, 1841-10-16

req dSplOQeI, t.ldl us cNCsetlfH Ucluly SpONc
to our hearts in loud tones Of he glory Of
God.
And here and there, in groves about this
grass, like w~iiderneSses ii dreams, sprang
up fantastic trees, whose tell, slender stems
stood not upright. but sianted gracefully TO.
ward the light that peerrd At monday into the
centre of tie valley. The:- bark was speck-
led with the vivid alternate splendorS OF ebo-
nv and silver, and was smoother taan all
save the cheeks of Eleonora-so that but for
the brilliant green of the huge leaves that
spread ftom their s:1mmits in long fremulous
Zines, daily .. a..h tie Set {. oac all:
have iancied them giant gerpents of SYRIA,
doin- homag. to their sovereign TIE sun.
Hand in hand about this vale :, for fifteen
years, roamed | with Eleonora before love
entered within our hearts. Ii was one eve
ming at the close of tire third Ius;rum of her
life. and Of the fourth Of my own, that we
sat, locked in each others embraced, beneath
TIE serpcnt,like trees. and looked down
within the waters Of the River Of Silence
st oar images therein. We sroIe 70 wclds
during the rest Of that sweet day. and our
words upon To- morrow were / eGlulous and
lew.
We lad drawn the God Eros from that
wave and now we felt that he4lad enkind,ed
within us the fiery souls Of our f.tierS.-
Their passions which had FIR centuries dis
tinrrished our race cane thronrin- with the
fIncieS for which they had been cqurliy No.
ted. and together bycathcd i delirious bliss
orcr the Valley OF the Miany-Co'ored Grass.
4 change fell upon all things. Strange
brilliant flowers, star-shaped, burst out oupon
tie trees. where no flowers had been known
before. The tints OF tie green CARPET deep
cnnd. and When. one by one. the Whit dat
s.es s.l..nk away, there sprangU u in place Of
them zen by ton OF Tic ruby-r'd asphodrl.-
And lie arose IN our paths, i"r tie tail famI-
ngo, hitherto unseen, with Ill r1v. GLOWING
birds, Haunted ms scarlet P'uniage before Us.
and golden and silver fish haunted the river,
out OF the bosom of which Issued. little By
little. Il murnur that swcllcd II length into
4 Iu!ling melody more divine .han Of the harp
of Eolus-sweetcr than NIL save tie voice
of Eiconora. AID npw. to. - vast an 20
luminous cloud. which we had lOac watched
in the REGIONS Il IIespsr. Gnatcd ou; t,rn-e
all gor-cors in crimson and gold. and settling
in Peace ubovc us. sank day b. day lnwcr
aud lower. until is, edge, rested upon the
tops of the IN. ultains. turning al thei: d.
mncss MO magniiccnce. md shuttinc US up.
as if forever. within i magic pr;son-houSc Of
grandeur and Of glory.
The l~ov.iness of EIeono-a was that OF the
S~erIphim. and here, Is in al tiin-s reftryin-
70 this epoch. my memory Is VII idly distinct.
IT, s,ature she was tall, and slender ever to
l~ra-ili'v. The exceeding de!ic7cy of he
frame, us wei rs Of the hucs Of her cheek.
Speaking painfully of the feeble tenurr by
which she held existence. The lilies of the
Wiley were not more fair. With the nose,
lips, and chin Of the Gree; Venus. she h1i
tie majestic forehead, tie ~nauiaiIy waving
auburn hair. ard the large, lra.inous eyes Of
her kindred. Her beauty, nevertheless, was
Of that nature which leads the heart II
wonder not less than to love. Thr grace Of
her motion was surely .threal. Her tlntas.
tic step lost no impress upon the aspiOde',
and | could not bat drelm, as ! COED, e.
rapt. upon her alternate moods o: me!ancho-
" and mirtl. that two separate souls were
cnsh!rined within her. So radical were her
changes o. cOuntenaHce. that at one inStan:
| iancied her possessed BY some spirit of
smiles, n, another by some demon of tears.
She was Il maiden artless and innocent rs
the brief lie he had led among the flowers.
No guile disguised the fervor Of love which
animated her heart-aud sic cyan!n with me
its Utmost II cesscs, rs we walled together
in the Valley Of the Ma.y-Co'o~rd Grass.
and discour>cd f The Mighty can .cs which
had Ia'eiy taken place. At !ongtn. having
spoken, ono day. in tears, of les; sad change
which mus, b fill tur,anity. thcnceforward
dwell: only upon this one Sor:owful theme.
intervening it into all our converse-as in
tie songs of the Bard of Shiraz the sam i'm
ages are found occurring again and again in
every impressive variation oi phrase.
She had seen tina, tie finger of death was
upon her bosom that, like the spicmcra.
she had been made perfect in loneliness only
Ia die: but the icrrors of the grave. To her,
Law solely in Il consideration which she re-
vea!ed to me-. one still evening AT twilight,
bv the banks Of the River OF Silence. She
arieved to thin. that. HAVING rnromhed her
in tie Valley of the Many C"iored Grass. ]
would quit Tor ever lis happy recess, trans.
ferrine the love which was now so passion
a,eIv her own 10 son1c maiden Of tie outer
and every day world.
And then and ihere | threw myself hurried.