Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-09-23
THE WEDDING RING

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they stand ready to welcome their lost slst
back to h6r bllsHfnl abode.
II was not tho young lovers sweete
sigh-@4nor the enchanting smile of beauty,
all its mellow, virgin bloom-no; nor The d
rious heroism of The dying warrior, as he 1
on the field which bis own true arm had d
fended, and his own warm blood had erif
eoned-nor yet tho gushing tear of the youn
soldier at seeing pass from his dying visiof
forever, the glorious banner Of his countr
which had SO often waved over him and chez
cd his brave heart To- victory. No! II W!
not Offering Of these Blooms, princeless as the
are, at the gate Of paradise, that could seeur
the celestial Wanderer entrance through VI
golden portals.
Can itebe possible that earth, In It's wild
circuit, or the humane heart, in its loties
range, has a treasure more dear than one @
all Of Fthaml II was not (if we remembe
the strain Of the Poet } till she bore sleft o
her dazzling p%ipions the bitter, burning tear
of a p%enitent child OF earth, weeping over hi
guilt aud and his deeds of blood, that the Ola
creature of heaven was greeted with q vel
come ID her Eden home. How beautiful this
orientalismi 1t is not merely a splendid con
ception Of the poet, gilded with the gorgeoul
dfapery Of EASTERN song; but what IL far bet.
ter, ills in harmony with tho sublime teach
ings Of inspiration, And yet, there are feel.
ings within that impel US 10 ask if tho tears
Of the ~penitent reinorse stricken sinner, gusil-
ing warm up from Tho heart, be the only o.
the most precious boon That can be borne 10
the gates Of Paradisel Does The wide earth
with It's heart.iewela, its SPLENDID deeds and
its heaven-destended attributes contain moth.
ing,from the magnificent palace aud The hap.
by mansion 10 the rayless hut, that may be
deemed as an acceptable Offering 10 the
spirits abovel We may err, but il appears 60
US that the tic which binds the husband to
the wife Of his bosom is the golden thread Of
life, and tle affection which springs from that
Ii the hottest and dearest Of all other
passions.
Indeed, ii embraces within itself, and GEN.
tres upon The very hearts shrine. The purest
and better portion Of them all The uBdying
strength, lle tenderneas and gushing ardor
Of other affections In admitted.
! Their Developments arc delightful, and
what q sweet, mellow radiance, do they
spread over the pathway Of life, as IL were q
golden ray from The throne Of heaven its6if.
The love that exists between young heats in
he hey.day Of life, has been sung and felt,
md pronounced exsiatic@the love of sister
Or sister, Of brother for brother. ofa brother
Or his %sister, his carly playmate and the aha
Of big sports and little griefa, and the re-.
urn Of that love from tho sisters hoart--the
owe ofa mother for her child aye and above
II, the love Of a father for his daughter-howI
iWcet how endearing are they ALI But that
Election which exists between o young wife
nd the object Of her earliest lovo, the crea-
IRE Of her thoughts and feelings as well as
be centre of her virgin heart, 40 chasters
,urer, holier than them all. Indeed, II Ii all
I, one, and when the tie that binds them is
,roken, when the young mother Is stricken
Iown TO the cold earth, and death foods upon
Ter lips, her dimples and her smiles-when
he young father II anatched away from the
jde Of her, them Of bis children and The being
( his tepderest l~ove--what n void 10 left!
hat agony, what grief presses upon the Cpl.
il Of the surviving onel we feel as though a.
harp, to whose seraphic tones we are
IHtening, had suddenly stopped, as we strain
be ear u catch its magic sounds. The
for the moment seems to die, and
he living heart to fe in the cold tomb.
The presiding spirit Ia gone from the fam
" circle, and the bcreft as the household
dds lay scattered around no longer 10 be
up by that presiding one, just re-
from earth to heaven. exclaims In lie
language OF Ruth the beautiful
Ieaner Of Bethlehenl--"whlther thou goest
will 90, and where thou lodgestI willlodgc.
lily people shall be my people, and thy
,od my God, where thou diest will | die, and
iere will ! be buried" Ay! 1t must be so.i
I either Of the affections which nurtured
nd ripeniug this side the grave, animate the
.atno that springing from earth, at FIRST,
with each again at last--be heaven /
orn, it can be no other than than that which I
inds the husband TO the wife Of his bosom.
was but yesterday that a friend--a young
.entlenan Of fine intellect, Of a noble heart,
nd one well known TO many of our readers
as suddenly snatehed by the hand Of death
all the endearments Of life.
Surroundedby every thing that could make
pleasant and happy-a wife thatido-
zed him--children that loved him, as they
ply can love, and friends devoted &c him.
he came, and he lay uhon the bed
f death. But a few short years ago, she to
HON he was welded placed a bridal ring
pom his finger, upon the inside OF which he
ad a few words privately engraven.
The husband would never permit The giyer
read them; telling her that the day would
me when her wish should be gratifed, and
e would know the secret.
Seven years glided away, and a day or two
nee, when conscious she must soon leave
8 wife forever, lie called, her 10 his bed sideI
ID withshis dying accents told her that the
had come when she should see the words
ION the ring she bad given him. The young
other took it from bis cold finger, and though
,art-stricken with grief eagerly read the
ords II have loved the on earth-I will
eet thee in heaven"
How touchingly beautiful this simple Incl
The garnered joys of years rushed into
at single moment, as the words fell upon
e ears Of the young wife. Sorrow and
edded love, and the brightest dreams of the
orld-the hearts dearest treasures-the en-.
s.."enta Of the life tha. Is past, and the
ice If the lite that is to come, how they
mia At this hour, as the widowed mother
VS. aside the ring and weeps over the llfe-
form of the husband of her BOSOM.
h, weep not my Lowell Hark voices celestial, /
Now call me away from the brigaE world
and thee.
geet visions Of earth and pleasures terrestrial!
Fade from my view;and see! Death beckons
to me.
7eep not-though the link that binds us be
ariven;
loved thee on earth-I will meet thee in
heaven.
he tear in those eyes SO %sorrowfully gliste-
ming.
Is the seat of the love that hath bound thee
to me;
nv faltering voice TO mine ear as It's list