Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-12-28

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ed by a acuriain of spo,lsss purity, threw
faint light upon bed, upon which lay
sgirl, watched by a physician and a
nurse. The physician had Just removed
a small mirrog from her lips, and hold
ing it to the light, he whispered that she
still brea,hsd. As Byron passed the
edge ofihe curtain, however, the diving
girl moved the fingers of the hand lying
on the coverlet, and slowly opened on
him her languid eyes-eyes Of inexpres.
sible depth and lustre. No one had
spoken.
Here he is, she murmured 'Ralse
me, mother, while have time to speak
10 him.
Byron looked around the small cham
Der, trying in vain To break the spell oI
awe which the scene threw over him,
An apparilion from the other world could
not have checked more fearfully and
completely the worldly and scorniul un-
der current Of his nature. lie stood
with his heart beating almost aadibly
and his knees trembling beneath him,
awaiting what he propheticaliy felt to be
WaIb'up ''""' 'hS wy e"'o VI "N"'
en-
Propped with pilows, and left by he'
attendants, the dying girl turned hel
head towards the proud, noble poet,
sinnding by her bedside and slight
hInsh overspread her features, while a
smile of angelic beauty stole through her
lips. In that smile the face re-awakened
"a, L. snl N
he who now gazed brea,hlessly upon her,
booked on such spiritual and mcompara-
BILE beauty. The spacious forehead
and noble contour, still visible, %! the
emaciaied lips, bespoke gems Impressed
upon tablet all feminine ~ its language
md in the motion of her hand, and even
ia The slight movement OF her graceful
neck, there was something that still
breaihed of surprising elegance. II
was the shadowy wreck Of no ordinary
mortal passing away-humb!e as were
the surroundings, and strange as had
been his summons to her bedside.
and this is Byron = she said at last,
in a voice bewilderingly sweet even
through its weakness. My lord ] could
not d,e without seeing you-wlthou'
relieving my soul Of mission with
which it has long been burthened. Cone
ncarer-for have no time left for cere-
mony, and must say what have to
say-.and die ! Beautiful she said,
'beauiinl as the dream of him which has
50 long haunted me the intellect and
the person of spirit ot light Pardon
me, my lord, tha, a moment so important
oyoursell, the remembrance OF an earthly
feeling has been betrayed into express
zion
She paused moment, and the bright
color that had shot through her cheek
and brow faded, and her countenance
resumed It's heavenly serenity.
4 am near enough to death, she re-
sumed -'nrar enough h to point you almost
10 heaven from where | am and It Is
on my heart like the one errand oi my
lfe-l;he the bidding Of God-to i'm
plore you to prepare for Judgment. Oh
my lord with your glorious powers
with your wonderful gifts, be not lost
DO not for the poor pleasure OF world
like this, lose an eternity in which youi
great mind viii outstrip The intelligence
of angels. Measure this ,ho't-scan the
worth of angelic bliss with the intellect
which has ranged So gloriously through
The universe do not on this one moment
ous subject OF human interest-on this
aloDe be not shor,-siehted y
'What shall ! do ? suddenly burst
from Byron's'lips in tone of agony,
But with an effort, as if struggling with
n death pang, he again drew up his
form and resumed the marble calmness
OF his cOunienance.
The dying GIL, meantime, seemed TO
have lost herself in prayer. With her
wasted hands clasped. on her bosom, and
her eyes turned up~ ards, the slight mo-
lion of her lips betrayed to those around
her that she was pleading at the throne
Of fm'rry. The physician crept close TO
her bedside, but with his hand Va his
breast, and bis head bowed, he seemed
but watching for the moment when the
soul should take its flight.
She suddenly raised herself on the
pillow. Her long brown tresses iei'
over her shoulders and brightness I'M
natural and almost fearful kndled in her
eyes. She seemed endeavoring to speak,
and gazed seadlastly at Byron. Slow
ly, then, and TRANQUILITY she sank back
again upon her pillow, aud as her hands
fell spsa, and her eyelids dropped, she
murmured, Come to Heaven = and the
Stiffness Of death was ia the room. The
spmi, had fed. N. P. W.