, 1841-10-16
WHOLE NUMBER 457.

which | iuvO6eQ OF nIl; AUG OF 0erj q SAINT
in Elysium, should | prove !raitorous to fha;
promise, involved a penalty the exceeding
great horror of which will not permit me
10 make record OF II here. And the bright
eyes of Eleonora grew brighter at my words;
but she made acceptance of the vow-for
what was she but a child? and it made easy
to her the bed oil her death. And she sad
to me, not many Gavs afterward, tranquil,
dying, tia, because Of what | had done foE
the comfort of ne: spirit, she would watch
over me in ilat spirit when she departed, and
81 !: were perpi!ied he-, return TO me yisi-
= & III ,--;rEcr IF the .:nh hrt i this
thlng were indeed beyond tie fower o. Tho
souls in Paradise, that she would at least give
me frequent indications OF her presencs;
signing upon ne in The ewing winds, or filling
the air which l'breaihed with perfume from
the censers of the angels. And with those
words upon her lips ste yielded up her in-
nocen; life, putting end to the first epoch Of
my own.
Thus far have 1 faithfully said: but, us / pass
the barrier in Times path, formed by tho
death of my beloved. and proceed into the
second era OF my existence, | feel that q
vague shadow gathers over my brain, and I
miStrust the perfect sanity OF the record
But let he on. Years dragged themselves
along heavily, and still, with The aged mother
Of Eleonora, | dwell within the Valley Of the
Manufactured Grass. A second change
had come npnn Ill things. The star shaped
flowers shrank into the stems of the trees
and appeared no more. The tints of the
green carpet faded, and one by one Of the
ruby red asphcdels witheEed away, and there
sprang up in place OF them. ten by ten dark
cye-like ~violets that q~uivered uncasily. And
lite departed from our paths; for the tall fla.
mingo Haunted TO longer his scarlet plumage
icfnre Us, but few sadly from the vale into
the hills, with all tic gay. glowing birds that
had arrived in his company. And the golden
and silver fish swam down through the gorge
=. THO lower end Of CUR domain, and bedeck-
ed the sweet river never again. And the
lulling melody that had Leen softer than the
EoIus. and more divine than all save the,
voice sc Elecnort-it died little, by little, T.
wav, in murmurS growing lower, and lower
ru'ii ne .'r"am returned At length utterly
i"tn the solcnn;:v OF rs original silence
And then lastly, the vOiuininous cloud up
rose. and a5?ndnning the toys of the noun
,,ins 20 the GIH.ness of old, fell back into tho
regions OF l~Iesper, and took away all its
manifold golden and gorgeous glories from!
the Valley Of the Many.C olIored Grass.
Yet the promises OF EIeonora were no,
forgotten; for heard the sounds of the
sainLJa- Of TIC ceGsefs Of the angels, and
streams Of a hoy perfume tioated ever and
cverabout the valley: aud at lone hours, when
nv hear, bea, heavily, tie winds tina, bath
ed nv brow came unto me ladened with soft
siIhs, anl iHdiS,:nct murmurS filled often the
n;sht nis; anL "nce-oh, but sonce only-E
was awakened frOa q s!unher of death, by
the pressing Of spiritual lips upon mine own.
Bat the VOID within my heart refused even
thus to re filed. longed-l madly pinned
iof tie love which ha | before flied it TO over
flowing. ~ length the valley panied mo
through lis memories of E!eonoga. and ] lef,
il for ever for tho ~vaaities aud turbulent
,rirmrhs Of Tie world.
found myssl' within a strange Eastern
city, where all things might have served 10
blot from recollection the sweet dreamsI
had dreamt in the Valley Of the Many-Colo-
red G;ass. The pomps aud pagean,ries Of a
stately court. End the mad ciangor of arms,
and the radiant love,;Eess Of woman, bewil-
bred and intoxicated my brain. But IS vet
my soul had proved true 10 her VOWS, and
the Indications Of the presence Of Eleonora
were still given me in The silent hours of the
night. Suddenly these manifestations ceas-
Cd, and the world grew dark bafore my eyes,
and ! stood aghast at the burning thoughts
which possessed. NJ the terrible temptations
which baSet me--for there came, from some
tar distant and unknown land. into the gay
court Of the king ! served. a fair-haired and
slender maiden, To whose beauty nv whole
rccioant heart yielded at once-at whose
ioois:ool ! bowed down, without 4 struggle,
in themes; ardent, in the most abiect worship
Of love.
What, indeed, was the passion | had once
.eit for tie young girl Of the Valley, in COM
parison with madness, and the glow, and the
lever, aad spirit stirring ccstacy Of alteration
with which | poured out my soul in tears at
the .eet OF the lsdy Ermengarde! / looked
down into the blue depths of her meaning
eye, and thought only of them and of her.
Oh. lovely was the lady Ermengard! and in
that knowledge | had room for nonc other.
On. glorious was the wavy fow of her al.
hurn freS<eSi and 7 ciacpaJ than, ;r a ,x,n.