Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-08-31
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Loves Victory.
By HOPE ARLINGTON.

What saw the lady Adele that made her SO
denly start,
That caused her eyelids to trembie. snd drew her
white hand 10 her heart?
She saw in her elegant mirror beautiful form and
iacr
Tho truest most lovely expression Of womanly
beauty and grace;
The brown hair so daintily braided, just shading
the forhead so fair,
And features that never An artist had language to
tell one how rare.
But this I She had seen it SO often, she knew All
her beauty by heart .
Twas not inst ths lovely reflection thai caused the
fair lady 10 start.
Not this-it was something far deeper: the brown
eyes that looked in hero~n
Were filled with ptiful yearuing that Tell ON her
heart lik" = moan. ,
Twas \ cry from the wrunged love Within ner' tue
pnre love her lips had denied,
That she with her own hands all trembling had
laid on the altar of pride
a moment before, just moment, her "hite hps
bad spoken the lie
go, now for I ne-er can love you, not more
than friend loves. Good bye"
And tl.en with = firm steP aad stately the iady
passed III at her door,
And there In her elegant mirror confronted the
look that she wore.
A sharp blow at first benumhs one, when quickly
and skilifuily doalt
Till tho wound is examined little, the danger and
pain are unfelt
The Lady Adele was skillfu had gracefully welded
the knife;
Her own words, which she found Ut was cruel) had
strnck to the ronts of her life.
Gone back an the tone Of h-s"eching Forgot
were her wealth and her pride.-
Forgot AL the trtius of rich suitors that often had
been st her side.
All things wers forgot the yesrling, the hun
ger. the thirst and Dsir.
For the true oye her lips had rejected, her heart
must now call for in vain,
a. Come back - like brooklet's sad marmur, OF
leaves by the moaning wind stirred,
Like the low restless chirp of the cricket hutteI
of some wounded bird
Still fainter the words repeated, still fainter
again were they said
TIL the face of the beautiful lady had grown iik.
the face uf the dead.
The lady Adele had tainted, Was ill., Lut the cause
no one knew.
Was she hurt had she fallen ?-how nj sud 81
the conjerturing grew.
No word from the stIE form gave answer ss slo1l,
the long hours pnssad by.
Till the thoaght in the sad watchers faces was
sPCken ~ last. a. viii she die , -
Wi! s'e die Adele, the lovely, the gifted, tht
beautiful one?
e hose will Was lsw to the many, whose wish, on
y utter, d. Nas donei
The bell toliei te hnur Of tho dsYbreak, the dI earl
night-xstch spent,
When across the pale checks Of the sleeper Il Grim
son Il Ssh came aud thrn went;
And he lips with scorn now we're parted, pro
ncuncing no cherries goodbye
Bet breathing tbs tender peiition, q" Oh, Roland
! com, bach OF l Gle ~
And who was this R.i.nd d noble, no dared thu
proudly TO stand
In tls ,iftsoncS Of Lndy Ad.,e anj claim hi. du
her tair hsnd!
nTlal-, mast tTuly, IL manhood made mobiles, no
titlo aIIl. d"~er
p. iuc~ tho most noble of princes. If worth wer
a crown sBt not power.
But oEf peer, uns.O artist When mt asnred L
name and by gold,
Yet conscious Of h.ug possessor OF riches too Srea
80 lie told;
or SealtL not "; worthy Asr notice, he hono!ed u
! He troush, 10 tl- Lady Adele the elft of trr
mans beat love
, And she l-ah wonian's parverssnes she ar
swerrd him calni. III. "hile;
"a her so;il ragged 4 tunlulf cf passion, aDd deaf
even lnrked in llsr smile.
! And Roland had he fingered noHr TO See Il pei
chance in her pride
She had only been cold. had relelted, would suH
non hTn beck 10 Ser side
Not with hrT last word he left her, rode siTai 81
from tho city away.
And MANY i.sgnc isy between Them, Adele MI
him, his ne1L day.
" All, fcol!" in his anguish he n,urmurei. "al
foni to believe III" wild dresh'
| That truth can Ue iound in a wenIal Though uot
/ aud pure she r,ay sem
Farewell tu the beautiful vision farewell ;o IN
lovely disguise!
Farewell TO the sweet, sweet enchantnent, til
wskens 70 brightly, then dies
To ssOrE l'li Paiut goddess, an ini"se
Icye's fair Idsal,
10 noirhip--but on her pure beauty shall liugcr
! breath Of he real.
Aid act like PyEralSu s statle, the yiEion TO l.
would / wak-
For tl.e1 't,sould be ocid. hard, and h-artless-
woman twert sinful to ,nake.
IL ais II,tl zeal Lea toiied UrtirIEG; lowell
form never grew
'Nsath ts,e inat ct artist than this obe that
hand had brought into Nire
Blu, l-ttGr, and form uhnuiieod; rp
" khll; had
Inspired the power Of each han'i-s'rnke,
= rolllr, lied by his vii nor his thoughts.
> Till the vision L bsauty was hulshed the & soj'
lac NpI pIslIpped WAS there,
With the gold III her htir like the sunlight, - -
liz hes eyes ike prayer.
, Que lance at the woGdrDGA creation, one look
the eyes mnt- appeal,
And Roland knrrliuk triore then, and soDGi
Tie sne Wurd ''Adcie =
; TuS last light cf day Was descending ID silence
y turret aud Toef,
> When there came from the street 10 the castle
! SQUAD Of horst's rharp hooi;
And later, = uiou.ent the iider descended
haste 10 the ground.
Then paused at the broad open doorway, ioot
= quicaly ..nd eagerly round,
Till .su by d mastering Impulse, crossed swiftly
rich ,"r-d floor,
And fingered il reNvrsnt silence ut Lady ACE
door.
: His nainr: was hs dreaming? the aeceuts, s~'
tender and cles.T,
Lhe uanna descending from hesYcL Eow gree
p his ear
= Oh. NoiauG! II you we're a bcssaI the pooics
q all in the street,
, Aud ] wCre u crown OF q Kingdom, l still W.
kueel at your ieet "
Crowns of gold ant Of power may vanish,
prouuest vi kingdoms may 1ail,
But Love will be nVuAIch -"rcHe er, forever
j, strongest Of all.