Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-30

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Like him Of old his doom be hears,
Rock bound on oceans rim: rs
The chieflain's daughter knelt in tears,
And breathed q prayerfor him.
Above his head in air =.
The savage war-club swung; =:
The frantic gill, in wild despair,
Her arms around him flung, 49,. .
Then shook the warriors OF The shade,
- Like leaves on aspen. limb
Subdued by that heroic maid
/. Who brea.hed prayer Tor him.
"Unbinj himl" gasped tie chief
i: "Obey your kings decreer'
He kissed away ker tears Of grief,
And set the captive free. Il
It's ever thus, when In lile's 8 orm. .
Hopes star 10 man grows dim,
An angel kneels in-woman's fo,m,
And bresthes prayer for him.
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How could that storm old king deny
The angel pleading in hisey -.
How meek the sweet imploring grace
That breathed in beauty from her face.
And TO her kneeling action gave
+ A power to sooth and still subdue,
Until, though humbleEa q slave.
To more than queenly sway she grew
,,ss..., F., WILLrAM G, SrNMs.
The Emperor yielded to- the maid,
and.the captive was set free. So
Two years after that event Poca-
hofltas again became an angel of de,
liverance. She FASTENED to jam s.
town during a dark and stormy night,
Informed the English ola conspiracy
to exterminate them. and was back to
her couch before dawn. Smith was
grateful, and the whole English colo.
ny regarded her. as their deliverer.-
But gratitude is after aplant Of feeble
root, and the canker Of selfishness will
destroy it altogether. Smith went
to England; the morals of the confo.
nists became depraved; and Argal, q
rough, half.piratical navigator, nm
mindful of her character, bribed q
savage. by the promise of copper.
kettle, to betray Pocahontas into his
hands, to be kept as a. hostage while
compelling Powhatan to make restitu-
ton for injuries inflicted. The EN-
.peror loved his daughter tenderly,
agreed TO the terms of ransom gladly.
and promised unbroken friendship for
the English. II ..~t : H..
Pocahontas was now free to return
to her forest home. But other bonds,
more holy than those of Argai, re-
tanned her. While in the custody Of
the rude buccanecr, a mutual attach
ment had budded and Iblossomed be-
tween her and John Rolfe, and the
fruit was o happy marriage anoth-
er knot to bind the peace with Pow.
hatan much stronger. i. l..
April, in the Virginia peninsula,
where the English settlers first built
o city, is one Of the loyeliest lnonths
i'm the year. Then winter has bid.
den q final adieu to the lniddlercgions
Of America; the trees sre robed ia gay
and fragrant blossoms; the robin, the
blue-bird, and the oriole, are Just Civ.
ing tile first opening prcluaes TO the
summer concerts in the woods. and
wild flowers are laughing merrily in
every hedge, and upon the green
banks Of every stream.
II was Q day in charming April, In
1913, when Rolfe and Pocahontas
stood It the marriage altar in the new
pretty chapel at Jamestown, where,
not long before, the bride had receiv-
ed christian baptism, and was named
the Lady Rebccca. The sun had
marched half way up toward the me.
ridian when the goodiy company had
assembled beneath the temple roof
The pleasant oder of the spews of
cedar" comlningled with the. fra
GRANGE of the wild flowers which
decked the festoons of evergreens and
sprays that hrng overthe ''tair. broad
Window and the commandment tab
lets above the chance. Over the pul.
pit of black walnut hung garlands Of
white flowers with the waxen leaves
and scarlet berries Of the holly. The
communion table was covered with
fair white linen, and bore bread from
the wheat fields Of Jamestown and
wine from its lucious grapes. The
fount sshewn hollow between, like O
canoe;" sparkling with water, a. on
the morning when the gentle princess
uttered her baptismal vows.
Ofall thar company assembled IN
the broad space between the chancel
and the pews, the bride and groom
were the central figures IN fact and