Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-04-04
Of tss &c., aaldsb, aertb Carolina
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non! The happy company clustered around
the little summer-house, on the brow of the
deolivity, as the bOat-bell sounded n home
ward march, and %perchance many a one
carved initials upon its thickly lettered sur
face, in the heyd6y of youth and joy, that
now lies cold and still as he, for love of whom,
they asplred to a tiny niche within his home
OF Immortal memoryi
Tn sun was setting in golden splendor, as
our feet again touched the soil of " the favor
lite City of Washington" alas! it set to
rise no more upohfearts as hopeful as hailed
his morning beams !"
Now comes the agony | wish you
could tell one tale that had a bit of sunshine
at the close i-she died, ofcourse!
No. Mabel is still "in the land of the liy-
ing,"-but"
Possible !! well I hate authors who lead
US through winters of woe, and deserts of
despair, after two eaamored youths, and leave
US on the first sunny slope of a blissful re-
union, and satisfactory eclaircisment, to fan
cy the natural result, without inviting US to
the wedding. Tell me of Mabel's bridal"
Aias!" she was never welded, Allie ]"
Plague take !Icause why 2"
In yonder proud mansion. where the
midnight m~oonbeans simmer upon its high
white caves, is a pale, pensive maiden, with
Dreamy eyes, that seem looking inwardly
evermore, or wandering back to some cher
ished hope that withered upon the wavside
OF the distant Past; and brown hair parted
plainly above a broad, veined brow, that once
tell In elaborate %ringlets, over cheeks of round.
ed beauty, and cherry bloom. It is Mabel
Glare ! the deity long ago reigned in the
shadows of MdhntJsrahn! but how changed
from the brilliant May Queen, and blushing
netfotned OF Chester Clayton, plighted beside
the lone Tomb of GEORGE WASHINGTON =
Years have passed since then, and in thei,
Dark depths lie buried many a treasured heart
nope, That the future can never exhume J.
Truly sang the sweet bard of Erin, Allie.
All that's bright must fade,
The fairest still the feetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest 7"
swell, don't preach. Ed. I'm not in
proper frame of mind to appreciate Won,
PaTsonshlp, and 'twould be like s~cast;n,
pearls before swine.' Tell me the cause tina
produced this effect upon poor Mabel. wha
became OF Chester? I'll bet a bran new six
pence, ne proved lnconstant for its Just poin
blank like those 8 lords of Creation VIII,
haven't the fear of God before their ewes i
Say you love them, once, and they'll freez
forthwith, like milk and-water in middle win
ter-plague taemr"
No.! the monster that has desolateC
thousands of happy h~earths-crushed tn
lite out of many a loving heart, and driver
innocent childhood, tattered and furnishing
pale mendicants along the crowded thorough
fares, and scanty lanes of life, rifed the hear
OF Mabel, of its youthful bloom! Cheste
was addicted to looking upon the wine whel
it was red,' and DR.. Glare hesitated to com
NIT the happiness of his darling child, to tn
keeping of one SO lily qualified to promote il
The marriage was deferred a twelve-month
IN order to test the lovers promise of refor
nation, in consideration of so rich a reward
Chester
" Pushed his prudent purpose to resolve
In all the magnanimity of thought
Resolved and re-resolved, then died the same
leaving poor Mabel to mourn over the frailt
and premature end of her young heart
earthly idol !!
MY soul! l wish 1 hadn't walked youp
SO do II
Alexandria,, Ia.