New-York tribune., 1841-09-20

Nsnr-Colored Grass. and discourscd OF the mighty
CHANCES which had lately taken place. AT iengtn;
baving s,oken. one dey, in tears, OF the last sao
~b.,ge which must befall humanity she tnencetoT
- d,rel, only upon this sorrowiui theme IN
-.,.,;-r :; into all our converse-as IN the songs
80 par5 Of shiraz the same images are found oc-
ling again and again in every impressive varla-
a She hal seen that the finger Of death was upon
.or bosor-,hat. ike the ephemera she had been
made perfect in loneliness only 10 die: but the ter
rors OF the grave TO her, lay solely in corsidcra-
zion which she revealed TO ne. one still evening at
twilight, b. the banks OF the River OF Silence She
greyed TO think that, having ento.nbcd her in the
VALLEY Of the Many-Colored Grass. l would qui,
for eyer It's happy recesses, transferring the love
which was now 50 passiona,ely her own TO some
maiden of the outer and everyday world.
And then and there ! threw myself hurriedly az
the feet of Eleonora, and offered up VOW TO her
self and to Heaven that would never bind myself
in marriage TO any daughter of earth-thst
would in no manner prove recreant 70 her dear
memory or To the memory OF the devout affection
with which she had blessed me-. And called the
Miyhtr Ruler Of the universe 20 witness the pious
,cemai,v Of ny VOW. And the curse which / IN
voked Of hir1 and Of her, saint in Elysium should
prove traitoraus 70 that promise. involved PEN
a!iv the exceeding great horror of which VIII not
permit me 10 make record Of it here. And the
brigh, ewes of Eleonora grew brighter ny words
but she made acceptance of the vow-for VIVA;
she bu, child and it made easy to her the bed Of
her death And she said 10 me. many DAYS
afterward. TRANQUILITY diving, that because Of what
had done for the comfort Of her spirit, she would
watch over me in that spirit when she departed.
and if so It were permitted her, TO visi-
bly, in the watches OF the nights but II this thing
were indeed beyond the power OF the souls in Para-
disc that she would least give me frequent indl-
cations Of her presence signing upon IN the even
ing winds. or filling the air v,ich | breahed with
perfume from the ccnscrs Of the angels And with
these words upon her lips she yielded up her inno-
cent life putting end to the first epoch OF M
Thus Ear have faithfully said but, az pass the
barrier in Tines path formed by the death Of my
beloved, and proceed into the second era Of my
istcncc feel tina; a vague SHADOW gathers errny
brain. and ! rnistrust the perfect sanity Of the
cord. Bu; let mo on. Years dragged themselves
along heavily, and still. with the aged mother OF
Eleonora, dwclt within the Valley OF the Many
Colorcd Grass \ second change had come upon
all things. The star.shaped flowers shrank into he
stems of the trees and appeared no more. The
INT. Of the green CARPET faded, and only one by
the ru5y-red asphodes withered away, and there
prang up in place of them, ten by ten. dark cye-
Ike "ioletS that quivered uneasly. And lie de-
parted from our paths: for the tall famngo taunt-
ed no longer his scarlet plumagc before Us. but flew
sadly from the vale into the hills with all the gay.
glowing birds that had arrived in his company.
And the golden and silver fish swan down through
the gorge at the lower end Of our domain, and be-
decked the sweet river again. And the luil-
Ing melody that had been softer than the wind-harp
uf .Eoss and more divine thar all save the voice OF
| Eleonorl-i died, little by ,,le away, IN murmurs
CROWN. lower and lower, until the stream returned
al length utterly into the solemuuy of ia original
silence And then, lastly, the voumInous cloud up
rose and abandoning the tops of the mountains to
the dinncss of old, fell hack into the regions Of
/ Hcsper and took away all lis manifold golden and
gorgeous glorics from the Valley Of the Many-Col-
cred Grass.
Yet the promises of Eleonora were not forgotten;
for heard the sounds of the swinging of the con-
sers of the angels; and streams of holy perfume
oated ever and ever about the valley; and at lone
hours, vixen my heart beat heavily, the winds that
/ hathed my brow cane unto me laden with soft
signs and indistnct murmurs filed often the night
air; and once-oh, but once only was awakened
from .lumbcr OF death, by the pressing of spirit
ual lips upon mine
But the void within my heart refused even thus
to be filled | longcd-I madly pinned for the love
which had before filed it to overlooking. Atlength
the valley panied me through its memories of Eleo-
Nora. and left i; for ever for the vanes and tur-
buIcnt ,rumphs of the world.
found myself within a strange Eastern city,
where all things nigh, have served TO blot from re-
collection the sweet dreams had dreamt in the
Valley of the Many Colorcd Grass. The pomPs
and pageantries Of stately court, and the mad
clangor of arms, and the radiant loneliness Of
man, bewildercd and Intoxicated my brain. But as
yet my soul had proved true to her vows, and the
| indications OF the presence OF Eleonora were still
given me in the silent hours of the night. Suddenly
these manifestations ceased. and the world grew
dark before my eyes. and | stood agha>t at the
burning thoughts which possessed. at the terrible
temptations which bcsct mc-ior there came, from
some far distant and unknown land, into the gay
court OF the king | served fair-haircd and slcn-
der maiden. To whose beauty my whole recrcant
heart Welded at oncc-at whose iootstool bowed
down. without struggle, IN the most ardent IN the
mos, abjcct worship of love
What. indeed. was the passion had once felt
for the Young girl OF the Valley, in comparison with
the madncsss and tho glow. and the erv7r, and the
spiiit-strring ecstasy of alteration with which
poured out NV soul in tears the feet of the lady
Ermeugarde | looked down into the blue depths
Of her meaning ewes and thought snly Of them and
OF her. Oh lovely the lady ErmencGrdc and
in that knowledge had room for other. Oh,
glorious was the wavy flow of her auburn tresses
aud claspcd them in q transpor; St iey to my bo
som. And found rapture in the fantastic grace
OF her step-and there WIS wild delirium in the
love bore her when started TO see upon her
couutenance the radical transition from 10
smiles that had wondered at in the iong-ost Elc
onora. | forgot despiscd the horrors of the
cnrse had so blipdlr invoked and weddeI the