The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-08-03

Twas murmured not in festive halls,
Where mirih is ligh, aronnd;
It echoed no, from stately walls,
Blent with the musc's sound.
Twas sighed not forth in bower or dell,
Amid the Op'ning flowers.
The woodland had no tale to tell
OF these long vanished hours.
Twas uttered DER dying bed,
Asked by dying prayer
The voice Of the departing shed
A ghastly blessing there.
An earnest soul was fiuing fast
When those deep words were said
The ling'r ng tones her lips that passed,
Thrilled hollow DER the dead.
Twilight was darkening into night,
he first faut star of evening & leaned
rom the far blue heavens, and The bush
and repose Of nature seemed too holy to
be broken by the strife of human pass
lions;-yet how painfully did the quiet
Of lhpt evening scene contrast with the
passionate grief of young heart, mourn
ing over its first sorrow.
Ellen Sinclair was a newly welded
bride. She was but seventeen; the
Youngest daughter of her fathers house
and the spoiled pc, OF the whole family,
her life had passed as one long brIgh
day Of sunshine aud flowers. She had
been wooed by one she had know
fro childhood, and with the consen
of their mutual friends they were uni
ed. .....,oso uue -urr
/ Al pair left her fathers house for The
,esiie nee of Mr. Sinclair, in one OF the
interior counties Of Virginia. A ie"
,appy weeks passed, when SlncIa 'r pro
,oscd to his bride to visit a gorge IN the
.cichboring mounlalns, from which The
ising sun frequently pes en's the sl"
,ulal spectacle OF the looming OF IN,
noun,ain-lhe same phenomenon whIcl
/. Witnessed in the Straits OF Mes'Ios
md known by the more poetic name o.
] Fata Mo,gana, or the castles OF me ialrl
| Mariana. Ellen was delighted wit!
jhe proposed excursion, aud searched
|every book in the house when Afforded
anv information on tn" subject.
TINS excursion, which promised s.
much peosuse, ended IN despair an'
Iea,h. They reached the desired sPo
10 safety. The morning was laVoraol
l., ,beir wishes; The ascending vapor
" caught the rays of the rising sun, ant
= Horned themselves into the most gor
E geous and fantastic scenes. Ellen wa
d an much absorbed in this wonderful! !an'
a magnificent spectacle, that she iorso
O hhe caution Sinclair had given her at IN
momant of mounting her spirited steed
ue turned from her side an instant L
:, sneak to the servant who followed them
he movement startled her horse; IN
rein was lying loose on his neck AM
feeling himself free from guiding nan
IS ne dashed off at full speed. Sinclair ant
p the servant beth followed, but were un
10 able to overtake her. Fortunately sh
.oI mai Gentleman who succeeded 10 stoi
9s ping her perilous calee'' ''"e
! I.d his horse too suddenly, that he mlSh
!. exnress his thanks to her preServer.-
d, The animal reared, and threw HIM wit
l. ,reat violence. He was conveyed nom
n a senseIesa state, and surgical asslS
,nce hastily summoned, but the fore
IF the fall had inflicted some ln'erni
o,IIniury which b0fIled The skill OF the ph
- sician. u -
I" II was beside his bed in that call
'y twilight, that the young VIE KneI' VIII
DO scarce hue of life upon her features
n. " Oh, Ellen, my beloved, calm you
he self-,bis sorrow unmans me, ,"murmu
ed the dying man, spassing his han'
csressingIy over the head which W
,is bowed upon his pillow.
to A deep suf1ocated sob was the on
~, reply TO his words. .
wv "It is hard to die" he continue
re- swhen was looking forward to yea
Ihe of such tranquil happiness win 70
be nv sweet Ellen. but tits the VIII
be Heaven, my best beloved, and we mt
loI submit" =, .