Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
Lady Wentworth.
u Ug1Y ". LONoYBLLoW.

Lady Wentworth.
u 1Ex1Y Y. LoNoyELLow.
One hundred years ago. and sonasthins NOR,
In Queen street, Portsmouth, 1t her tsvsen door,
Neat ~ pin and blooming . rosa,
Stood Mistress stavers In h1r furhelows,
Just =. her cuckoo-ciock was seEakanS nina.
Above her head, resplendent on the sign,
In scarlet cost and periwig Of dax,
Surveyed At leisure al her varied charms,
Her CAP: her bodice, and her white folded Nm.
And rather damaged by the lapse Of time,
To- To f.,l dow down A + her iest, and 70 declare
For frosa his lofty station he had seen
Sseyers. her husband, dressed In bottle Essa,
Drive his now Flying stase-coeeh, touF-f1 baad,
Down the long lane and out into the land,
And know that he wss far upon the way
To Ipswich and to Boston on the BsyI
Just then the medltatons of tho Earl
We're interrupted by little girl,
Barefooted. ragged, with neglected hair,
A thin slip Of girl, like . new moon,
Sure to be rounded into beauty soon
creature men would worship and sdore,
Though now in mean hahiliments she bore
psii Of water, dripping, through The stzsst,
And bathing, ~ abe went, her naked fese-
It was = pretty picture, full Of graoe,-
The slender form, the delicate, thin face;
The swsytne motion, she hurried BY;
The shining feet, the laughter in her eye,
A. IN her her ps psa ss' The .aipe II sunbeam d.aesd
And With uncommon feelings Of delight
The Earl of Halifax behsld the sight.
These words or thought be did, - plain % dag:
20 Martha H0tonl Flo! how dare you 20
About the town half dressed, and looking sor
At which the gypsy laughed and straight replied:
"No matter how I look; yet shall ride
In my own chariot, ms'am." And on The child
The Earl Of Halifs! benigniy smiled,
Az with her heavy burden she psssed on,
Looked back then turned the corner, and was gone.
What next, upon that memorable day,
And brilliant equips9e. that dashed and spun.
Tho silver M ,rnes: efttettng IN the sun,
0otridsrs with req 1.ekees, ntne ana !aak,
rounding tne ssaoIee as tney rose soo ssaA,
While 81 alone within tne chariot s.e
Polly PerSoa a,aa. ~'s1 .t heeSSeS ;1 .tr
= S%so5 xelves @ CO.. ~ n1oS.x ond.. "a h
Dienined; stately, norid, much It ease.
Tsr T.lss. tns s1e.. L
To Little H.rbos, just beyond the town,
where his Great House 5000 loot1ne oof 70 sea-
goodly place, where It wss good to o.
Near and yet hidden from the great hishroad:
sequestered among trees, . noble pile,
Bafonial and colonial in IT, style;
Gables and dormer.wfndows everywhaee,
And stacks Of cbtmneys riding high In atI-
Psndsan pipes, on which al winds that blew
Within, unwonted splendors met the eye-
Panels, and hoozs Of OAK, and tapestT;
Carved chimney.piecos, where on bfasen doSD
Reveled and roered the christmss are Of 1oes;
Doors opening into darkness unAWafee,
Mysterious passages, and lights Of stairs;
And on the walle, in heavy gilded frames.
Tho ancestral ~'n'"oFs0' with o'o-5'F'pso'e' 'a.'
Such Va the mansion where the great man dWok
A wddower and ohildless !; and he felt
The loneliness, the uncongenial gloom
That Ike = preeAnce haunted every fo0ms
For though not given to weakness, he could feea
The pain Of wounds that ache because they heal
Tho years came and the years went,seven n n ~ ~ -
And passed In cloud and sunshine DER the aeu;
The d.wns their splendor through its ohanhsrs
The sunsets flushed its western windows rcd
The snow was on it, roofs, the wind, the rain;
Its woodlands were in leaf and bare again;
Moons waxed and Vsnod, the nlacg bloosued and
In the broad river sbbed and flowed tho tide,
And the slow years sailed By and ceased to Be-.
And al these years had Martha Hilton served
% day. By nisSt ss tie sS :,s! s1e4s
Though hidden by clouds, her Light sau aiming
through;
servant ~. who made service :esna dvi2e, ,e
Inroogn ner encn room wss ia1r 20 100. apoa'
Inc Inc mirrors : m gnsteneo ana tne osssse' snone'
Il she but passed. was brighter than before.
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