes rested
" In the dismal nght-air drest,
will creep into her breast
| Flush her cheek and bleach her skin,
And prey on the silent fire within.
| Lover, do not trust her eyes;
When they sparkle most, she dies
The whispering winds must DER her sipb.
For soon in the grave the maid must lie y.
Reader If have shown you a picture of
FIRST Low, which your heart recognises. Won
VIII know that such love is FInsr and LAsr
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