The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-17
POETRY.


On the manly arm OF tall proud youth
Rested maiden In trusting truth;
She clung as clings the vine alone
To the lofty trellis, its love hath won
Alb, affection flows 10 the race Of flowers
As warm and deep, and as pure as ours,
Wreathing anew with the flowing years,
And parting In grief-worn hopes and fears,
II is mourniuly sad around The household ewes,
When anlnmn's dirge Is among the leaves.
But they had not such parting day
Theirs was the sweetest ofsweelesi May;
Love shone calmly and brightly there,
Mingling It's joys with the perfumed air,
The breath Of The young May flowers swept by,
While thousand high toned natal strains
Were echoed afar on The distant plains;
But our lovers heard not in their last embrace
Aughi, save what in their hearts held place;
Those hearts we're entwining in one wild BREATH
To be severed alone npon earth In death;
The farewell was spoken thai broken song
OF life's rude harp when the loved are gone;
She stood alone on that lonely spot
With all but one, on the earth forgot.
He had left her--lhat trusting girl, and meek
With the dewy tear on her burning cheek;
How could he got can proud man play
With affections gift, then soar away,
As The eagle flies 10 his gathering, far (.
In The mine liz caves OF sea or star Z
A proud ship rode in its might along,
And the air was filled with the sailors song;
n MA tue Dihu was the, same tall youth, n.
Who had won the maidens young hearts truth;
Then he cast his eyes on the far dim strand
Where the loosened locks Of that maid were fann'd
One moment they foaiei in golden folds,-
He gaZeth again, but no more beholds;
One silyery wave Of The azure tide, '
And two fond hears ire asundered wide;
But he would return VIII n the next spring flowers
Shone forth anew in their gem-lil bowers
When the daisy sprang on the wild fern heath,
And The violet foated in Ms breath beneath,
Where the rose cup lay in itssecret cell,
tt the hour should come for It's leaves to swell;
When those SWEEP iances were painted round
He bid her 10 bark 10 the oarsman's sound,
To come again 10 the waters side,
And be reclaimed as his peerless bride.
She came--eaeh season had passed away,
The glorious summer Of ripened hay
The rich scar au umn OF leaves shone around,
Filling the air with their rustling sound;
Winter had SIvered the forest boushs-
Spring had returned with its promised VOWS,
The maiden 10 beauty had grown more fair,
And she stood algfl with her f,aling hair;
For the same proud ship al It's anchor lay,
And lis boat was rowing across The bay;
Her heart beat quick in itS'hddfn spring,
Affections tide was revelling; 49,.
Oh precious moment, undreampt, untold,
When the treasured wealth oil LIES unrolled,
As the blast that skaters the towering oak,
Her soul was crushed in one wild stroke;
He who had promised TO meet her there,
Was clasping bride Of a foreign air
Like the smothered fire in hiden urn,
Too fercely kindlrd 10 longer burn,
Love shot 10th brilliant a dazzling light,
Then scattered its ashes afar from sight,
And the failhless youth in the heated air,
Felt but its own dark conscience scar;
Never word Of reproach was given, .. T..
For the mai lens spirit had gone TO heaven, ."
Too finely moulded to bear its part, ."a
She found on earth but a broken heayt.
ANNA.
Brandypiat, June 2Sih, 1889.