Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-01
Observation-Disclosures.
THE PILGRIMAGE TO GLEN ORA.
By CunIsroruEn FYrTE.

BY CHRISToPHER ---- Is A FYTTE.
We copy the folIo,oing beautiful story from the
EHglishmaD's Magazine.
Yet once more we shall SEQ thee-sainted TO
our hearts recollection by the friends who made
Thee dear to us-yet once more we shall see thee
y, cottage of the glen. White-waled, with thy
porch thick clustered over with woodhne thy win
dows glowing in the light of tho setting sun, and
the river spending
''lts tiny thread of golden hue"
Il belt of beauty round thy close shaven lawn,
thou risest our spirit in the stiffness of this
midnight hour, clear as when of old we gazed on
thee from the small 'planting" at thy side, and
blessed thee the home ofour first, only love!
ears, many long yours, have passed-haply not
hereafter to be considered blanks in our existencc
thoughts have sprung up in the hearts, hapy not
without awakening echoes in other bosoina which
when this frame is mingled with the dust shall re-
tain them rs the voicngs of an immortal spirit
which dlsdained not to mingle itself in the homes
ana ieorS the Joys and sorrows, oflowlier men.
Aspirations after fame have thrilled thro' our beng
-haPy not altogether without their consumma.
ZION; but years, thoughts, and aspirations have
located at this moment from our mind like morn
ing nists from thine own romantic lake, and
leave thee, in thy pastoral and simple beauty, mir
rored in clearness and serenity, OIL the calm still
waters of our heart. Lo! in that modest parlour,
whose small window is diminished to still smaller
size by the roses which have thrust themselves in
to beautiful profusion over half the lower pancs-
ain l!ghted, and yet how bright seated two
sweet creatures in the deep embrasure OF that pic
turesquo easement; boy and girl Long auburn
tresscs falling neck ofsnow, figure buovant
with the first glorious, and to herself but half re-
yealed consciousness of womanhood-what is it
that can be added by the Imagination of the pain
ter or the poet, TO improve one noble feature one
splendid lincamcnt, Of Marion Scott There they
slt-the two-in that hour the sole inhabitants of
the world-motionlcss the statues OF Nvmph
and Hero, moulded by Grccian sculptor in his
mood OF ioitiest inspiration, till his soul quaied,
Cwo-struck, before the uncarthy radiance Of it's
drcam-born creations-notonesS save where that
snow-wbite bosom heavcs timidly beneath its silk
en- vest, like pure water-liIy moved gently To and
iro BY the ripple of some mountain tarn, when the
spirit of the wind breathes out his softcst SIGH m
on ITS waters. They speak not. Mute are that
Joyous Pair-one word uttered by human Iips is
useless now-they have spoken it with their eyes
they have heard it with their hearts-they love
Ihoir love, how II prospered! How often they
wandered together in that blissfu state ofyouth and
innocence, when the present comprehends an eter.
nity 1t boots not how TO tell. Three summers pas
sed on, and found them loving and beloved; the
fourth came, and never-O, never were those
iands clasped again. Never were those eyes razed
on in the mutual rapture ofpncolculatiRg affccton