, 1842-07-30

vestal ever cherished with more ur
ceas'ng devotion the fires which glow
ed in the temple Of her worship. thai
have J., that flame which burns S,
brightly and so intensely on the alta
OF my heart: the Hindoo maiden may
IT is true, watch long and well thl
taperright of love and hope, as he
incehse-freishtep bark is borne dowr
the waters of the Ganges; but he
love is clouded with the dark rites o
superstition--mine has L more sacred
a more hallowed origin. 1t spring:
from the purest and most hottest i'm
pulses of woman's character; and il
brings her neare to life, and light
and happiness. and heaven"
"Teii me not this!!' he passionate.
Iy uttered. 81 cannot bear it. There
is madness in the thought that such
love should ever meet with disap-
pointment! Say only that you love
me. and would see me prosperous.
fortunate, and happy"
"lndeed ! would. How could
wish TO see you otherwise?--is not
your happiness mine owu?'
"You will listen TO me, then, when
| tell you-start not. for speak sober
~ and seriously, though sadIy-Mis
must be our last m~eeiing!!"
'SureIy. Clement, you Jest with
me-you would not wrong me thus"
and she chung fondIy To his arm, "you
cannot be SO cruel, Why should we
nercr meet again! Is there aught
should make US blush, or fear, to own
our lover
Il jest not. Rosalie,-never spake
| 4 truer word. Love is to me like
the tree in the garden; | am forbidden
to taste of its fruit! | have placed
my hopes upon n prize more valued
than the wealth of untold mines, !
despise the world. and condemn It's
cold s~eifshness, It's hollow hearted
ness, and its base serviIity: yet would
| have it iawn upon and latter me.
| would gain 4 name among men; |
would hear my praise on their lips,
and see them awed and abashed IN
my presence. Long. long years.
must pass ere this can be: thought,
soul, mind. and body, every thing,
must be directed to this end. Nv
heart will not acknowledge fealtv 10
two masters: it serves but one; it
follows only one. | have not time to
love; another destiny is before me--a
brighter, and it may be-"
"Happer' would'st thou say? No;
believe me. Clement Lee. it is but an
empty bubble which YOU would grasp,
it has lured many Il one to misery
and bitterness Bewrre how you
trample on the heart that loves YOU"
"lIcar me. RoSalic, hear mel
cannot love YOU if | would--hence-
forth we can only be as friends-we
part forerer!-and wilt thou not say
to me farewcll?"
81 may mott could not speak that
word-not even 10 YOU who cast me
from you as Il thing of little worth.
The time shall come when YOU will
repent that YOU had trifled with the
love ! gave you-but you will not
leave mel-slv that you will not, and
| will forget that YOU had thought to
pa,t from mech, say it, and will
pray for you-I will bless you--aye,
worship your
Long and earnestly she pleaded
By all his hopes of happiness in this
world, and peace in another, she be-
sought him not to leave her THUS
By the memory Of the many happy
hours they had spent together; by the
vows they had piighted to each other,
she implored him not TO slight her
love. She did not upbraid him--no
word of reproach passed her lips
She would follow his sake; be his, and
his only, through veal and through
wo. In sickness she would watch
over him; in adversely she would
comfort him; in prosperity she would
rejoice with him. She would not be
a burthen to him; she would work for
him--toil for him-and be happy. so
that he gave her one tender word, or
one approving smile.
Her %entreatics moved him not;
his resolution could not be shaken
With a sudden effort, he tore himself
from her, and murmuring a parting
benediction in her ear, he left her
Observation-Disclosures!
Slowly, though surely, the convic-
ton that she was dested, fastened H.
self Upon her mind. She knew that
she was nlone--still she could not
curse the destroyer of her peace.
She felt, oh!how keenly! the bitter
ness Of unrequited Iove-yet size re-
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