Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-30

~ ol lho p" %ra :" Mhuds very features are maue
Ln,w, r., II, with minue accuracy ., nrc,snt
49, . ,,,rJ Of formal Descriptions pug 70 &c nd -,
~ ne .n abstraction in any sciise rue ,ihs '.'C md
gu q" a. know in what dressts to thiiih VI o' t ,
; -, image her ourselves, III her own ''''' -
Hall, and III her EarGe". , , sara will uttrn,Dt i'm
Rnt m the briefrs possible why we WIZ ;I b. n
,'" ' J',ra,. 10 Illustrate what we have sald os
Sa ;Lr,rrb the plan of the work Inc hrs' vi
,ha l poems of which it il ronponrn' ~;
@ i,ny. lntimarL the morbid spirit Oh inc y""'h,u
origin and his recollection 81 ti,e 'nnu , Mad hnJ
,,nJ IN Inc his playeilow. In the next MAUI nau
ua." him on the way TO the Hall, ana he nus Al
,,mnre,.iou of her downcast face seen lhlou1n tne
rriupe window. lie has escaped from llle eHn''
he says heart free "wth the least l'''c 'ou'h VI e
49,, Ills next mood shows how the image OF that
fpna nevertheless nbics by him in his soltude.-
w. Gnd him then moving about restless III the land
.,.a,;. rcsruting his own good impression oi Maud
bv the restcssncss his new thought produces
chcrishing Ills old harsh feeling towards her iaIy'
onI Lr.akinp ont aresh into spleen against the world
presently she is heard singing under the cedar ree'
,nd II. il troubled by voice that he must worsHp,
though he will not worship her. But new io'u ~
hi. LONELY fancy follows. He has met her in the VII
lasc, she has smiled upon INN knniy' lie nus he
her hand His vexed spirit rebels more fanny H
heroues more conscious of the nOrbdnt6e W "''
habitlal character, and cries
All, what shall be ut fifty
Should Nature keep me nl'Ve'
If | find the world go bitter
When am but twenty-five!
And after all he brings himself to the arH' a"d hsr
Inrut, TINT if Maud WIS all thai sue hre Ia uar,
smile had all that he dreamed, linen !he WIZ 'oN
M, ga hitter but n anil, could make II sweti.
INC iI.a fbus admitted to hs mind, memory "r'
SEES, Il memory of which the i'i vi III t;,pa when
exuui,i,aly expressed. of tnk IN Sonic 'u '''io
hs was L,;, Itlr child and Maud unborn, between
~; ,o,hor md Mouds when they were friends anu
i.oa,,ad ,f M alliance in the future successive po'
ems then describe how he nDscrEeu "r 'ai nn d
lance when il had suddenly mel hS III cI'lell a''u
I" h,. .nvr her hand at him rs he sA" her galioP'
: ny , ,utl,mcn over the moor: the one ner
t,,Lnr , i'm. made Sultan oi Il man, pr"uu VI "'s
n.,y nnsitiou and the other al uilHtar' ior,'' sut
IJ;. n,u mood al coarse is Jcnl"usy, h'u upon 'i
tnIlows naturally qu'ct desire 'os INV III ,t ~,
Jnmhts resolved. Soon afterwards WINE 'ncSc
.Lnu,hts urp mt work within bun, Muhd III ner
,srdeu in the wood suggests charming poem ,ui'
NJ hsppy and triumphant love. Ills CHARACTER nv; nv;
BIZ tins time been snitent'!' ne enIul's s.n.!
fron her brother even naughty looks ANA lls lie no
Inugcr uunrr.ls with the world lie stands at Maud
g,rlen ,at in the light o dawn, ana remD"S al .hs
cInsrI blinds with fear OF death: The thought VI
the change that will be worked Ill MN " sue
. 'tu Inar 10 some one elsc besets new emo.
