Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-03
THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBERG.
1COMNCNICATEp.

[CoMMUNIcATEp.
The following lines, unfettercd by rhyme or
measure. are after the style Of Solemon's songs
and O,sian's Poems: ;,
BEHOLD. thou art fair, my beloved; behold,
thou art fair; thou hast doves eyes yea, lh"u
art pleasant. Thy cheeks are comely with rows
If Jewels, thy neck with chains OF gold. NY De
loved is gone down into the garden, to the beds
Of spices to feed in the garden and gather lilies
-[Solomons Songs.
Retire, for it is night, my love, and the dark
winds sigh in thy hair. Retire to the hall OF my
lessts, and think of the times that are past; for
| will not return until the storm of war Is gone.
--rOssian'S Poems.
THE ABSENT LOVED ONE.
BYs. KING SHAY.
., beautiful love! of all that is beautiful and
lovely;
Thou art more beautiful than tho lily's SMILE
or the
Roses bloom, when the golden beams Of light kiss
Them; Upon thy check the damask loves to
blush;
Around thy temples lilies love to smile; but they
lmpart charm that steals into the heart
That thrills it with beauty.
Thy sta--lit eyes, softly beaming cast their rays
That make happy all on whom they fall
Gloom and darknessfy beforethem, and pleasure
Leaps into the heart. Wooing zephyrS sigh
Upon thy coral lips that wait their swecten'd
Accents to the soul, that longing waits to
Feel the bliss of love.
Thy breath is sweet, my love, as garden in full
Bloom, when the dew drops spark lie in the bud,
And WOO the warm and glowing. beams TO u cir
Embrace moro fragrant than tho breeze lade"
With spicy odors from the groves OF India
Thy smile moro precious than Aurora's that
Tints the clouds with beauty, and rules the
Heavens in light. .-
T. &c ,taNo
Beams kissing the flowers arruyed Ill gems
Ofdcw. Cold and sorrowful it wore, to hive
And know thee not my beautiful, my loved one:
For then thy smile of love would bless me
Not thy voice of love would not hear
Thy kiss of love would mover thrill my being.
Smooth and pleasant be thu path Of life, my
Love lit by tho smiles of hope; may groves
0,fhappy sengsters cheer thee IN thy happy
Refresh thy taste; may faithful friends surround
And cheer thee, and fill thy heart with joyful
songs. - ...
But thou art sad. my love, sorrows press upon
Thy mind and chill deep into thy heart, and
Co:rode the Joys that should cheer and bless thee.
Thou who dffuseth light and Joy ON all who
Are permitted thy happy smiles to share art
In cloud of grief, ttat diSsolvcs in tears for
Thy joylcsS fate.
And Joy should fill thy soul, aud beam from
Thy besutcous eyes like the rainbow when the
storm is over? Return. my love, the flowers
bloom
And smile to hail they Co.nlning, and iningc
,,dors in the air in token OF thy welcome; ...
Vocal groves with music sweet will aid their
Charms to please and cheer thee.
return, my love, to the bosom that bral>
T., love aud make thee happy.
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Spiw,rrAilsM --Spiritualism has lately re-
,.ivtI an impetus in England from The tcsti
u,nnv Of two Enggsh Lords. They state that
,,.y distinctly saw Citizen Hume, while sitting
~ their company, suddenly sail ont Of one viii
.inw and return by another The horizontal
.,loycmcut was the one he assumed: aud the
fwo peers, on beholdins the extraordinary feat,
we're so :.>oniShcd thar they had difficulty in
maintaining their own perpendicular They
.in not inform lis whether, before he thuS tempo
rarity took leave, the whole party had not been
indalging in SOME potations stronger than cold
water; and it ti,, been suggested that the pro-
i,..Sio,a services 81 Citizen Calcrait, the lnn-
;iru cxecutoucr, might be called Into requlsl-
.::"n for the purpose ci proving whether Citi-
2rn Home toull thus suspend himself ia
landing position were rope to be attached
~ his neck and Il trap suddenly withdrawn
rom beneath him. rs, il successful in doing
~. his secret might lead IL the necessity ot
.>iumiuy some change IN iinde ot ca,itai
punishment.
.Jrsting apart, these alleged miracles al an-
lrar ~ b. tnuiidcuon some extraordinary species
1T ,lrl,,>ion and do not possess half the merit
ar the amusement OF the lrat$ performed under
shr Influence of Annual Magnetism or the I'm
s,rnwu Tongues many years ago. NrStiaA not
!n,Iirvr in pianos and iwcive-taet dining tables