Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-07-03


by Whttcr's brain when he told how
"--From under low brows black with nisAt.
| Ragged out ut times a dangerous light:
| The sharp heat lightnings Of nor face,
| Presaglng i'll to him whom fate
Condemned to share her love or hate ~
The mystery is deepened as we real on
about this
| ..---woman, tropical, Intense a
u thong 1t and act and sou! and senso--.
Revealing with each freak or feiut
The temper OF rctruchio's Kate,
The rap urcs Of Siena's saint. i"
J Nor do We have amy more light on the
subject when We follow her to eastern
skies. and see her amidst the tombs and
shrines Of Jerusalem,
"Or startling on her desert throne
The crazy Queen of Lebanon
With claims fantastic as her own;s
or when she watches
.The lords quick coming in the flesh,
| Whereof she dreams aud prophecies"
And yet tins one upon whom the poet
invokes "the Lords sweet pity" was a
character as real as any that stand out 70
clear aud comprehensive in Snow
Bound. F"
Last week few papers in Philadelphia
had the brief announccme mt of the death
Of ''Harrict Lvermore. aged 6l. Not
many Of the readers Of the obituary no.
tices that morning knew that Harriet Liy.
er,norc was the original Of the most pow.
erful and deep feeling lines of Whittier's
Snow Bound. j"
My home being near to Whittier's,
have often enjoyed the most pleasant con.
yersatiOns with the poet on literature and
various other themes Of the day and oncc
| asked him to give me some rccOllectiOus
I.,f H.nrp int I At,-A
versation, and from the sketch of others
who knew well the mysterious guest " I
obtained some facts in regard t0 her that
may be Of interest.
could not learn much Of Harriet Liver
more's parents, as she was placed when
qnite young under her uncle, Judge Liver.
moTe. whom elderly persons in New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, will still
remember. The girl early displayed great
originality and independence Of character.
As her uncle was also a man of original
ways of thinking. two such people under
me roof were sometimes too many. It is
said that being thwartcd in an early loyc
attachment (perhaps it was her uncle who
thus thwarted Ler), she began to display
eccentrcities which attracted much atten-
ton. Several who remember her at their
iircsidcs, have told me that she was gcuer-
ally of Il grave countenancc, hut that her
woIdcrful conversation and her flashing
eyes would command the silence, and rivet
the closest attention of every one. Those
who knew her think that White: has
been most happy in catching the leading
features of her portrait, and has presented
the vagarics of her demeanor and her pow.
er most faithfully to tho world, when he
says
"The warm, dark languis her eyes,
Wasnevcr safe from wrat's surprise.
Drows santly calm and lips dcvOut
saf% sai and s2SIs Ss
And s,'ill f.r social battle cry"
AT one time she adapted the garb OF her
sex in the Society OF Friends. and often
addressed them at their quarterly meetings;
nr il various towns and cities of New Eng
land she spoke Oh the second coming Of
Christ
Thtre was nothing vulgar about her, md
she must not be confOunded with those
women whose names and voices in ''social
hattie cry " have often been made known
t" the public by penny-a- liner clap trap
and literary Qnackrry. Her whole bearing
was that OF high horn lady who had no
trifliny themes. She was in deep, solemn
earnest
At length her friends missed her. and af.
ter many mouths they heard Of her in Eu-
rope. and Asia and Africa.
| '.Snce then, what old cathedral town
| Aa, missed her pilgrim stan and gown?
WHIT convent has held its lock
Against The challenge OF he, knock ~"
At one time we find her in Egypt, Civ.
ing our late Consul, Mr. Thaycr. a world
OF trouble arising from her peculiar no.
tons. At another time We sec her amid
the gray olive slopes Of Jerusalem, demand
lag not begsing-moncy for the "Great
king;" and once when mn American.
fresh from home during the late rebellion.
offered her in Palestine handful of green.
backs. she tlung them back to him with dis.
dain, saying 1.-The Great King will only
have god!" At one time. years ago. she
climbed the sides of Mount Lihamus and
visited Lady Hester Stanhopc, that eccen.
trc sister OF the younger Pitt.
One day they went to the stables where
Lady Hester had magnificent collection
Of Arabian horses, for it is well known that
Lady Hester. amongst her other oddities.
married u Scheik Of the mountains. and
thus had n fine opportunity for securing
the choicest steeds of the Orient. Lady
Hester pO:ntpd to Harriet Liver,nore two
very fine horses with peculiar marks, hut
d ifeling from each other in color. THAT
one. " said Lady Hester, "thc Great King
when he comes, will ride. and the other
will ride in company with him.. E" There
upon. Harriet LivermOre gave an emphat-
ma. " and declared, with forcknowl-
edge and apiomb, that "the Great King
will ride thls horse. and it is who. as his
bride. will, at his second coming. ride the
other horse. II is said that she carried
her pnins with Lady Hester, overpowering
her with superior nucncy and assertion.
No won her Whittier speaks of her a.
...,,--starling OH her desert throne
| The crazy Queen of Lebanon,
W i'm CLAIMS fantastic as her OWL"
Between two and three years ago she
returned to America. and since that time
Gas resided in philadelphia. TO the end
ot her life. though more impatient than
when younger. she exhibited those quail.
ties which Whittier has 50 well described.
The poet throws the mantle Of pity over
her, and veal can Join in the conclusion
of his admirable sketch of Harriet Liver
more:
"a Is not Of, t, separa.,
| The tangled s~..n OF VIII and fate,
To show what me,cs and bounds should stsnl
| pom tbs souls tcbatalls land
| Aud between choice and Providence
| DIVIDE the circle of events.
But lie VINO knows our frame, is just,
| crciini and ompassionate:
! And iull oi sw at n -nrap'rs,
Ahl het'e ,oi 80 ..is-.-es II,
That lie rene!Nberc,h We are uust. Z.
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