tion. The brother being gone to London, he VIII
sneak. Not doubtful Of the result, yet win n
ssnl trembling of unccrtaimty the agitation .! his
suiri, is poured out III wild rhapsody OF music ~
emotion almost destitute OF thought anu upon this
follow in happy contrast, an expression al tue iran
anil hiss which is filled With thought resulting from
the certainty Of being loved, and III hlh case Iron" the
healing ot wounded siirt. -
Atte. this Maud is to be- heroine OF hali gwen U!
her brother hli he is not invited, but why should
care he will be at her garden gate, and she W!il
.,m. ont in the dawn, wien al is over, to dspl"y
herself 10 him in the glory vt her gay dress anu i
jowc!s 4 rose floats down 10 his wood on Inc r,'u't
Tint crosses the Han lawn II is Maud reminder ~
him that hc should not la! :" ''ok lot '' ~ liz
den And 50 the bossonius point oi he poem Is AZ
,ained in il. course thGs far Itself resembling ,oe me
of a HOVER Struggling up al lirst WIN "lh''u''y
through the soil pushing VI lew weak 'ea'" t"io"sn
the earth By which il /. pressed dowi'' ,he n'i"u
which il the poe,n grows and buds did puts nlt leai
after leaf The period Of it, full GUNNER bloom Is
reached Maud is waited for in hor garden.
Come into the garden, Maud.
Fer he black bat, night, has ho"h'
Come i!.;o lis garden, Maud
am here at lie Gai: alone ,,
And the wouIbire spicc3 u" @'"""d abroad
And the musk U. the ro e. tjn:'T
For breeze Of MOI ning In0Ers,
And the planet u: Love IL on hsh, ,o....
Beginning to faint in The light thai shs ioTe'
On u bed of daffodll sky,
To faint in the light OF the sun she loves
To faint in his light, and 10 de-
Ali E:ght have the roses heard
The flute, ":2n, ba4'""n
All night has tie 2aser'cni lea'al'lhe S''t
To III. dancers dancing -: ."ne
Till silence fell with the wax lnE Ci.c.
And Il hush with the setting moon
! -aid 10 irc Ely, There IL but one
With whom rhe Las heart 10 he gay
When Viii The dancers lct: neT aio"e
She is weary of dance and play.
Now halfto the setting moon are gone,
The las. vince; ect,oe- away.
| said 10 i,,c to,r 1.-The briri might 9nas
In bubble and levri Gnl wine.
o Young lord .nver, wEat siGlc aTs lL"ae.
D VI o+ t n, ,;'', - -, .v,nr I'm tt. r,,,
For ever ard ever, mine"
:. nd the soul of the rose went into my blood
As; music clasl'd il the nan,
And long " iho garden lake stood,
For | heard yo&t TiVnet fall
From the lake 10 the iac@GcY Hi''l on |" TIE "oo"'
From Tia meadow your walks nav" "tt 20 r"Set'
That whepeser MaFcl'wlnd a'ghs
He sets the I"wel-prih. ~ your lee'
In viOcts blue as your EYES,
To the woody hUlows in which We n!eft
And the valleys of Paradise.
m 49,, .hoL,
Inc oiehuef ae cm 20 "o.''u a., I ,
One long MIX -oioo" w .he "cT'
The whifeaKe p!osso'h ie'' 'n,o inc 'hAe'
As the pnpernri d"Zcd on !he lsai
But the rose was awake al hElt TOT you' 'sA''
~, Knowing ,,' youn s p,U u.ar" III ",r.ko
The lilies ana rosos "etc az h%ano,
lhoy sign " i"' ''' u"" ""o ''teI
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-, ,,,o r,.o,rd ,.,rd.r If aria
Queen ip T;.,' w ' No. J",n,. w.. done
Tome hi'let tno G"I n :" ,
IL goes {" satin anu En''I''i u P'"'"'
Queen ny alG l"To II, U" o,.r with curI.
Shine our, little heiu, S'''.,'"S o'r' WI" 1"''''