Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-12-23

An around WIS terrific darkness. except
when the lightning italy illuminated the
drsary scene: every cloud with darker
trent. threatened 10 displaee them. and
every wave, with CO thousand cOrpsee'
IOlled OaWaFds with the Storm end sought
SITTER fresh destruction.
Senuria pressed her beloved Semin "a
hurhsauing breasts tears flowed with the
rain drUps from her paid checks; with
altering voice she spake, I" There Is mo- far.
Their safety, ON my beloved my Semtn
every where We are sSrFOundsd BY Fagi" :
dealhG Oh, desUMIion oh misery dea1n
g16mais ng6eer md nearer! which Oitnesc
billowa. oh which IL to eBveloP usI hoEu
ynas hnld me IN thy trembling arms my
I6l1usd soon, sa@n shall D, shals th0w, De
NO more, elrried away IN the general
confusion. Now, oh God there IL comes
soDIiWe on /! hOW terrific lit rolls nearer. il
Illuminated By the kehlnine. Now. oh God
oh God riehteoas Judge" che spake and
annk inso She agms Of Semin.
His trembling arm eDcircled the faint
iRx fair. ahis quivering lips were silent
~ no longer needed the desOIatiOD around
aatttas ne saw UHty NV ButuSUS wv
aiI HE bosom and felt more than the am
suisIS Of death. @
He now kissed her pale cheeks, spattored
by she eold rain: pressed her more close
~ TO his breast and said s'Sennria be-
bved Senwria awake oh, BetaVn once
1gRin into these scenes Of terror. that thy
pale lips declare that thou lowest me till
death-yet once ere the food envelops Us"
He spake and she revived regarded him
with q lo0k full Of tenderness and mex
preside anguish and then cast her eye
towards the scene Of deselation. ..God
yiehfeous Judge ~ she exclaimed, ssis there
no safety, no mercy for us oh, how the
hiilows rage how the thunder rolls around
us : Wi1et teryoFs announce thy implacable
Vengeance oh God our years have flowed
aa 10 inrocenee-ihOu the most virtuous
Of youths alas alas they are all now
gone they who blessed my life with .hou-
sands of joys are all gone and thou, who
Nevest me life oh, heart>sending sight
froAs my side the food tore thee away
YET once thou raisedsI thy head and thy
arms, DESTROYS to bless me, and vast
swailowet up. Alas they are all gone .
avl yet, oh SemiR! Semin the solitary,
aesoIate world at thy side would be par
a6iss TO me oh God in innccence our
youthful years have fitted away Alas
Is there no hope Of safety, none of mercy
yet, what says my rending hearth oh
Sod pardon us ! we die F. what is human
1snocence before thee -
The youth clasped his beloved, who trem.
Bod in the stormy wind, and thus spake !:
-Yes my beloved everything living is.
swept from the earth-amidst the tumult
Of this devastation no mortal bowls. Oh
dearest, dearest Senuriar the next mo-
trent will be our last. Yes. all hopes Of
phis life are gone. Every blssful prospec,
Shat we had imagined in the enraptured
Saements of our love is Conceive must
ME 3 death stalks enthusiastically it en-
circles our limbs--bat let, oh let not as.
seprobates this general fate await us we
nust die and. Oh my beloved! what. Oh
what would have been our longest, hsppiest
hfeS dew drop, which hangs on the rock,
and before the morning sun may Sail into
,he sea. CouBage tilen-beyoRd this life
~ Joy snd eternity-let US not trembie
when We make the passage--embrace me
And thus let US await our destiny. Soon,
oh my Senuria soon will our souls soar
above this desolation-filled with a senti.
h1ent OF ineffahle beatitude they will soar
RpwwF8S. Oh God whas bold expec,a,
Mons ffll ray soul. Yes, Senuria, let III
Saisc up our hands 10 God. His ways ore
kascsutable 10 mOFials. He who haa
hreathed into ~ the breath OF life sendetll
aeath to the righteous and the wicked
Wei, however, Tor lin who hath followed
shc ways Of virtae. 'Tis not for life we
snpplicate, most righteous /! take US to thy
sTibunal-but oh enliven that hope, tina.
hlissful hope of iDexpressible happiness
which no death can again disturb. Then
NsHy 70 4olf, ye shuadersL then mayst thou
sage ,soh desolation dash ever 10, then, We
wavesl praised be He, the righteous
praised DO He--Ray thisbe the last thought
Of our sou In hs mortal tenement.
Courage and jny animated the beauteous
eou0teHancs' OF Senuria--she stretched
Sorth her hands 10 the tsHpesr. and ex.
elaiWed-"yes. J feet rhem-ah these
Grsat bllssfnl hopes. praise the Lord, nay
lips shed tears Of jpy, we eyes, until the
soming death she'll close you. a heaven
sf h1iss AWAITS Ne. Ye have gone befese
us--y~ beloved oh ! we come. Soon. oh
soon GOAL we again see youE They s,aad
hetere the thsene of the rwIes. He has
assembled them before his presence from
ever part Of his kingdom. Roll on 70
shhnders HOWL thou aesolatien. We are
she. ny ass Of his righteousness roll over
asye waves! see, heloyedE embrace me
aeAthis coming from thence, comes on THAT
&ask wave -enbFaca me Setnin lave nge
hos--oh. aircady the Good rises upon me. -
Il - embrace thee. Senuria,n replied the
Soeths - embrace thee oh death. I well
some thee. Here we aEe-psaised be the
sternai judge
i,hus they spake, aHd the k,od washed
sAsm away locked in each others arms.
TME Darn or TIE YEAK.-Tha wear