Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-19

Goethe's Margcrv, 1T is not every maiden
,ceps her room SO chary,' might have been
aid of her.
Never shall forget the wild delight
with which she hailed our approach to land.
,nr the care with which she nurtured the
,lants that were to relieve the monotony "i
The vuyage--lhe touahing gratitude with
which she received the gift of bird or
nimal that was to he her especial pet
md then To mark her many little exped-
rnis to preserve the order and taste of her
poor garments; true. nothing could he more
picturesque than her half.oriental costume,
the loose trowsers and robe confined bv u
yirdle that every sailor We'd in keeping
tasteful. Her dark changefuieyes and lux
uriant hair might well aft ,rd To meet skin
mbrnwned by exposure. but rich with the
brightest hue'of health. The sailors called
her the little queen. from her proud air and
the officers applied thousand aris,ocra'ic
rpithcts, all indicating playful reverence.
She was IL child in heart, but a woman i'll
manner.
Il need not recount her studies, nor tina,
pretty reserve hat made her apply to me-
aud me only, for aid. Alas! knew NOT
the poison thus imbihed. | dreamed not
that that sweet child could ever DC augh,
10 me but sister.
AT length after an absence Of four
wears, | placed the dear girl under the pro-
tcclinn of my mother. | was an only
eli d. and she received Anne as the gift OF
God. a new object of attachment.
Blu, why dwell upon these lhingsl Why
'Al hrw' the child rlpenrd into womanhood
-hnanllful. most beautiful, not in feature.
merely. ,hough even there few were her
'qIil>: but beautiful in thought, in voice.
anl IN ,tipn-ihat combination of parts.
that wrnlrorls result of grace. even where
shades may be defective. yet producing ai'
,arm ,nous whole! Why tell how her
conf ling, sis,rrlv attachment remained I'M.
shaken. while learned I" love her with all
The fs vnr of manhood felt il was hope.
: less. and became an exile from home, thar
might not inh.ct pang upon her trusting
heart. After long absence. in which
time, VIII; Oh had ony soiicncd, f ndII
rus'cd had cured me of my passion. re-
inrncd tn find Anne more lovely and al
! taching. and now dnublv lost of me-
> When she pressed her maidenIy lips t. my
: cheek and again called me brother. re-
helei at the Term and madly revealed the
truth.
Poor Annel she recoiled from me irem-
bling and in tears. At length she put her
arms about my neck. and with the same
. gentle accent. the same confi,ling tender
l ness thai ! remember upon that fearful
nisht al sea, she uttered
Dear. dear brother Charles, am ] not
your sister? You do love me, you will n,I
! cast me from you--though have dared I"
. love another"
Il raised her head, and her calm eyes
met mine, though her cheek and bosom
were dyed with bushes.
"Never. dear Anne, you shall be my sis
ter. Gpd he p me 10 regard you as su Oh
only"
Il kept my promise. Oh, God! did ]
not, thorough years Of agony that tongue
might never utter.
, Anne became the wife Of another. and
: never, never can enough admire her wo.
, manly department. Her whole soul. wiz
all its nnulerable wealth of loving. was
now his; and YET in my presence all was
+ chasIened Ia IA tranquil content, as if she,
truthful aS >hc was. dreaded should know
her deep founl of feeling lest il might en-.
: nance my own sense of solitude. M ,st
excellent wretch Oiheln would have said
every where traced the evidences of hel
. henevoence. and every where was sh,
u mindful of my happiness.
u "lInly and generous woman! the earnest
the ,rue hearted-earih was no place f,
: thee. Enough. she died-'lied ere shad
nw had fallen upon her bright naIure-er
the thought had assumed shape that IT,
y creature of her id"laIry had brought des
ecraied gift 10 the altar!
How many of that class deemed by tn
- throng so cold and asSionesS-have f,
:, their solitary life some Such cause as lha
which made my friend bachelor! Surel
their lives nni a man or woman who ha
=. not al some period loved; and thousand
like the hero's of fiction make but one ca,
n Of the heart.
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