New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-04
The First Daughter Of Eve.

The soft warm air scarcely stirred the leaves OF the
vine that clustered about the bower OF Eve as she lay
daughter resting upon her breast Adam had led his
sons to the field that their sports might not disturb
the repose of our first mother and the low murmur
of the tiny cascade the monotonons hum OF insects
and happy twtter of unfedged birds, all wooed her
to slumber. Yet she slept not She looked with
mothers Deep unntterabe love upon the face or her
babe yet tears in her eyes and anxiety upon her
brow. Herself the last-the perfection OF the crea
tors workmanship still marvelled at the surpris
ing beauty of her daughter. She looked into her
dark LIQUID eyes, and drank deep from the fountains
Of maternal love- She pressed its small foot and hand
to her lips Rugged it to herfu heart and felt again
the bitterness Of transgressOn She thought OF Para
disc, whence she had expelled her children. She
Thought of generations to come who might curse her
for their misery. She thought Of the sweet beauty of
the child whom she had entaled sorrow suffering
and temptation. She felt it murmuring at the foun
tain Of life while it stretched its little hand to her
lips She turned aside the thick leaves of the grape
vine, and looked out upon the STILL blue sky, over
which scarcely moved the thin, white cloud "My
daughter she family articulated thou knowest not
test my pentence. Let teach thee SO to live that
thou mayest obtain in another world the paradise
thou hast lost in this by thy mothers guilt On my
daughter would that l alone might sufier-that the
whole wrath of my offended creator might fall on my
head and thou and such as thou might escape"
The tears the patience of Eve prevailed heavenly
messenger was dispatched to console her, to lift her
thoughts to better hopes and less gloomy an5tpa
| Punishment from Paradise, these angel visits had
been few and far between and our first mother
hailed his approach with awe and pleasure. Eve,,
kindly spake the divine visitant, thy sorrow and
thy fault were great. He yet careth for thee. am
| sent to comfort thee. As thou ddst disobey the
command of God, death has been brought indeed
upon thy posterity but thy children may not curse
thee Thy daughters shall initiate thy patience, and
secure the favor OF Heaven To each one shall be
given a spirit capable of resisting temptation, and
assmilating to that holiness from which thou hast
departed. Though sin has entered the world by thy
MEANS thy children will still have only their own sins
to for and may not justly reproaeh thee for
the altered sky the hard earth that scarcely yields
its treasures to ADAM and the changed nature OF the
animals that once meekly and kindly sported togeth
al tell me Of my dsobedense and my daaghte1
come, and that look will reproach me as the cause
| am told that our children shall equal in number the
leaves of the green wood and the earth hereafter be
peopled with beings like ourselves. shrink to think
/ on the mass of sorrow | have brought upon my
i daughters" She looked fondly on her babe, and
| tmidly raised it towards the benifcent being who
paused before her bower. :" When men shall become
numerous and there shall be many such as this fair
/ and frail being, may not their beauty ahe paused
| and looked anxiousy up.
| "Speak Eve," said the messenger, "thy request
shall be granted. am sent to bestow upon thee
whatever thou shalt ask for this thy rstborn dalSh
| ter" - L scarcely KNOW, Eve tuua
aged 'sbut would ask for this first daughter of an
| erring mother something to warn her even of the
approach of sin; something that will whisper caution
aud speak of innocence and purity; something Lord
that win remind her of Paradise" Hast thou not
all that Eve, in the voice within-the voice of con
science" Eve dropped her head upon her bosom
"But that monitor may be disregarded. My daugh
tiers may, like their unhappy mother, sthe its voice
and heedessly neglect its warnings. would have
something that when tattery would mislead, beauty
bewder, passion lead astray, would outwardly, as
it Were, bid them take heed warn them to sink from
the very trail OF the serpent whose nsidous poison
may corrupt and destroy. Hast thou nothing tina
will be to the innocent, the yirtuous, like secont
conscience to them to shrink even from the APP
. pearance of eyili' The angel smiled and answere,
, our mother with kindness, and a look of heayenl,
. satisfaction "Most wisely hast thou pettioned, o
Eve. Thou hast asked blessings for thy posterty
not for thyself. Thy daughters shall bless thee 70
: the gift thy prayer bias obtaned' The spirit depart
= ed. The gift he bestowed may be seen on the face
the maiden when she shrinks from the too admirin
gaze when the is listening to the tale of love
5. iattery; when in the solitude of her Thoughts
r. she starts at her own imaginngs when she shrink
l. even from her own reflections in the secrecy of hon
:. or abroad trembles at the intrusive touch of hi
1t who should be her gaide-her protector from ev
n That gift was the blush.