New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

Floating within their gladness! Soon ! lost
All sense ~ scparateness Fedaina eieu
As star dies, and meltS INTO me NM trirnb
was not nut joy was ana IONSS ai W.. ih, .Ph'
Nav nv dear lord, never could DO aught
IN I m%st ieei y 5Te II better than your wish
may VOC say so--say, 1t vas not wrong!
Inst before the day fixed TO- the marriage of Don
Sllyaand Fedalma, the gypsy chief, who has been
taken prisoner by the Spanish soldiers and con-
fined in the for ress of Bedma- is brought into con-
tact with the betrothed maiden. and makes himself
,pown s. her az her father from whom she had been
stolen al an early age He appeals to her latent
Glia affection, and tO the sentiment of patriotic
pride an6 sympathy. to renounCe the spendors with
which she had become familiar. and the love which
pllptated in her heart, and rctun to her outcast
people, and take her true position as queen OF the
Zincali. She dares not resist the entreaty; her
sense of national honor triumphs the enjoyment
OF luxury and she reveals the portentous secret to
her aflianced lover The struggle between Silya's
passion for his future bride and his hereditary sta
ton and endOwments is the theme of the remainder
of the poem. He decides at length to follow Fedal-
ma into the gypsy camp and cast in his fortunes
with the dcspised Tace. But the attachment TO his
country and his kin proves too strong for his new
born fcalty, and IN spasm Of resentment against an
act Of treacherous cruelty Stays the dusky chief OF
the Zinca and resumes his ancient ties as Spanish
noble. This of course proves final barrier between
him and Fedalma, and he devotes himself henceforth
as ian Offering to injured Spain" while she sets sail
TO assume the rule over the ZincalO tribes on the
African coast The parting of the lovers, who saw so
clearly that " they must now walk apart unto the
end" with marriage rite but the resolve each TO
be true to higher allegiance than their love- winch
had grown upon a larger life that tore its roots
Z rl,..1a FaIa
and tender pathos is not matched in the poem else
where and which in no degree falls below the most
admirable specimens in that kind of recent English
verse.
Rut neither knew that he was silent. She,
For one long moment. moved not. They knew nauCht
Save that they parted for Their mutual gaze
rs with their sOul's full speech forbade their hands
To seek each other-those oft-clasping hands
Which had r memory OF their own ana went
Widowed of one dear touch ioreyermore
Al last size turned and with swift movement went,
Bcckouiug tn linda, who was bending low
And fingered stiI to wash her shells, but soon
LcapinE and scdmpcriHg followed, Whle her queen
Mounted the steps again and took her place,
Which Juan rendered silently
The press upon the quay was thnned; the ground
Was cleared Of numbering heaps, the eager shouts
Had sunk, ana left mulinnr more re- 'iaiHou
BY common purpose All the men ashore
Were gathering INTO ordered companies,
And with less clamor filed the waiting boats,
n il the speaking light commanded them
To quiet speed for now the farewell glow
Was the tOUuOst nights ANA where lar SHIPS
Were southwark tending, tranquil slow, and white
Upon the luminous meadow toward the verge
Tie quay was in stll shadow, aud the boats
Went somhcrly upon the sombcr waves
Eedalma watched again; but now her gaze ,,,
Takes i'm the eastward bay, where that small bark
Which held the fisher boy floats weiglticr
NH one more life tn4t rests i upon the car aao
TIL she was gone he would not turn ms face
5 A%T G eE Eo' TI a@i eyes
The time was coming Nadar had approached.
Was the Queen ICadyl Would she follow now
Her fathers bodvi For the largest boat
Was waiting at the quay, the last strong band
OF armed Zucall ranged themselves IN lines
TO guard her passage ana 10 follow her.
Yes am ready aud with action prompt
They cast aside the Gypsy's wandering tomb,
Aud fenced the space from curious MoorS who
To see Chief zarca's coffin as It lay.
They raised il slowly, holding it aoft
On shoulders proud 20 bear the heavy load
Bound on the coffin lay the cheitan's arms
His GYPSY garments aud li, coat ~ mail.
And then descending followed. An was still.
The Moors aloof could hear the struggling steps
The struggling calls subdued Tin safe released
tlay witniu the space around u hlied ,
From of the shore aud saw u ficc away
The land that bred her helping the resolve
Which e1ied her forever
II was night
Before the ships weighed anchor and gave sail:
By the large crescent moon, WIN Hesperus
Fcdalma $1,000 and watched the little bark
Lying jet-buck upon mOou-whitcued waves
Silva was standing too. lie too OWNED
A stcadfast form that held him with us thought
| Tie waters widen slowly tin at last
Sg lie sll 5c Su S yeT I, bv W. s tleu
| III, etor1 o9,,5s abundant material, for tragic
ii, o5 ,,,,,,, which tl,o ortbor has NOT failed
| i.:r ,,.;.h In Li,l r,s,,,-l.e of Itororc. art
/ 10 WHY WIN iva H.Hn i'''"'~'o Va "''"' "
Her rare skill in the dcucation Of character finds
| ample scope in the stern barbanc dignity OF the
Zmcalo cMcfan; i'm the heroic. but moody and sen
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