The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-13
iii 3 T rs WASHINGTON D. c, THURSDAY MAY 13J1s5s:
Look INA, way, Sir Bl.se,


5 Look Mai way, Sir Bla.s, ss9
She's Lady waldemaf-to the ief-in red,
Whom Ressne LEIGH our sbies, man just now,
Poor Arti. poor Aurora Leigh And 90 she
= Sad now I'm saddsr thar / vert to.nigh.
Among he lights and takers At Lord Howe'sS
Al d i is plain she was. ! -.
By and By she is in Paris. She goes and
VI, nders early, because she is restless
:" Through the market place, fss flowers,
s.s sls are anS ne @ssss
Sh6'fnds poor Marian Erle there; and, list
en- Ing TO the story Of hsr wrongs, knows that
fa se, vile, wicked Lady Wsldsmar 10 at the
be stora of the deadlisst of them ell. So she
m 'urpS for poor Love, "poor Romney Leigh
tb It BIZ will take this woman for his wife. Sick
a. hest wesxy, worn with life, she takes Marian
IL ie-sad her baby slong. and travels night and
dsy to her Switzerland, Italy; hears Romney's
M srrif go .beEla fancies that she does, so sick
ara br;ain aed heart, 80 conjured with the soil
ia y Ri6etiry. The marriage-bells of Rom
MY must loud" she says:
g % sonnd 40 clear through all ~ =
40 ssds, I was not we'll" No, Art was not
will. Her hears and all her frame were sick
fo' We at sn need of Love to cherish and warm,
70 fold. her Jose and safe from the wear and
tetr q the az. ed
Button q is borne, past Dion, past Lyons,
psst bEarse ss, and at last she is in Italy. At
Ftorefce a. takes villa. Surely she'll get
ret nerw. .prely now shall come q glow, and
a war: ,th, I'd q delight, into her artlife, living
heee "a tn midst of q garden where the olive
grows and "opens, in her villa that overlooks
tn sua's r; ing and setting, the Ballombrosan
10 ,unhains>
i" ahedl tower and palace piazza and street,
Ts,ts sass' = taln'ns ike silver cord
ibs g. den atmosphere of Italy upon all, with
och, Thin ALL save her own within-surely
sbs'll 81 b. feet rest soon, and her heart will
,eSt. -
We shak see. A letter comes to her from
Eaglssd, f.iA friend Of hers and Romney's,
Vncess Ca jngton, to tell her how wonderfully
her les DO succeeds, to say of "poor Rom
nsg"-t
&c 4hen the fever took him FIRST,
Jut} Y1ef bad writ to you in France,
Th III, Lady Wademar mixed drinks
ADis az grains like any salaried nurse,
Ea se in hat she wept too"
ViDSelR where says he's married, but, put
tiJg taiE v what she has heard before, she
ssfs: MIA
g eT he's married; that is clear
No womb that he's married, nor much more
That Ma ats therefore Sorry? Why, of course
INF tzey, |gsed him when he was not well,
MISes IN sunless nepenthe was the drink,
WAystis ON stihe. Better burn than choke;
Best sase. n, air, although il comes with FIRE,
Thsoe ~ blinds and windows 10 the noon,
Ofthis4e :. weight, Books succeed.
| And l.sscSA n. Do feel il so, at last?
|. Kate 9veSt worn-out CLOAK for being like mine,
| r WmfIh Jselfdespised for being myself
| And Acan oward some one else"
| She s;tst long time, sad, doubling, question
in 3, musine N art and life, and at last on love-
L A xkn - L.. L. L.
se mewh.t & justsd, abe thinks abe would be
htppy i Enney were married sosu; to her
b le-eyed hJnd Kate, for instance; happy, be-
CT use Maria is gentle and loving, and lets her
h. Id tn, /. -,y; because baby, sitting on her
b in tne orning, wakes her pelting her with
81 wers, n when she sleepily beckons him,
Xxi .ses her til mouth, cheeks, and all its face,
is dissolye-. m hers. She says
"God iote him!' meaning the baby. al should
ieifanly be glad
Except, "a help me, that Pm sorrowfu
Becalse Romney."
Yes, beg Use of Romney. Poor, dear, dear
e'! Art % Aurora Leighi
"'Twss Il Tian laughed. saw her glance above
III suddea sh 4, se that should hear her laugh,
4 knew ar.i n time r~s- Boccaeo's sly iaes
II Faleep,-o of the lover, who for love
ID stroyeS Il } Jest that loved him. Some of us
D sun, al l4hen we sit and laugh no more.
81 zee God & self is for you, and q child!
p ,herr- somewhat less-and so l sigh"
/, She, By Re by, Aurora, is alone upon the ter
RI ce; Ms In, awhile is in the garden below,
, tn her 4 ~. Then she comes in, and goes
to her cha ~per with the child; and Aurora still
81 8, wstel sg the gathering night, and how the
purple shs .,ws are like an enchanted sea.
Drawing you who gaze,
With tssionate desire, TO leap and plunge,
And { soaking"
When at once
ain my ears
The sou. OF waters. There he stood, My king
felt his -atner than behed him. Up
rose, as fhe were my king, indeed,
And the al down In trouble at myself,
And sur Citing for my womans empiery.
IT'S pitt - but women made
She'll d. Sbr you perhsps-tis probable
Ess ysa % nss ssf full height
You, glney Lady Waldemar il here -
"Did he touch my hand,
Or but u sleeve trembled hand and foot" &C.
1t takeea hem long time but, at last, she
ks'owa tina aes failed in al his separate work
as Say answered him;
Nv, a sa,e,hi , for your hearing also. ]
knows, at lst, that they he strove to benefit
hive turn against him, shot at him once, pelt
&c him Of i, through the village, and burnt his
ht,use. - -
q tey dia' They burn, Leigh Hall
~ Romney!"
. 70 huoWxtuo 10 NOV m6rEleO IOf Wucu3 luCi-
di,ntally, re names Lady Waldemar a. his
wife, witt sudden clash Of voice."
"'Are we msd,,
He eehN - wife mine! Lady Waldemar
think said my wife, He sprang TO his feet,
And thfs his noble head back toward moon,
As she " inns against a stormy sea,
And laSs ed with such a helpless, hopeless scorn
stood = uembled. -s.
=" Dearest, men have burnt my house,
Malgnresmy motives but not one, swear,
Has WI yed my soul as this Aurora has,
Who csf1d the Lady Wademar my wife,"
By and y, he says-and then she knows he's
md Ai
g O, love, have loved you! my soul,
have = you. . latest
Those Is above which cannot see 49,
"'Yo1 ; nnot? Not see the stars .s
"''Tis still, not to zee
To find Eur hand, although we're parting, dear
A NOM let me hold il, ere part;
And nm iytstsnd my last words ~
he telLt Ter what he feels, and says Good
n ght," te -o-'c
IA moment. Heavenly Christ! Il.
A mofn-, Speak Romney rTis not true,