Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-08-02
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waited fJF Tie tain 81 Coventry;
hung with -ro)ms and portcis the bridge,
To watch the three tail spires and there shaped
The ci.y's ancient legend int this:
Not only we. the latest seed Of time
New that in tie lying Of wheel
cry down the past, net only We, that pratc
90 rights and wrongs have loved the people well,
aul ioathed % see them over taX'd; but she
Ili more, an underwent, and overcaHe,
Inc women u "a % uSlnl summer, back
Gollva wife to that GIN Earl, who ruled
IN Coventry FOR when he laid tax
UrOn this town. and all the mothers brought
Their children chmoiag, 'if we pay we stlrve;"
She sought her lord, AMI found him. where n stio Il
About the h1ll, among his dog, alone;
lis beard a foot before him, and his hair
4 yard behind. She t1ld him Of their tears.
And prayed him, III they pay the tax they stirye."
Wncrelt he stared, replying half amazed,
'You would not Iet YOU. little finger ache
Fox such as these" but would Dies sal She
lie laughed, and swore by Peter and by Paul,
Then flppel at the diam nj in her ear:
..Uh ay, av, ay, yoG talks" "Ahs :" she said,
bat prove me wh3tit is would not d."
And, from heart rough as Eslu'S hand.
lie answered; Grid YOU naked through the town ;,
"Aud repeal it =" and ncllmg, as IN Scorn,
lie parted, with great st,i.es, among his dogs
50. left alone, the PASSIONS Of her mind,
~ winds from all The compass SHIFT and blow,
Made war ufon each o,her for an hour,
Till pity won. She sent herald forth,
And babe HIM CRY, with sound of trumpet. all
The hard conditions but that she would loose
The people; therefore rs they loved her WELL
From then ill noon no foot should pace the street,
40 eve look down, when passing but that all
Should keep within-do0r shut, and window barred.
Then fed She to her nmost bower, and there
Unclaspcd the welded ca gle of her belt
The glim earl's gift; but ever, at a breath.
She ltnged-lJokigg like summer moon
Halt di2plcd in cloud; anon, She shook her head,
And showesd the ripplel Iingcts to her knee;
Iuclld herself IN haste; adown the stair
Stole ON and, like a creeping sunbeam, slid
From pillar unto pillar, until she Teachd
The gateway there She found her plltIey tIaqt
IN purple, bazoned with arm3ral gold.
Then sine rode forth, clothed on with chastity;
The deep air listened round her rs she T. de-
And all the low wind hardly bTcathed Cor fear
The little wile-mouthcd heads upon the spout
Had cunning eyes II see the barking cur
Made her check lme: her paltrcy's football shot
Light horrors thru her pulses the blind walls
Were full Of chinks an holes ana overhead
Fantastic gables, crowdlug, >tued: but She
Not less through all bore up tIll, last, She saw
The white h1wciN olGci-thickct from the field
Clean thro' the Gothic arehways IN the wall.
Then she role back, clothed on with chastity;
Aud one low chur, compact Of thanklcs' earth,
The fatal by-word of all years to come,
Boring little anger hole IN fear,
Pecpcd-1ut his eyes before they hal thciT viii,
Were slriycIN into darkacs, IN his head,
And droo "a before him. - The powers, who wait
On noble deeds, clncelld as sense mi,used;
Aud She, that knew not. p1sSd AMI all at once,
With twelve great hocls of sound the shameless 400
Was dlsni and hanmeld flon a hundred towers,
One after one; but even then she rnnd
Her bower whence rising, ROBBED and crowned
To meet her lord She took the tax away,
And built herself an everlasting name.