New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-10


Ehz. Not so; not sO-They wept
When did bid them, as bid thee now
To think Of nought but love.
LW. Elizabeth
Speak will know the meaning of this madness
Ella Beloved, thou hast heard how gody souls
In every age, have tanned the rebel flesh
BY such sharp lessons. must tread their paths
If would climb the mountains where they rest.
Grief i. the gate of bliss-why wedlock-knighthoOd-
A mothers jOys-a hard earned field of glory
BY tribuation come-so doth Gods kingdom.
Lee. But dolefu nights, and self-inlicted totures-
Are these the love Of God Is He well pleased
With ths stern holocaust of health and joy7
Eh=. What Am not as gay lsdy-love
Az ever clpt if arms noble knight?
Am not blithe az bird the liveOng day.
1t pleases to bear what you call pain,
Therefore to me It's pleasure: JOY and grief
Are the wills creatures; martyrs kiss the stake
. Tie moorland colt enjoys the thorny forze-
The Oulest boor will seek o Fl sht, and count
His pleasure by lis wounds; you must forget, love,
Ewes cure lays suffering, their natural lot,
On womankind, till custom makes it light.
j know tie use of pain; bar not the leech
Because bis cure il bitter-Tis such medicine
Which breeds that pary strength, that weak devotion,
For which you say you love me.-Ay, which brings
Even hen most sharp, stern and awful JOY
AZ its attendant angel-I'l cay no more
Not even TO thee-cOmnand, and ii obey thee.
Lar. Thou casket of all graces fourfod wonder
OF wit and beauty, love and wisdom Canst thou
Beatty the ascetics savagery
To heavenly prudence? Horror melts to pity,
And pity kindos to adOring shower
Ofiadiant tears Thou tender cruelty!
Gay smiling maItyrdom! Shall forbid thee2
Limit thy depth by mine own shallowness
Thy courage by my weakness Where thou darest,
IN shuddcr ard submit. kneel here spell-bOund
Before my bleeding Savicrs living likeness
To worship not to cae had dreamt Of such things,
Dim heard in legends, while my, pitful blood
1iDgtd through every vein. and wept, and swore
Twas beautiful, twas ChristGke-had thought
Tia, thou vert SUCH ~
I had mad | think. at parting
At mre own tCrrors for thee No; III learn to glory
In that which makes thee glorious! Noble stains
In call them rose leaves out OF Paradise
! Srewn on the wreaihtd SHOWS, or rubies dropped
( From aityIs' diadems prints of Jesus cross
! Too tluy boine' ala,
am forgiven at last
/ lar. Tonight, my sister
! Henceforth III clasp thee to my heart so fast
! thou ,halt Lot 'scape unnotlced-
Ehs. Iaugh,ng.l eshall see
Now must stop those wise lips with kiss,
And lead thee back to scenes of simpler blise.
The introduction of Conrad as the spiritual guide
of Elizabeth is accompanied with certain shrewd
comm, nts by Weller, one of tie vassals of Lewis,
who regards the whole matter in quite secular
light.
Enter CONRAD, ,pih CoUNr WALTER, Monks. L.
Con- Peace to this house.
EHs. Hail to your holiness
Le4r. The odOr Of your sanctity and might
With balmy stream, and gales OF Paradise
TLs. Bless us douby, master,
With holy doctrine, and with holy prayers.
Con. Children, | am the servant OF Chrsts SER
Ard needs must yield to those who may command
By night Of creed; do accept your bounty
Not for ny self, but for that priceless name,
Whose dread authority and due commission,
Attesttd by the seal of His vcegerent,
! | bear UNIV orthy here; through my vile bps
| Clrist and His vicar thank you; on myself
! And these, my brethren, ChIlsts adopted poor
mental crust, and some waste nook, or -hutch
Wherein the worthless flesh may nightly hide,
( Are bts bestowed.
| FE-, You shall be where you will
| Do what YOU will; unquestioned, unobServed,
! Erjoy refrain; silence and solitude,
| The better part which such like spirits choose,
! We will provide; only be you our master,
! Aud your servants, for a few short days:
/ Oh, blessed days!
Con. All, be not hssty, madam
Think whom you welcome; one who has no skhl
To wink and speak smooth things; whom fear OF Goo
Constrsius to daily wrath; who brings, alas!
! A sword, not peace; within whose bones the word
Burns like pent-up fire, and makes him bold
Ii al ght in you or yours shall seem amiss,
To cry aloud and spare not; let me go
| To pray for you- as have done long time,
l. sweeter than to chde you.
Ehz. Then your prayers
Shall drive home your rebukes; for both we need
Our SHARES are many and our sins more
So say not nay-Tn speak with you apart.
"A, ELIZABETH and CONRAD retire.
Lc,c. Iasidc.l Well, Water, mine bow Like you the
good legatel
! Wal Walter has seen nought of him but his eye;
! And that don't please him.
Leu. How so, cir! that face
! l. pune and nleek-a calm and thoughtful eye.
Wal A shallow stony, steadfast eye; that looks at
neither man nor beast IN the face, but at something
invisible yard before him. through you and past you,
at fascination, ghost Of fixed purposes that haunts
him, from which neither reason nor pity will turn him.
have seen such eye in men po-eeSsed-with devils,
OF with self: sleek passonless men, who are too re-
| fued to be manly, and measure their grace by theU
,fItnipacy; crooked ytrmin, who swarm up IN pious
tjnes bcing drowned out of their earthly haunts by
the 50, ipg. tide Of religion and so making gam oil
cod ness swim upon the st of the Hood, III II casi
them ashore on the firm beach of wealth and station.
! ALWAYS mistrust those wall-eyed saints -,
L,1r Beware. cir Count your Keen ana "oriuy VIII
l. good for worldly use- not to tilt
Withal at holy men and holy things.
He pleases well the spiritual sense
OF nv most peerless lady, whose discernment
l. It'll the touchstone Of my grosser fancy;
lie is her friend, and mine, and you must love III"
Even for our sakes alone.
ITO a 6ystandrl word with you, ST.
In The meantime ELIZABETH and CONRAD I""'"S
together.
Els. would be taught
Con. Itseems you claim some knowledge,
BY choosing thus your teacher.
Ehy. ! would know more
Con. Go. then. to the schoois-and be no wiser.
madam: