The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-23
The Maid Of Rock Greek.

The Maid Of Rock Greek.
RoNAxce o. m. alGHfALurIN ORDER.
Twas evening on the hanks of the beausi
tiful Rock creek. The silver beams Of Lu
m, which struggled down through tn
branches Of the trees, revealed Q scene O
transcendsntal beauty. Upon an ancien
stump, which had braved the tempeste Of !,
hundred winters, sitting n N attitude Q
graceful repose, was an apgeliferous nader
just bloomed out into sunny womnnhood.--
She was radiaptly and peerlessly beautiful
Webster hjdee lis inglorious head in ths
dust in ~ ram Attempt to furnish words de
scriptive of her loneliness Graceful as q
duck, Wild as q hawk, pensive as a setting
hen, with her rich curls of tow c0lored gold
streaming over her shoulders to the ground
like some bright swamp angel she sat, while
the moonueoAsfested like q halo upon her
elegant head Sorrow, and the mullen stalks
which grew around her, cast deep shadows
over her unrivalled countenance, and the
night wind, as it kissed her magnificent
cheek, bore TO her delighted olfactories the
fragrant breath Of elder boughs Her knit
ting work lay idle in her lap. Her ewes,
which sliamed the lightning bugs were be-
pooled with diamond tears She was lis
tening with an air Of sorrowful abstraction
to the passionate pleadinss of noble youth
who knelt at her feet Never moonlight fell
on a more glorious intellectual countenance
than that upturned to the maiden enamored
gaze Never yielded mother earth to finer
form than that which pressed tho dandeliOn
bank At Seraphinaa feet Hi feet
we're such a. Nebuchadnexzar OF xpOl-
10 might have envied. His dark. piorcing
eyes were like the waters Of his own Rock
Greek for depth and clearness and were
brilliant mirrors in which the truth and We
racity of his own Godlike soul were reflect
Ell From his brow of vast and ponderous
proportions, The sympathizing breeze swept
back long hyacinihinc locks. whose hue in
the shade was deep raven blackness, but
when the light fell upon it, it resembled .
muddy pool when the sunbeams strike it
aslant
His hands were clasped in an attitude Of
despair. He spoke and his tones were deep
and mournful as chant at the funeral of q
martyred bulLfrog 1t Rock Greek dam o.
fairy queen Of Heaven. Pure dove of the
neonshiny sky Tanslucent light OF my
beloved evcsi Cherished and beloved Of my
hearts cnre' How cAnst thou doubt my
love- l,ost thou doubt that the cabbage
loves the genial rain, Doet thou doubt that
the chicken loves the dough DISH Then
doubt my love for thee All, love is but !.
feeble word to express the passion that con-
sumes ry yisals. BE mine, adorable one,
else die
'Hudolrhus' she murmured, it cannot be-
The mandate of mv veneeful father and the
decree of fste, must be obeyed. and her
voice was as melodions as the tinkling Of
fractured cow-beli. far away down the Sci
pio road, and low and sad a. the last moan Of
a diving polywcg
Talk not Of obedience, thou beautiful and
craei onet ne yelled in voice Of speechless
agory oh. canst thou sit in thy cold mai
es'v. like a frozen sausage, and see nv aching
heart going 10 smash before thine eyes, for a
mistaken sense of duty2 See, aud his voice
died away 10 a sad wall, like the howl of
broken backed mastiif, rs he dashed from the
mullen leaye>near him drop of pearl dew.
See, night hersei. weeps with me, and
,noIrns thy cruelty
The maiden was appalled, at the sight OF
has anguish. The crimson tide which dyed
her cheek Ike a red hollyhock, s:ut stick, and
LETT II winter than cotton pillow case She
arase from crseat, dazzling in her foSplend-
ent beauty as bright tin milkpa1 Zen the
midday beams of the glorious sun are poured
full upon it. and captivating in her shadowy
grace a. yellow lily floating upon the FIN
pad waters Of a dry goose pond. She spoke,
and the stars Of night stood still. the wind
ceased o. mourn among the leaves, and the
frogs were silen, 10 listcs. = Rudolphus, be-
loved Of nav soul, she said. in A voice sweet
er than the syrup of New Orleans. thou
knowest that love thee Nv heart clings
70 thee As the bean 10 its pole Nv heart
knows no music save thy voice. and INV lips
no rictuais save thy kisses. Without thee |
famish, die. But the picket fence Of duty
me. 1t is stuck full Of cruel
spikes and cannot surmount it. A last
embrace my heavenly one, and We part for
ever
Bid sae not DEPART he roared, as he
eiasped her to his breast; Il will never leave
thee. forty-ieyen savage locomotives have
not the power TO tear ue from each other
tell thee mine angel love, the thought Of |
leaving thee rends my soul maddens me- it |
makes me rip and rave like a frenzied ishang. |
hal Is makes me below like distracted |
bed-bug; "a snakes me feel bad In my
desperation, ! would tear up creation by the |
roots ! would nog the earthquake would |
Eat rsd-hot pokers | would drink up the |
ocean, and then throw myself into the black
Ind surging pillows which roll at nv feet
seraphina burst into food Of tears
Their excessive emotion oSercame them and |
hey swooned away.
A.ain twas evening upon Rock Creek.
lgain the cold moon looked down upon a
'cene OF excruciating woe In dark, dis
nal, damp, gloomy, ghostly castle, built Of
he unhewn monarchs Of the forest upon a
pile Of hay. lay the angelic Seraphina, the
'ictim Of her fathers tyranny The linsey-
soolsey robes were torn and disarranged: |
Ter lovely face soilei and smutts; her silye-
Y curis disheysiled; her corn-ban eyes as
ed as cranberries, and sweIIed With weep.
NJ. bat, for all this she looked more beau.
ifal than ever BY her side stood fiayon
{ calculated bustermilk, and a platter of
Ianjacks.
No, no;.rehe family muttered, pushing the
God away, let them not seek 10 prolong INV
aisery by Offering me tempting yiands. /
will never eat more--neverf
Just tnen . low, doleful sound was borne
Q her ear. She started. Was it thou.
she cried. 'Ah, no, will not
latter myseh with vain hopes. Twas but
he calf '1esiing % it, mother And she
ank down exhausted ON the straw he'd
gain, to court death KS ls'.7'.
Again was de sound repeated. She spranp
her feet and Pesped out throueh a chink
u the logs. II was indeed her lover. Look
NJ up with wistful eyes to her dungeon win
ow, While manly tearp streaked down his
heeks
Oh, save me. Rudolphusr she scresched.
would smash down these massive pine
cors he answered, with one blow of my
'alwart hnt, and snatch thee from thy cruel
aptors, but am afraid thy fathers darned
Ken will hook me And &c sank upon the
round in the Impotence OF his rage and de-
pair, and hiding Ills face in the burdock
caves. groensd aloud.
Weep -. my Radolphus, she said, i
nil eomsfp thee.
80 saying the heroic girl descended to the
table, 49, vhiis - gnats and mosquitoes
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tLers sr1a The doaksy x Rsdoluhus
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