Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-01-03
Entertainments.
THE STRANGE TRYST.


/ know tie silence that has fallen on the
meindIou> vuice-thc solcr seal that clos
ed the ruby lips. YET from the years--the
huar;led 1earS-come family noA the songs
aud sounds of Younger DAYS; and among
them all that voice Is pare aud clear. and
very mclodiuus, as 1t & ats away from NE
now INTO The far deep sky. Thou art gone
90 G Vi Pare as an autumn morning star
beam thou did-t not fade from the sky
Thou at only hid from Us 10y the grus-er
LIGHT which our senses cannot penetrate,
and when the night comes, we shall see thee
agaiu
If Yea viii 90 with me now to a glen in
the highlands, and a willnw-shadcd nook, |
Will point cut to yon the very spot where,
few years AGO, there stood rude bench, on
which many tunes have seen the far girl.
] Now write Of, sitting, and by which | once
saw her bneemg. The cottage under the
hill i. occupied by strangers, and It's broad
hail and large rooms ring TO the laughter of
those VIM knew not her whose gcntle spirit
Lau.iis their very chambers.
Sire wiS n beautiful a. dream. Never
was hu.ey forehead shaded ~ raven treS>-
es-ncvcr we're ireSses 50 glorious as these
il ii,ll YOU that | loved Sarah D,
you aiii call me an enthusiast, and a>crIhe
my admiration to nay passion. did love
her, bat only a- q bay wor>inPs being very
far above ham. / used t. he at her feet ON
the gra>s, anal gaze INTO her lace, and watch
the pi ~ Of hrr eNq "s.te features. 1t Wa
there learned hFN' how high and pure aud
wnr,aiaiul humanity may bc.
: e has passed now into the presence ol
her G q and If to-nlIh' She is seated on
the margin of some CLASSY Lake, or by the
bank o. prattiiug stream by ,he living Wa
Ter, of thal land. and vet can hear Ca, | be-
lieve She cun) The wards which chr souls
whisper. If orr lips do not, thea am sure
she smiles q, Size listens. and looks 40 to
God. and b!e,~es ..in with new SOM, th,t
she rs raruiitrrd +, pass hence. a, She WIS
lnr. lril5a-o. And vet >he loves u.s.
I'm. blessed uuc f, r.rel- rs ndt, and She has
been here lu-nIght. and kissed III, f,rchead
~ If DID,
A,,dt,-d.v y.ben heck into the eyes 81
= conn .r.t.ve STRANGER. (,y.ich nryerihrl..,,
had nit familiar clcam) could not resist
the IMPULSE To- g4ze loraeiiul quite Of the
l,p.r lau,c # wears. and tAc coi>t qieui de-
ca, If beauty. None, who were 50 luveI,
t!trn remain as lovely now The lines ol
If. are deeply marked on many cnuu,e-
uanccs. and arleis and crcs Lave furrou ed
thc.r rosy checks, and duumed her mcrr,
owe TIe voices Of those dl,s are PIE isait
o,3, "a men3rg. Sometimes. indeed. a
cb,.J lhe child If one once Young and
I.y-h J uill MARBLE note from an old sour.
,h,i u5ih marical effect recall, the hushcd
n,l..Ie, if our chi.dh .od Bat q look. q
,b.,a in 4 seart-paut te1chcS lis tlat We
are c,,nted; and tlicn, G how We long FIR
the tinc when there shall be no more
ch,,qel
She was yonn1 and beautiful: what need
IN add thai She vas lnyedl Surely need
n,.t add that She loved for such as She live
..:-rrion and die Tor lack Of 1t. Her
f..her doro,.d hi, f,rtuue and his life 10
her. and sae MAS heire,s to a large estate.