The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-06-29


10 The glad eyes OF my sweet sister. ihe
mountain streams taught her their melody
and she would 81, in the glen by the ia'l
and sing wild songs, or ,rill melodies when
sprang from her heart; and the dash Of the
wafer, the sound Of The wind in the trees,
and her voice. together, made up an an
them oimarvelons richness, lha, The birds
were no, ashamed 10 listen 10. Sometimes
we wandered away up the moun'ain-side
on foot, and she would find rocky peak,
and sitting in the sunshine, ,wine an oak
Leaf crowr, and with iha, on her brow,
call herself queen, and all the earth her
dominion. And I who was the sole repre-
sentative Of all the earth, would bow meek
ly at her feet, and she be very gracious,
and SO would bid mo ask what boon !
would, even 10 half her throne and pre-
suming subject, would beg exactly that
much; and she mos, graciously and grace
fully, would move little 10 one side, and
would take the seat, and so my arm would
pass boldly around her, and her head would
fall on my shoulder, and-who in all The
world, monarch or subject, could be so hap
py as we forgetting, as we did, iha, there
was, in all The world, any boy other than
myself, or any maiden other than my sis.
ter, Mary Lee. And yet did not love her
as boys love maidens whose names are moi
their own. She was my sister in every re.
spec,. Be this understood. She is gone
now-passed like star into The sky when
the morning dawns. And many long years
have been buried up in The rubbish Of an
aimless life since las, held her in my arms,
and am an old man, and weary. My life
has been wasted and blasted by seeking
after other phanloms but now, with the
cool blood Of sixty odd years freezing in a
chilly atmosphere, n have lived cold life
since then, Mary, dear,) say calmly, that
| loved her but as a sisier-no more.
Her ch;,Jbood nassed i,,o rop,b and the
full bloom Of maiden loveliness.
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