Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-06-18


alone knowesl, We, but in pht, how have
ever felt estrsnged from worldlv sympathes.
Hearken, Adah, and will now confess that
divine the fate, and know the tale, thou in
thy innocen, simplicity dreamest not Of
The woman of hundred summers bewail
ed the doomed one, ye say -: High and glori-
Gus doom! oh, that it may be mine. Snatch
Ies Of whispered communings, murmnrlngs.
wild melodies, and prophetic teachings,
have revealed the my stery 10 me, wondrous
and en,hralling! Thon seest our mother,
how beautiful she still is, how holy, pure.
and noble thou hast often marked the Pc
cuIiar tenderness which floa,eih as trans
parent veil around her Her mother IVES
far more beautiful; and they say, Adah,
/ Chou knowest have not vanity.) that
bear per(ect-resemblance 10 our ancesiress."
"Desrest Naamah,"' exclaimed Adah, en-
bracing her sister, "what human words may
paint thy loveliness? Only let US cease not
to remember whose hand fashionelh the
clay. But continue thy speech, for | am
impalen. 10 hear ,hy.fevealment"
Naamah sighed as If overwhelmed with
the immensely Of the theme; and. ina low
voice OOeVeu neT COmpanlon
"a shining me,eor-otherwise a paradise
angel-wanderng over the silent earth one
starry night, folded his gliterng wings, and
rested beside our beloved waters in the
mountain snltudes. On the banks Of the
moonlit lake also roved our ancest rs, pure
and beautiful as the lo,us-lIlies. Tmangel
encountered this fair daughter of merSloyed,
wooed, and would have won, but lAAJ she
was previously belroihed. Her marriage
was FASTENED by her terrified sire, ,opyers
the curse ever. said TO rest on angel love for
mortal woman. But, alas Adab, anSsan
gels kiss had been imprinted on thatswo-
mans lips--an angels sparkling fires had
flung around her, and within her soul their
unspeakable pervading essence. Invisib!y,
that disappointed love-lorn celestial one
hovered about her path through life, recelv-
ed her parting spirit, and bore it 10 hFaven's
gate-hath ever watched our mother, az Il
watches over us, Adah, our guardian spirit. !!
Changeless are the sons Of paradise, ever
blooming, ever young; years with as, bu.
days with ,hem-nay, moments OF eternity.
On me. Adah, on me, this angels regards
vf!I once again be fixed. ! am doomed to
be his bride Nigh. after night, when thou
ar, sleeping, wander away to the noun
tain sollludes, beside the lonely lake.
81 feel the tanning wings of invisible spi-
ri,s. hear their dulcet songs of bliss, and
know that angel eyes are gazing; and !
weary, oh, ! weary for my spirit love to
come and claim me as his own For new
er, (mark me, Adah, my sister, never shall
.,,.,.I ,,,,, oil mn hill,
Time glded On. Adah was married to
one Of rfie young mobiles Of the Lebanon :;
bu. in her distant happy home, her anec-
liona,e heart yearned towards her twin sis
ter. Sull Naamah wandered in search Of
her angel love; earthly sui.ors were dis
missed; she turned coldly and disdainfully
from them all.
/, was on night Of singular beauty, even
in tina, favored cline, ,ha. n aamah, pale and
languid, rested on the banks of the haunted
lake. like sIaniing moonbeam white and
pure her rich voice poured forth strains OF
melody. such as cannot be imagined now,
on this changed earth.
Suddenly there stood by her side youth,
apparently travel worn and faugued with
long journeying; his voice was deep and
thrilling; his demeanor was high, courteous
and noble; while the halo OF grand and pre-
eminent intellectual beauty shone in his
dark eyes, and illuminated his thoughtful
countenance.
"Lons loveG-iong sought for-found al,
last! !" he exclaimed, casting himself on his
knees before the sgitsted N aamah, and pour-
ing forth those ardent words she hat SO long
pined 10 hear.
| Could she doubt that her angel lover had
thus sought her side at length, not in bright
ness and glory, indeed, but in plain earthly
guise, in pity to her weak mortal senses?
Could she not discover the inef1able per-
fec,ions-the immortal essence? Could
they be hidden from her? Ah! no; Nsa-
NAH had not doubt; and to her mothers
dwelling she led the graceful youth, where
the stranger and wayiarer were sure to find
ready welcome.
The woman Of hundred summers ex-
changed mysterious lances with the tender
mother, who silently watched the enamor-
ed pair.
When on the same spot where he had
first found her, at the same hour, the wan
derer demanded of Naamah, in the tremb-
ling voice Of true love, if she would leave
her mothers side and her own people TO
follow hin, what replied she ?-"Long low
ed-long sough, Gor-found a. last am
thine"
To distant brilliant home the beautiful
Naamah was conducted by her husband
And where the precious gems of earth were
sparkling-where all the untold glories of
the ancient world shone around her, seated
on a golden throne, costly incense burning,
! peerless flowers shewed beneath her feet,