Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-06-05
THE YOUNG BRIDE.

Observe that slow and solemn tread, wen
the young bride takes her welded one by
the arm, and, with downcast looks, and a
heavy bead, turns her face from '.sweet
home" aud all its assoc iations, which have
for years been growing, and frightening,
aud en,wining SO closely around the purest
and tenderrst feelings Of the heart. How
reluctant that step. as she moves toward the
carriage; how eloquent those tears, which
rush unbidden from their fountain
She has just bid adieu to her home /! she
has given the parting hand-lhe parting
.kissl With deep and struggling emotions
she has pronounced the fareiceH! and oh.
how fond. and yet nournful spell this word
breathes and perhaps. Ills the iast farewell
TO father. mother. brother. sister
Childhood and youth. the sweet morning
Of life, with its .charm OF earliest birds. F"
and earliest associations, have now passed.
Now commences a new-a momentous Pc
riod Of existencel or this she is well aware.
She reads in living characters-nncertainty,
assuming that where all was peace-where
all was happiness-wne home. sweet
home, was all in all unto her. But these
ties, these associations. these endearments
she has yielded, one by one. and now she has
broken them all asunder. She has turned
her face from them all. and witness how
she clings 10 the arm Of him for whom all
these have been xehangedl
See how she moves on; the world is be-
fore her, and history to be written. whose
pages are to be filled up with life's lovelest
j. pencilings, or. perhaps. with incidents oil
eventfuI in,erest--ofs startling fearful record
Who can throw aside the veil, even OF three
score years and ten," for her, and record the
happy and sun bright incidents that shall
arise in succession. to make joyous and full
her cup OF life--that shall throw around
those embellishments of mind and heart. that
which crowns the domestic circle with beau.
~ and loneliness that which sweenlen So
cial intercourse, and soitens, improves, and
elevates the condition OF societyY Or who
with firm and unwavering hand, can reg
lister the hours and days Of afiectionate and
silent weeping-of midnight watching
Who can pen the bighted hopes-ihe in
stances Of unrequited love-the Loneliness
and sorrow the coniiding heart-the deer
corrodng cares Of the mind, when neglected
and forgotten, as it were, by him who !;
dearer 10 her than lile-when all around /;
sere and desolate--when the garnered stores
nre wasted, and the wells dried up. and The
Pickering blaze upon the hearth wanes, ant
goes out and leaves her in solitude, IN 81
lrnce. and in tears2 But her affections
wane not, slumber not, die not
The brilliant skies may shed down al
their gaddening beauties nature array her
self in gay flowers. bright hopes -ant
friends, kind friends. may greet with laugh
ing countenances and glad hearts, but al
avail nought One kind look ,-one soil ant
nffec,ionate accent, the unequivocal evldenc.
of remaining love; one smite likethat whici
woed and won that heart. would enkIndl'
brighter, and deeper, and lovelier emotions
at lis fountain, than heaven, with all It's splen
dor, aud earth. with all its beauties and ga.
associations.
Oh young man. ever TO be the youni
bride what thou seenest now 10 ne; disap
Doint her not What has she not given u
for thee? What sweet ties that bound hear
TO heart hand TO hand and lie to lie, ma
she not broken off for thee2 Prove thysel
worthy OF all she has sacrificed. Let u eve
be her pleasure, as now, TO cling with con
fiding Joy and love TO thar arm. Lett 0
her stay. her support. and il shall Do wei
repaid Hers y an enduring-,an unoylnI
love! Prosperity will strengthen tad
versi,y will brighten and invigorate i. an
give to il additional lustre and loneliness
Should the hand of disease fall upon thee
then wilt thou behold woman's love--we
mans devotion! for thou wilt never witnes
her spirits wax faint and dropping at tn
couch When thine own are failing. sh
will cling 10 thee like q sweet vine, and d.