Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-06-27
THE YOt rllrUl. bride

'F~tt We NitAN INV NlEH t't'ftN tANHHfa
yhcn ihc young bride takes her wed.
led enc by the armand wilh downcast
ooks,anda heavy heart.turns her face
rom sweet home, and all its nssoci.
itiOns, which have for years been
growing and Frightening, and inter.
winning SO closely around the purest
lud tendercst feelings Of the heart.
How reluctant that stcp,as she moves
toward the carriage; how eloquent
those tears which rush unbidden from
the fountainl
She has just babe adicu TO her home!
she has given the parting hand-the
parting kiss! With deep and strug-I
Cling emotion she has pronounced the
tdrereHi and oh, how fond, and yet
mourntul a spell the word breathes!I
and perhaps It's the last farewell toI
father, mother, brother and sister, n
Childhood andyouth, the sweet NOR
ming OF life, with its charm OF earliest
associations, have now passed. Now
commences q new--a momentOus Pc
.riod of existence. OF this she is well
aware. She reads in living charac-
ters-uncertdialy assuming that
where all was peace-where home,
sweet home was all in all to her. Bat
these ties, these associations, the en-
Iioyments she has yielded, one by one,
land now she has broken them all asun-
Ider She has neiherface from all,
and witness how she clings to the arm
Iof him, for whom all these have been
exchanged!
See how she moves on, the world
| is before her, and history to be writ
ten whose pages are to be filled up
with life's lovliest pencilings, or, per,
haps, with incidents of affecting inter
est, Of startling, fearful record! Who
can throw aside the veil even OF three
score years and ten for her, and re
cord the happy and sun-bright Incl
dents that shall arise in succession, tt
| make JOYOUS and full the cup of life
that shall throw around those embeI
Ilishments of the mind and the hear
that which crowns the domestic cir
Gle with beauty and loneliness; tina
which sweetens social intercourse, ant
soitens, improves and eleyates the con
dtion of society} Or who, with firm
and unwavering hand can register TIN
! hours and days of atlectionate and 81
lent weeplng--of midnight watching
Who pen the bighted hopes-the IL
stances of unrequited love: the loneII
: ness and sorrow Of the conlidingheal
the deep, corroding cares of the mlnc
when neglected and forgotten, as
were, by him who was dearer to he
| than life; when all around is drear an
S desolate; when the garnered store
D are wasted, and the Pickering bla2
0 upon the hearth wanes and goes on
and leaves her in solitude, in sienc
d and in tears! But her affections war
> not, slumber not, die not!
K The brilliant skies may shed dow
: all their gladdening beauties-natu
II array herself in gay flowers, brig
l. hopes-and friends, kind friends, ma
o greet with laughing countenances al
a kind hearts; but it awaits naught. Oh
ST kind look-one soft and aflectona
o accent, the unequiyocal evidence
II remaining love: one smile like tn
which wooed and won that hea
TO would enkindle brighter and deep
u and lovelier emotions at its founta
N than earth with all its splendor, be-
ty and gay associations.
is Oh! young man, everbe to thy you
y bride, then, what thou now SCENE
10 to be; disappoint her not. What !
&c she not given up for theeG WI
sweet ties, that bound heart to he
VI and hand to hand, aud life TO life,
lss she not broken off for thee? Pre-
III thy self worthy Of all she has sacl
We ced. Let it ever be her pleasure,
OF now, to cling with confding joy Q
er- love to that arm. Let it be her st
ID d. her support and it shall be wellrePP
70 Hers is enduringand undying 10
re- Prosperity will strengthen lt-adv
zee sity will brighten and inylgorate
'uf and give to it additional loyelne
mn Should the hand Of disease fall "
thee, then wilt thou behold womo
de- love-woman's devotion! for thou
om never witnesshe spirits wax faint
de- dropping at thy cough! When tn
own are failing, she will cling to 7
Hike a sweet vine, and difl1se aro
nd, thy pillow those sweet influences
ex- attractions that shall touch the ma
zen springs and nobler passions Of thy
IN ture-that shall give new impulse
ave lifel Her kind voice will be like