Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-09
THE MAID OF ROCK CREEK
4 Romance oftbe Hig6taultin order,

Luna which struggled down through the
branches of the trees. revealed a scene of
transcendant beauty. Upon an ancient
stump which had braved the tempests of
an hundred winters, sitting in an attitude
Of graceful repose, was an angeliferous
maiden just bloomed out into sunny wo-
manhood. Webster hides his inglorious
head in the dust in the vain attempt to
furnish words descriptive other loveliness
Graceful as a duck, wild as hawk, pen
sive as as Il setting hen, with rich curls
of tow colored gold streaming over her
shoulders 10 the ground like some bright
swamw angel she sat, while the moon
beams rested ike halo upon her elegant
head. Sorrow and the mullen stalks
which grew around her cast deep shad-
ows over her unrivalled countenance.
and the night wind, as it kissed hsr mas
nifcent cheek, bore to her delighted
ollactories the fragrant breath of elder
blows. Her knitting work lay idle in
; her lap. Her eyes, which shamcd the
lightning-bugs, were belooped with dia-
mond tears. She was listening with an
air ofsorrowful distraction to the passion
: ate pIeadings of noble youth who knelt
al her feet. Never moonlight fell on a
more glorious intellectual couutenace than
that upturned to the maidens enamored
: gaze. Never yielded mother earth to
finer form than that which pressed the
dandelion bank at Seraphinas feet. His
! features were such as Nebuchnezzar or
d AppoIlo might have enyied.
His dark, piercing eyes were ike the
e water of his own Rock Creek for depth
II and cIearness, and were brilliant mirrors
in which the truth and veracity Of his
: god-like soul were reflected. From his
e brow Of vast and ponderous proportions,
the sympathizing breeze swept back long
r hyacinthine locks, whose hue in the shade
S was deep raven blackness, but when
the light fell upon it, it resembled a mud
+ dy pool when the sunbeams strike it a
slant.
e His hands were clasped in an attitude
e of despair. He spoke, and his tones
d were deep and mournful as a chant at
e the funeral ola martyred bullfrog al
r Rock Greek dam. 20 fairy queen ol
2 heaven, Fure dove Of the moonshiny
sky. Translucent light of my benightcd
E, eyes. Cherished and beloved Of my
II heart corel How canst thou doubt my
OF love? Dost thou doubt that the cabbage
= loves the geniel rain2 Dost thou doub
that the chicken loves the dough dish
Then doubt my love for thee! Ah. Low,
Is is but a feeble word to express the pas
sion that consumes my vitals. BE mine
ly adorable one, else die"
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