Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-09-01

degree removed from his CeiIow men
hy the partial fashiening Of Nature;
and he scorned 10 seek q nearer .ffin;.
ty. His mind was Of an exalted bear.
ing. and Prodisal Of beauty. The flow
crs Of Poetry wore in his Imagination
q perpetual b'ossoming and Il was to
tins intellectual beauty that Emily
kneit DEMONSTRATING to the altar ether
Idol the fair flowers Of he's Affection
even as the dark-eyed daughters Of the
ancient Gheber spread out their Offer
'ngs from the gardens Of the East upon
the altar Of the Sun.
There is \ surprising strength in q
love like that Of Emily's--it has no
thing gross nor low, nor earthly in its
ycarning--it has its source in the deep.
or fountains Of the human heart--and
Is such as the redeemed and sanctified
from Earth might feel for one another,
IN the Tar land Of spirits. Alss-thai
such love should l,c unrequited--or
turned back IN GOODNESS and darkness
upon the crushed heart Of its giver!
They parted--Emiiy and her lover
but no. before they had vowed cter-
oal constancy to each other. The one
retired to the qniet Of her home--to
dream over again the scenes Of her ear
ly Passion--to count with untiriny ca
geTness the hours Of separation--and
to weep over the long interval Of hope
deferred The other went out with
strong heart to mingle with the world
--g'rded with pride and impelled for
ward by ambition. He found the world
Guild, and callous, and selfish, aud mis-
own spirit insensibly took the hue Of
those around him. He shut his eyes
upon the past--it was too pure and
mildly beautiful for the sterner gaze
OF his manhood. He forgot the pas
sion OF his boyhood-all beautiful and
holy as II was-he turned not back to
the young and lovely and devoted girl,
who had poured out to him in the con
hiding earnestness Of wo,aan's conf
dence the wealth Of her affection. He
cane not back to fulfil the vow which
he had pIighted.
Slowly and painfully the knowledge
OF her lovers in6delity came over the
sensitive heart Of Emily. She sought
tor time to shut out the horrible sus.
picion Of her mind-she half doubted
the evidence Of her senses--she could
not believe that he was a traitor--for
her memory had treasured every token
ut his adection--every impassioned
word and every endearing smile Of his
tenderness. But the truth came at
iast--fhe doubtful spectre which had
long haunted her, aud from which she
had turned way, a. If il were sin TO
hook upon ", now stood before her a
dreadful and unacceptable vision of
reality. There was one burst of pas.
sionate tears--tbe overflow Of that foun-
tain of affection which qurnches the
last ray at nope in the desoiaie bnsom.
and she was calm-for the struggle
was over, and She gazed steadily and
with the awful confidence Of one whos,
hopes arc not Of Earth, upon the dark
/ Valley OF Death, whose shadow was
already around her.
IT was a beautiful evening Of Sum
mer, that saw her for the last time.
The sun was just setting behind long
line OF blue and undulatine hills, tooeh
ing their tall SUBMITS with n radiance
like the halo which circles the daZ-
cling brow Of an Angel--and all Ma
ture had put on the rich garniture Of
greenness and blossom. As approach
ed the quiet and secluded dwelling OF
the once happy Emily found the
door Of the little parlor thrown open
and female voice, Of . sweetness
which could hardly be said to belong
N alnI Al "a
mer ar. IL was like the breathing cI
an F.olian lutte to the gent:est visitation
of the zephyr Involuntary paus.
ed TO IisteD--AEd these words--I shall
never forget them--oame upon my eaI
like the how and melancholy music,
which We sometimes hear in dreams:--
" Ob---no--I 10 not fear TO die
For Hope and Path arr bold
, And Life - bat a vearipc 49,
Add Earth is strangely cold
In vi'-w of Dcs,h's pale solitude
My spirit hath not mo,srDcsi--
It's kinder than forgotten love,
/ Or friendship unrCtEBcd.
s And could pas fl.c sha,lo~ed lad
u RAPTURE Al III whilc--
, II on vho nop - far away
Weir nc,T me Nth his smile
seems . siresry thing 3 die
Forctfen and alone
Iahcedei ~ our Gesrest love-
l. The smiles sod tesrs a one'
OF. n ~ nv eravc vith plcssanf Covers.
The FAR, = u the fair
!, The YER, flower. he loved @ tsinc
. AZ twiilglN Ia ny hair -
4 Pcrchauer lee yrt rnay visit them,
y Auf sicl shove my bi@r
~ The h9lIcss dev Of funeral govcrS--
q AaccuOb's Kindly tar ,"
II i. was the voice Of Emily--it wa
i her last song. She was leaning or ~
!. sofa a. catered the apartmcni--hc
d lhln white hand resilng ON her fore