Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-02-24
BY r.. T. VAN HORN.
ADAM AND EVE.
By rAuIDlNd.

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When, bylhs just wrath Of offended hsa
I ven, our first parents were driven 'front.' iii
beautiful garden Of Eden, they wandered i
4 guilt and shame from the dsearof their in
nocence, aud shappinessal 1--we, fingered be
hind, afraid to look her companion IN tn,
face. and Adam cast on her d glance o
mingled tenderness and reproach from timt
TO lime. They walked weariy along, ane
though the air was sweet and balmy, the
flowers as fair, the grass as green. and The
birds sung merrily as the paradise frou
which they had just been expelled, the
sense of their ransgressions took from them
oil huars to enjoy The beauties of na,ure.--
They remembered their disobedience and
wepl. u - '.''.'$ s''a - sff
Thus sprinkling the grass and flowers
with their tears, they came at length 10 a
little murmuring stream that danced along
merrily among the moss grown rocks shaded
bya whispering grove, among whose branch
es the birds were rearing their little clamor.
Gus brood, whose chirpings we're ever and
anon heard over their heads {. a.aNa-2
"lam tired" said Eve, and they sa. down
by the side of stream. ...,',...'.., ~.
For The first time since they yielded 10 the
temptation OF the serpent, they looked each
other in the face, and were struck with the
change they observed. The cheek Of Eve
he'd lost its bloom, and the careless, s,,righ,-
.ly vivaci,y that always accompanies the
consciousness of innocence, had given place
10 'unken eyes, disheveled hair, and brow
contracted with the furrows OF guilty con.
science. ......... ...i., s...
"Thou art sadly changed. my love, +" said
Adam, and resentment al the curse she had
brought upon his head gave place 10 ply.
He took her in his arms, kissed her cheek,
and laid her in his bosom. ,ss.3 \, ga ~ d
Eve looked up in his face, and through the
tangled locks that hung over her eyes, and
the tears that streamed from them, observed
the changes few hours Of gull, and misery
had planted on his open, manly brow. "
"Wil. thou ever forgive me, Adam?" said
she, in voice tremulous with emotion-
81 have lost thee a paradise" rs
"Bul thou has, given mo another n thy
dear arms cried Adam, while no pressed
her closer TO his bosom. e ..as7.r.
Al that moment. bird which had been,
in search of food for its oung, after fuuer-
ing little while over their heads, TO look a,
he in'ruders, dropped into its nest, and they
heard The gay humming of the little callow
brood, rejoicing in the bounty of their, pa.
rent. f...t. .,-......,.t. .. e Do.
"Shall We ever enjoy the delights Of pro-
Viding for little brood like ,hisl" said Eve,
looking up In his face tenderly. aTH1
"Why should we not, my lovel" he 70.
Piled.
"Thcn-even then We shall YET be hap.
oy! Love shall make US amends for the
oss of paradise, and the anger Of the angel
of the flaming sword, and the virtues Of
our children shall atone for the parent
We shall yet be happy; look not SO pale
and sad, my beloved See how bright The
5rea, igh, shines yonder in the blue world!
aark how the young birds iw,ter, and the
Did ones sing 10 them! So will it be with
is. will watch over our little ones, and
;hase away the flies, and sing them 10 sleep,
while thou shalt &c and bring them food
cheer up, and once more bless" 'f
Adam was for moment beguisd Of his
orrows, and the recollection of his guilt,
vas lost in the delights of love. But as
hey sat deceiving themselves with the
rope that worldly pleasures can supply the
bsence Of innocence, or overpower, save
or . single moment, the slingings of con.
cious guilt, on a sudden, the serpent ,hu,
'ad beguiled Eve, crawled quietly from
ome unseen haunt where he had hid him.
elf and listened. His scales of thou.
and changeable lustres, glowed and glitter.
I'd as he wound him mself, gracefully along,
md there was.da fascination in mis- eve
iVeted whoever looked upon il. Eve
hrunk from his approach; she could not
lelp admiring the beautiful seducer. But
Adam turned from him and babe him begone.
r"Why shall i begone2'' he answered in
tone Of inefable sweetness. 4 aWhat have
done 10 thee, tha, thou shouldsI drive me
Lway2" a r.ssH a.r3.q l |
f"Thou hast los. us our happy home, and
'alled down upon our heads the anger Of
said Adam, and be was about TO
lamp on the serpent with his foot, bu. Eve
nterposed, exclaiming, na-, y.f l4ssss
"Forbear; my beloved Didst thou nc,
ust now say, that for the paradise thou hast
oat Inv n0oy handro AID ihoJ c;,,or a. a,h.o1