The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-03-05
sal5 From the Knickerbocker
aTHE LONE WIDOW.
A LAMENT

What mere adapted 10 elicit the sympathy
of a cold, heartless Implying werldf Tho
,oak tree may spare the ivy, and the elm the
vine, yet is net their strength diminished,
though they have lost the dscte foliage. and
the rich and purple grape. But you may
not reverse the case, or the fragile plants are
sborn eftheir comeliness; they languish, they
drosp, they are trodden on the cold earth.
She was a lene widow. Her staff, her
support, cnAwhon she had lsaned SO long
and secsustantly, SO in storm and ia sunshine,
was taken away, and she was left to Battle
with the worlds sorrows, and decsits, ana
vanities--alsne! Her sgude man was her
elder, by score Of summers. He was not
made iron, though some felix's might have
thought it. He had his own troubles, aud
he sank beneath them at good old ago. It
vas q sad scens presented at his dsath-bed
Net child looked on 10 witness his lust mo-
Tnents, or to receive the last blessing, of
parent. But she alone, the wife Of his bes-
en-, hung ever his pillow, convulsed and Sob
bing. He graspsd hor hand-he raised his
eyes imploringly-hs lips moved--they ut
tered few words almo ost inarticulate
they weIe burdened with request----that
she would never be married 10 another. He
essayed yet again 10 speak. To her he
gave all his worldly goods, and they were
many; 10 her his possessions, without division
or reserve; and the condition was, that she
shoul never be married 10 another.
She consented, with hesitancy OCCASION
ed only by checking sebs. For the last
time, he looked up inquiringy, and be asked !,
"Nevcri" And she answered, "NEvERw--
So she closed her gsod mans eyes in peace
And she arrayed herself ia the deepest
mel,rniag, followed him dscently to the grave,
and having watered il with a:,ooed of the bit
terest tears, returned to her desola,e house
-A LONE WIDOW
IL was the winter time; but no mere cold
is the sarthly clod, than the heart bsreft Of
its beloved. She remembered ehen the
words which her good man had spoken, an,l
oh. she thou ght il was, crying sin, that wild.
ows shosld be prevailed on TO depart from
.sidowhood, forgetting who lies cold in the
sepulchre, and 10 whom they had pledged
their early love ;tkat they should exchange
their weeds for the gorgeous cclors and but.
yst not brides--a spectacle TO the world. Ii
was unseemly, it was immadsst. But she
would never, never lay aside HER robes Of
mourning; she would 60 down weeping to
the grave----A LONE WIDOW!
Her neighbers, felt for her, forlorn estate.
They came 10 console her, and to mingle
their tears with hers. Their efforts were well
meant, but unavailing. They could not stay
the torrent Of her grief. They said that time
would do wonders, so they let it have full
sway. But they spoke Of all,he good deeds
Of her good man. Pleasing, yet mslanchol-
ly "reminiscences! She loved to alluds to the
wsrds which he spaks, and 10 all the dear
works Of his hands. There he first courted
hor, beneath the shade Of the cid elm-tree
thsre they 6rst walked in the sweet seasons
efyeuth; there he used to sit whom he play.
cd on the viel! Oh! how sweet were the
tunes which he played on the viol! But he
was gone, the best of men, and she, she wat
---A LONE wIDow
When the man Of God spake Of the bere
aved, in the sacred desk, or when in socia
intercourse he clasped her hand, and be
sought her 10 forget her sorrows; (for he wa.
kind, and affectionable in his nature, middle
aged, and unmarried; J when he told her tha
He who fed the ravens, and did not let |
sparfow fall to the ground without his knew
ledge, would take care Of the fatlerless, ant
the lone widow, she wept with redoublet
violence; and in the midst Of qulck-cominl
sobs you might have heard the echo Q
shose words OF fbitieness--A LoNx WIDOW
She lived in her desolate house, without ;
friend to fiIl up the blank which her geot
mans death had occasiened. II was pleas
ant house, and looked upon pleasant gar
den. There herbs, and salubrious plants
and flowers, grew in profusion: but what il
all the, luxury Of. sweets, to those who mourr
four the departedi Who planted the fag
rant catnip, and the thymet Who kept those
beds so clean, that not even weed intrud
Cd? Her good man. Now she had only
left her ancient cat, which followed her stec
when she walked ia that pleasant garden
There were those who thought that sh,
needed a protector and friend; and whel
they cast in their minds the many who coult
supply hsr need, they could not fashsaf a
,.:;,--rsm,rki.e smons themselves, that . VA
va. ~srv ouscr sde sheuld remain--A LONE WI
Dow. ea ~ .lt FSq
SHE had a heart which was kind and ben
.evoleut, and was not unmindful of the poo
ana friendless, nor did she svefesend IN.
needy from her door until they carried WIN
ahem the mite of a lone widow. She wa
MO, parsimonious in any Of her ways. he
srebes were dark, of the finest texture
hercaps were made Of cessllsst lawn; 10 =,
caps became her natronly face sr1ght wen