Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-03-10

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One - ehe isos, keautssaf scrusr. In s .av
langdase n Dur1's aHxhiani' Msrv. ii
was Inspired ~ che great Ss5scA pests
love sUt Mary CasIpsssi. 1 niehi.Sd iss-
Sc. whose ,b-aaty Of form Us ONLY equal
ed by the sVestness o. her Nature ana tie
purity q her tIca:t OF Boras 1il OF her
Chat She vs. fair aud aFeceioSase and as
guileless rs she vas btautifhl.s The Est
time he saw ne. VA during one OF the
walks Ia the woods II the Castle .sf
Montgomery. ct which he wrotsF fo.oo
.0seen Be yoar woods, ana fair yene flowers.
Your waters never drumliel
There simmer frs, un'sulds her robss. "
AID there tie largest tarry; Ia Tf'1t -a'
Por these Iseok ny.last Ssseselto stf'--usr p
u my sweet Highland Mary, 4. t.-. 20.
Mary Campbell. 20 pretty 20 pur-, 90
gentle, and 30 intellisent q aiassie. could
not but have many s'3nire,s among the
CAV ladies Of she uplsnds q Scotland.
and Burns fouai that he hsd rivals IN
abundance for her love. Bat The supe-
rior address Of the Ayrshire poet was sue
cessful, and she gave him her whole
heart She knew Of Barns irregulsri.
ties Of life, that he had sinned grievously
against her own sex. bat she knew in her
own heart that her love for him was q.
pure as that which the holy angels feel,
and she wss equally confident that she
had Inspired IN his heart IN affection that
was superior to any sensusl passion. BE-
Eeviug this she plighssd her faith to him.
determined 10 we'd aud lead him iaslsae
path Of virtue IS we'll - sniuase hin With
al ambition to do gre.. things worthy Of
his genius. which she was undoubtedly
capable Of apprcoiating. Barns remain
ed long enough In the Highlands to con-
sumnate his eugagcmcns with che dear
creature. He LEFT her. expecting in =
few short months to return and claim her
as his bride. OF the hours he spent with
her he sung: -''92. 7--
"The golden hours, on angel wings
Flew Ger me and my dearie:
For dear to me as light and life
Was my sweet Highland Aary.'
Before parting they exchanged vcws Of
eternal devotion Of the most tender kind.
They stood with = running stream be-
tween them, and holding in their hands
the Bibles which they had exchanged,
they lifted va.eE in their hands and VOW
ed to remain faithful and true 20 each
other as long as the woo!s grew aud the
waters ran. They p,rtsh,, how, is told
III following wofos OF This sweat. and
song:
"Wr mouis q VOW, aud locked embrace,
Our par,in, was fu' tender;
And plcdging AFT 70 meet again,
We tore ourselves asunder.'
But meet again they did not. she
! went her vsy 70 Caval 70 make prepsra-
tons for her wedding. and Vas seis ID
with burning fever which hasseue3 her
to 40 early grave. '''-
'tBut, oh I fss DEATHS uutinely frost, ,...
That nips my Hover sac early"
1t is said that Burns never heard oil
her death until he was on his way TO meet
her q the marriage altar. He never for
got her, never ceased to .ovs aud mourn
for her. No one had ever before 80 al
led the heart Of the hayward. passionate
poet, and no one ever afterwards vas able
to make him forge. his Highland Mary.
He once before took leave Of her iu q
poem when be expected to 60 to the In
dies, in this manner:
Il have sworn by the Heavens to my Mary,
have sworn by the Heavens 10 be true
And sac may the Heavens forge. me,
III forget M vow"
lie was faithful to his vow, and his
poem Of Highland Msry is one evidence
Of it. Perhaps she sweetest poems Burns
ever wrote vas composed in the memory
Of sweet Mary Campbell. Years after
her death. after Burns had married and
commenced housekeeping. aud had chill
dren about him. upon an anniversary Of
Mary CampbelPs death, he fell int a 6!
Of melapcholy. which remained upon him
all day. Late in the evening he wander.
ed on: among his cattle and threw hun
self down beside one of bis corn ricks. ana
With his eyes Fixed on . bright par,ica.
lar star composed tho poem TO MARY
; in Heaven. $500
Thou lingering STIR, with less'ning ray,
Tia, lsv'st 70 greet the early morn'l
Again thou ushcrest in the day
Nv Msry from nv soul was torn.
o Nary dear departed shaded
Where IS thy place Of blisstul rest7
Seess thou shy lover io.ly laid?
: Hear 81 thou the groans that rend his breast!
= How every line Of this verse speaks ia
deserted and sad heart. Wife. the on
Who should have filled the place in hi
kesrt once occupied by bis Mary; CHI
, dren, 80 many pledges Of love vhic
should have called away his heart fros
the one new in Heaven. we're al forgot
, ten, and his whole sou! goes out in a
agour Of desire after his long lost bu
still loved Mary. -, ~.
80 Mary dear aerarsed shaaei
Where ID thy pLsfe OF hlissfsl rs, > 4.
SeeSt thou thy love. lowly aida 60,
Hearst thou the sroaas tEasr his breast!
His heat was nst with the one VII
had placed her hand in HIS. aud whom b
had borne TO his humble homo as his we'd
jed vile, bat away of in the woods ,
Monsgssaery.
THAT sacred hour can ] forget;
Can forge, the hallOwei grove,
Where by The, winding Ayre are met,
a TO live one day OF parting lover
Tho whole scene. the gurgling broo