The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-02-08

lone most deeply interested, acquire 10.
cal habitalion and name,
70 this fJrbcayanco an exception must
be made, Some miles from the scene Of
my sketch was the ruin of an ancient 40. !
hey, placed in pach Of scenery, such as
here and there in the wide world, Nature
decoraies in the highest Of her skill, az i'll
for her own peculiar abode. 4 couple Of
moons had waned upon my intercourse with
Aura, when party was made up for the
purpose Of visiting this ruin, and duly chap,
eroned, we set oH--one Of the vehicles. in
which was Miss Merton, with some others
Of the party being entrusted TO my potage.
Everything, the season, the drive, the scene
ry, was delightful, aud tended to inspire the
thoughts end emotions most favorable to
love. We gazed our fill on the ruin, wan
dered around it until the sun had glded ii
with his latest gloryi and then, with the
son1bre yet not unpleasing melancholy such
a sight must inspire, we left the place.
The eyed pile had told US his story; we saw
him in the backward eye Of fancy, when
the pale and white fobed sister was gliding
through his happy cloisters, and we heard
the organ pealilg ill his pointed windows
trembled at its s,und--and now all was de-
cay. A starry night clothed the heaven 10
light US homewa'd. From the disposition
Of our party Gould converse with Miss
Merton unheard and the neglected rein hung
from my hand as poured into her ear all
that fancy could supply or love dictate
We looked up tie sappre vault, and she
quoted the poetry of Italy with tone OF
feeling and expression entirely irresistible,
!, cn my payt. spoke wha. knew of Chal-
dman and Eyptoin lore, tha. read that sky
like book Of prophecy, then Of Aratus,
and his starry iutginings, whose fancy had
covered the mazy heavens willl gePnlar ar}
liis-like picture. LiEs lark, weary oI
soaring, our converse at Ielgth turned home
ward, and we spoke Of ourselves. told
her of my love, my mon than love; and
she recorded certian nigIt when appear.
ed to her in sleep--recomted the things
said, and the pleasure the gave her. Hel
pressure of my hand whel drew up the
horses at her home, gave me assurance o.
the warmth Of her heart--and it was a ly'
ing assurance--but mark he sequel
The poelical temperament (without mean
ing the mere faculty of versifying) is pc
cuiatly dangerous to one under the inau
cnce Of love. 1t sheds a light of tenfolt
bliliancy over each loysabIe attribute il
the object, and, by dazzling the eyes o
the subject, pre,ludes tho chance of hi
PerceivIng anything else, All drawbacks
all shadows of character, are concealed
and as the illusion thus formed is perlec
i'll beauty, so is the dispeimont Of it dTeary
aud full of sorrow. TO say that in Aura
detected no fault we're even 10 say less thai
the truth, l had throned her as my idol
and in the intensity ofmy worship shunnet
rather than coufted that calmness Of min
by which the wood, earth, and stone nigh
have been seen and estimated. A some
what too high valuation Of rank and brit
seemed to my eyes the only forible Of Mis-
Merion's character; she selmed little t
feel Edmund Speneer's dictum that loV
is nobility but having it in my power t
claim the worthless distinction of bette
earl as my great-great q know not, hoy
many greats grandfather, viewed thi
taste of hers as an additional tie. See th
J blindness throughout
Aura's departure for Scotland on a shol
visit filed me with grief, heightened by
} strong prcsen,iment Of longer SEPARATION
| We parted in all icnderness, and--so slu
over this painful portion Of the narra;io
| rapidly, in three weeks she returned. w
, me! again in one Of her accustomed walk'
, she was not alone, but the glad words {
greeting and welcome were springing
, my lips. Could it be! her soft eye war
dered above, around, across me, withou