Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-09
A FRAGMENT.

ho"S's uPoh het oTO"j sue WHO re-
ceived it was fairer and lovelier still
than they; her dark blue eyes were
beaming forth the expression of her
happiness; her smile was radiant as the
light of heaven, and her whole figure
expressed the gay and buoyan, feel
ings of her soul-she wore a single
white rose in her hair, and l knew she
was bride!
He, the gallant and proud De Rance,
stood gazing upon her with the high
rapture of happy lover: the past, the
future, all seemed forgotten in that mo-
ment of exquisite happiness and of
proud triumph; she was his, all his; her
beauty, her confidence, her tenderness,
her genius, her virtues, all were his, and
he felt it would be bliss enough for him
TO devote his whole life 10 her.
do not know of anything more de-
lightful than 10 witness the full and
joyous expression of conscious happi-
ness; that pure unclouded ray of light
which seems to emanate from the soul,
and which beams glowingy and ten
derby upon the object Of ones affec-
ton; like the rainbow on the cloud, it
seems to seal the promise of future hap
piness, and yet it does not last; and as
l looked upon the brilliant creature, an
mated and inspired, as she appeared
with the enchanting sentime nts which
filled her young and happy heart, ! said
to myself, that garland will fade and
SO will that smile" AS she turned
away flower dropped from her bridal
wreath; placed it in my bosom and
passed on.
The beautiful vision | had seen sad.
dened me: it was The reality of happi'
ness, and yet it appeared to me like q
passing shadow: l unused on the transi.
tories of human enjoyment; l thought
the young, the gay, and the beautiful
arb crowned with garlands of flowers
they bind them around their brows, and
think that happiness shall last forever
but il is not so, for the loveliest and the
happiest weep, and tears are mingled
often, even with their brightest joys; The
loveliest and the happiest die; and tina
which gives the bitterest sting TO dealt
is, they are forgotten, even by those
whose light, whose joy, whose HEAVIER
they were.
Those who received the homage Of
society; who were objects of unbound
ed admiration; those whose beauty kin
died the glow of love in thousand
hearts; and those whose genius seemed
the very inspiration of heaven, pass
away, and are forgotten as though they
had never been.
know not if the most splendid &c
Mus. the most elegant and powerful ia
Tents, the most divine beauty, or tht
most impassioned and devoted affec
ton, can insure to US the recollection o
those who survive US; and if there is
thought full of bitterness; which ha
power TO humble the pride of the loft
est mind, and which subdues and sad
dens the tender and confding heart,
! is that. Ii is true, that the most uni
= versal homage paid to our memories
, the most splendid monuments, and III
, most public demonstrations of sorro,
] and regret, could no, affect our feeling
e in the world of spirits; but il is swee
I and consoling thought, that our names
e and our virtues, and our talents, an
}. the efforts Of our genius, and above al
e that our devotion and tenderness wi
d be held in grateful remembrance b
= those who have loved with unchangin
e fidelity; but it is not always the hea
n that cherishes US the most kindly, whic
n loves US with enthusiasm, with religion
il devotion, that preserves the remer
81 brance of US the most inviolabl
II time heals the deepest wounds dea
Is ever made; new impressions and ne
ID attachments fill up the void in the mo
N desolate heart; loves brightest, faire
;e and most brilliant image. fades like
Of evening tint away, when the veil
- death shadows it, and there is enou
III of sadness and melancholy regret in I
,g thought, that love alone cannot trar
W nit to posteri,y the names of those
III worshipped; but it is the echo of fan
ny and no, the soft silver tones Of 10
,e. that must perpetuate the name Il