Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-03-08

| Not long since lady died ia the north.
"rn part Of this State, whOse years 0umber~
ed almost u cen'Gry. There IL volume of
history fbssver lost. What stories she
| c"uld tell Of the brave old days feW knew.
| lbr she lived in g.eal retirement, and at late
he dimneSS OF sge had Aegaa TO aettle as
well on her mind sx on her eyes WA i
springs laden with flowers had tusO hers,
whit sunny and kes uiiGul summers what
| autumns with their golden fruits? She
knew the men of the rev0iuliasn, She was
.ear relative Uf Jane McCIeA, and saW her
just before her murder she WAS relic of
fDrgOttea yraIS. For some years past her
| kissR every rfeparat on for her tuns rail-
The nar*t Rinale arrangements WeEe rom
! ple'ed. and nothing left for her f,ipnas tn,
| to close her ~earied eyes aud hear her to
/ sleep with her kindred. A more sublime
occupation than that Prepar ran hard>
ay he imagined. A mortal who had passed
ahe age allotted to her fellows by more tina
twenty years l.raaed down with the ". light
at recolleciinns. heavy. wha,her they Re
pleasant or bitter; who had laid ore BY one
sHery companion If glorious 81 lhoOd 10
rest anier the cod in Whose ears we're
sounding distan'ly the r,ar of the cannon
"f Use venty Six,'. and yet more dissantly
the gurgling If brooks and AnngS Of birds
that eladdened her childhOUd before whose
eyes, alemg with Olier phantasies. came Of.
ten the vision N a maiden fair and we'll DE-.
loved, murdered by>a iace Of men long ex>
tinct and almost t"rso,ieo; such "a person
who haS survived the uv.rihruw Of nations
aAd changes Of dynasties aud CT umbl n2 of
shsones-~hO bad seen Emr.pe rsAed Ay
Earthquakes and dazol~d Try the metOOr like
transit Ot Maple ~ acru$s her sky-wh no
had seen FIance thrice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
countless tim,e-wlO waS It'd " hen the star
uf destiny went dtpys, al " aierloo. and yee
lived TO see the child Of reA,iny carried to
F. ance in all the pump which can invest
| death i;erif with grandeur-whO had lived
| and loved, and uutlived almoS. all she 10
| vet-calnly made read the robes 10 which
| h way worn hoAy should repOSe until iis
yUslh and vigOr IeiurR to IL again.
Eh-y tiid not know that she wac dying.
She was insensible except 10 the approach
| 'f child. wh,m she called by name. and
then closed hes eyes. During the hr eli in ..
setHsl which succeeded that siag!e expsea.
sion Of INTEL stnce, and preceded the Sepa.
ration Of soul AID Indy. vision made up
Nf tie scenes she was leaving. and she me.
mOrieS connected with them. must have
>wep, before her. A century Of companion ..
NhaI' had e"draret inany Of The things Of
earth to her. and its j,ys aud gviefs had
been impressed with AOms degree Of peFma
nehcy on het nina he floating nhans
s0Ms 0f che more recent past must have
mingled strongly with the distant recoiaec-
tisus Of r:y years; and forms 0f men and
assemblies If she old dead. and all the cir>
rums: ances and gl'Ty Of the age Of war and
arms. passed triamrhan'iy he.oae heras :Ae
deep sleep Came d0sn on her heavy eye
lids.
Death is victorioas oyer all Whea yoath
is crH~hed by HE iron tread, we sink ana
arr. sad: when manhood is hrt'ken down,
we remhle; but when old sge after lOns
ron,es, yields at last, thee men my smile.
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