The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-18
Written ior The WinnsJVro Ncws. I
CORINNE.
DY la PETITE.

"COrinnc, sc croyant, a!tcinic dune maln
die mortcllc, soubaitait de lai,sscr n lItalit
CT surtout q Lord NGlsil, .un dcrnier adic
qu rarpciaC lc tomps on son gcnic briliai
dams tout SON cclat.'
Madame Dc Staol.
She seemed SO beautiful and yet how chang
SO sadly changed, since last they saw he
In the full flush Of conscious victory.
Then had she stood before them with DOW
That seemed to sway them with ENCHANTING
spell,
For Italy had loved, had worshippc her.
And when they listened to the witchint
touch
OF her fair fingers on the magic Tyre,
Aud heard her music tones, like scrapl
Chanting her own sweet pocsy; when flash
Beneath her Grccian brow, The lighting
That melted into softer light; il seemed
She stood before them rs their dark ,cycd
queen.
But now alas tho. .bcnlng form, upheld,
llalf carried whcrc-ii might rcclinc: tho
check
That seemed but chisclcd from sculpor's
Tho tintlcss brow meath tho soft raven
Tho sad, sad ego whose blackncss but rc-
ycalcd
The darkcncd heart within for not elcam
Elas..oI from its depths, save when q ruy Of
light
Foil on the tcardrop that upon it lazy;
Ail---lIad more the scmblanco Of n spirit
Ihan seemed they like her former joyous
self.
The fair-the gay Of Florence ,hrongcd tho
place,
Ths Ts ws"E %naepGs re hS aoSg gseS aSJS b" S Tic
DoTcr
TO speak its sad farewell.
a bright young girl,
With brow unfurrowcd blythe trace of grief,
Essaycd to chant the written words that bore
A strange resemblance i'll their mournlul-
ness
10 notes that float upon some crystal lake
Whcrcon II snowy swan it's dying song
Brcathcs forth.
Tho sunlit smile on that glad face
Contras,cd strangely with tho wailing sound
Her bright lips uttered; yet her coronal
OF varied flowers might well present itself
An cmblom Of ths wreath Of ort-lvcd joys
Corinnc had worn.
The song completed, sounds,
LOW tnC W. tiiS uish''N'u" % NpiSS,
Floatcd from lip 10 lip, and many y tear
Told silently that still Corinne had power
TO sway their hearts. a moan Of agony
Escaped amid the faint applause; . hush
,.AH prostrntc, with his thin hands claspcd,
there lay
Lord Nclyil, once tho Oswald of her heart.
AS slowly, consciousness returned, thoro
came
The crushing thought Of all his lips had
pledged.
Ills vows-hcr hcart-aliko were broken
And as they bore her homo TO dic-thcrc
rushed
Unuttcrablc grief upon his soul.
Could ho have knelt beside her couch and
claspcd
Her poor frail fingers in his own--havo
pressed
Upon bor leath-liko brow, ono farewell kiss,
1t seemed his hoart some comfort might havo
found;
but con ono word had she forbidden him. %
Not that her soul bore unforgiving thoughts
For all the pain she suffered, but her glanoe
Must now DC upward turned andai tho love
She had beloved OH him be given to Uca-
ven,
Besido, 'twcrc treason to his gentle bride
The fair Lucille, and sistcr of Corinnc---
TO show tho preference which his sod heart
felt.
The titlc, Lady Nclsil. and tho wreath
OF Orange blossoms and tho bridal ring,
Oswald had meant should BIO his gift Of lovc
no ltaly's bright stir--his own Corinno;
But these, his cherished hopes, fell meath
the stroke .
OF dark, stern duty, whom ho lcarpod the
will
OF his fond sire, whose lips no longer spoke
vssslsSsr they wcro silcnccd by the Death kings
touch)
But whose desire that oswald's hand should
Before tho marriage -alter---not Corinnc,
But cen >~hcr gontle sstcr.--was mado
known
In the penncd limos his friend had still pro-
served .
Alas In Oswald's book Of destiny
There seemed few pages which tho tears Of
grief 1-1.F
Had mover dimmcd; and now tho bitter
That soon Corinnc must die, brought to his
Almost q murderer's anguish, for no felt
Ills broken VOWS had struck tho mortal
wound. g.
AS fades upon Tho Western sky its light. -
So passed. tho listro from Corinno's dark
eye; -f@eD hi-EA .5t
And rs the wind but whispers when its
strength %tt sS5l
Is almost gonc, SO grew hcr:voico more faint.
Yet as Tho shades Of death moro thickly fell
Around hor form, upon hor inward soul III,
Woro scattered CLEANS from Heaven, and oil
hor thoughts "'*
wero given to God. She watcd peacefully
To hear tho message that should call her
Homo. g,E& E .sspp ..t .f
Her IDOLS portrait Which had always lain
Next to her loving hoart--was cast aside
That thero might stand no barrier 'twixl
herself @
And her Rcdeemcr.
When Lord Nelvil learned
Her dying hour lad come hc waited not