Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-05-03

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I ! :! : 4 u I THAI
4 lzncE 81 lllEIslvsrEAD ABBEr
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Issthero ! spot within Al
fke Eet heritage 81 earth -upon which
INST mt ding thy drapery of beauty.
=! 3 10y garlands md green laaxss,
ellarasing i unto human heart- inning
i 10 human love Romance Youth
.fnl Art thou in thy eternal beauty yet,
though thou hadst thy being with the
first dawn Of creation though thy
pleasant shadow was cast upon the
flowers of Paradise and thy presence
lighted mp the darkness to the saddened,
sinful wanderers therefrom. Youthful !!
Az, and mt alone the heart Of youth
bnws down to thee but hearts scathed
BY stern cares and sorrnws of years.
yield to thee willing and delightful
reverence. Fair type art thou Of that
mysterious spirit, whose reins are in the
High and Holy Hands, that is to thrill
The soui 10 ID purified existence. and
enthrall il IN the glorious presence of
God. A thing Of beauty, and a jov
forever; j" yet, hast thou to yield thee
| 10 one more powerful on earth. For
while We gaze on thy loveliness and
grace delighted, 70, the form Of reality
dafkIy rises even that, fair angel
that thou art, thou dost softly gid with
thy sweet radiance.
Past the middle Of the eighteenth CEN
ltury, Newstead Abbey had remained
uninhabited for some half dozen years.
Its present proprietor had been absen,
a. that length Of time on the continent,
for the most part in Italy and France.
Only year previous 10 his absence he
had come IN possession Of the Ancient
er sn1 that one syearof his resi-
dence thereaf had been sufficient 70
give the neighboring peasants no very
favorable prepossessiors for their new
Lord. But six years having passed, tho
the remembrance Of him had mot es-
capped from their minds, yet wearied o
1.-THE long stilliess and silence rrignins
where ought 10 have been life and
mirthfnlness, they concluded that any
proprietor Of the deserted place would
be preferable to longer vacancy.
They had hopes too, that the passing ol
lyears over the spirit Of the wild young
man, would have served 10 humble his
hanxhtiness and soften his sternness
[It was with much eager impatience
therefore, that they, especially the old
serssnts, were waiting the arrival ol
their master, who had forwarded orders
for Ills ready reception. The day q
The expec. ed arrival dawned and every
hoarl rllhrreafter the eager eyes Of the
ald md the yonng were stretched away
! 10 ti,< distance, to catch the first view
/ 81 the esrelnrned master. The day pass
4 Cd lnd.the eyrs we're. just IS watchful
aud Tie hearts Of those humble peasant.
] inst a hopeful The last rays Of tht
j j settins sun were gliding the tops Of the
] larch and 6ir-trees, that skirted the
winding road leading fraar Nottingham
TO Ne~stead. when horsemen were OBJ
served slowly and leisurely advancing
j Immediately every tongue was busy, fo
Iahe grpups of peasantrJ had At this h"u
4 eolIec tsd together, opposite smal
a hat, ssgviiak - public inn, and unde
fiae.spreldsndG oak. that stands Just :
Ithe = -ealrance 30 the park. Deligh
and .xpeetation spoke ffDs. every hon
.Iest, ssn-burned, and from every childisl
4 feature far every one of those homes
hs.rfs ssfe ready 81 love the stranger
/ Slowly. with few ostsiders, he %
4 vanced ,seyen g the very gate. when -
straw hsts, kerchiefs and hands that M
been waving their welcon1s, gase plac
ia ! lp.,d and hearty barst rs cheers
while te1rs of joy. IN the moment g lsn
shusi.su, 6owed from eyes hliss.'d !
I weep. Cruelty checked war The 81 tli
slern voies md sterner bro. lsss y a
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