The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-11-12
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81 love her stilli' rt.
NOT better, buta WE'LL" ..sm
''Even as well DO love the dear cresl
ture aud The memory Of her often soft.ns
down my heart to tears V'
"Ahd Aill love her stillg'' glaI
Until death and evan beyond death, &
even her last resting place viii 1 streR
with Sprng's earliest flowers."
"Iondsomer than I, is She not?"
Her eyes are black as night, aud her
hair in glossy blacsness outver Che wintr
Of the raven. She hasn't your sweet blue
eyes, nor soft brown hair, yet. OIL Leila.
her eyes have been The sweetest ewes 10
M that evor looked tho look Of love"
Paul, why DO you wish to break NV
hearty Why have you taught me to- love
you so wildly aud blindly. and then. in
tho midst Of my happiness, tell me there
was an iihpbssable barrier between usg
| his night We must part foroverl world
not believe this bad another told, " and hef
eyes grew dim with tears .t
| "Be not too rash Leila, but hear me 10 4.
tie end you love me too dearly TO part
with me thus. Think you that YOU
could not share my heart with one that / So
so dearly loye?'
Never, PAUL neyerpn tt.. .t-
"Hou shall, Leila, and must Listen for
a moment, while tell you Of nv lirst
love, and | am sure you will be willing 20
share with her, them"
~ viii liston. Paul, but will not share
your love- l must have all or none;
am selfish in that respect; aud who, that
loves as l do, is not? Forget me, Paul.
or forget her. forever.
"Forget her, Leila? Never. would
not loose one Joy Of her pure affection for
tho iairest face that ever bloomed no NOS
for the girdlo Of Venus or second Hell
en"
"Theu, Paul you arc lost to me rori
ever; we must part. Farewell to every 10
dream Of bright future. love you too "
we'll, and am TOO proud 10 share your love
with aught created. OF Paul, you have
wronged me deeply" and her exquisite
" chiseled lips curled with indignant sor-
row. N BOO f,e1U.
"stop, Leila, or you win deeply wrong
me also. | met this loved one. as | said
before, long years AGO, ia one Of the sweet
est. sunuiest wales Of our broad Illinois;
wandered with her, hand in hand, for B
years. beside the sparkling waters Of my q
chldhoed's hume. First, by her smile r.,
Ioi exquisite sweetness, she taught my
heart that she loved me with uuulterabld
fondness aud never have | doubled; nv .
trust in heI has been 1steadiast and fear d
less; never has her eye looked ooldly on
mo and will not till the death angel shall
dim them for the long sleep OF in the,
still night have | been awakened. as ifby
The gentle tanning Of the sleep-gods wing,
and beheld that face, those eyes gazing
upon me with all the beatic tenderness Of
a guardian angel over a rependug prodi-
| gal and kiss would fall upon MY brow
same gentle hand has led me along life's
howety way, and beside It's uhruffed wa
lersi and if my arm was raised to DO a
deed OF wrong, or my heart sleeled to
conceive it, that gentle admonitory voice
como Whispering in my ear, and stayed
the one midway aud drew the iron from
the other. And well remember in nv
manhood's riper years. when deep sorrow
fell udon my soul, and l would fain have
drank oblivion from the wine-oup's fery
brim, that same dark eyed woman came.
and bade In ,he name of God, to shun tho
ta'sl snare, and, twining her arms around
my neck, while her eyes beamed with loves
deep inspiration, she poured oil upon the
troubled waters; told me Of purer hopes
and higher aims, and in my ears whis-
pered golden world that has outived ali
sorrow"
Leila, would you know the name of
my first love? "Tis my mother" a.
"Ol Paul. I'll forgive YOU, and will
share your love; indeed l will"
81 knew You would Leila. Second
love is as dear as the first" 81