The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-06-05
ORIGINAL POETRY.
FOR rHr aREEEvrLLr ENTERPRISE.
The House Metaphysical,
Br LAURA awrs.
PART II.

Br LAURA awrN.
PART II.
Twas Pride that held the unchauted uectar
=. To my fond lips--,twas over weenins Pride
Whose high and naughty crest was lifted up
Betwixt mo and my guide. hst q
So Nheh again upward wished to 70
To seek the hual promised goal,
or oil tho branching stairs I did not know
Which best would please my soul.
But Pride was my companion now, she led
Tho way, and fsarlessly I followed her,
with this brave daughter of the House" I
said, WI. . -.. 8"
For guide, scarce can err"
And of as through some arched window high
upward gazing caught
glimpse Of cloud. banks piled against the
sky,
straightway vainly thought:
These DO the parapets and towers grand
OF Gods great house, which soon,
When on this mansions topmost roof I stand,
My soul shall garo upon!
And rs nearer heard the old sea's dread
And ever dcep'ning roar,
These be The muttitudious tongues, / said,
That praiss God evermorei ..
heard. yet heard not, saw, yet did not see,
For darSened and confused my senses were,
And meath Pride's magic all things suddenly
Were changed and touched with colors false
and fair. ..... .......F ~. ."
so thus We went, Pride choosing evermore .
For her fine foot and purple. tinted wing r
The gorgeous stair and richly painted floor,
l, we'll pleased, following VS. g1
Not long we journcyed there, for on my way
shadow fell-the words OF council sweet
Fiom my lost guide missod-I missed the
or his clear lamp about my feet! .a
gray, drear gloom around me softly crcpt.
My tortured heart beat thickly in mine ears.
And Pride's rich purple wings in silence swept
Along tho dusky stairs. .
looked behind, and 10! along my path
subtle fend was walking, at his side.
Watching me with eyes, terrible as death.
fend dog seemed to glide. .... ..
TO glide and scent my steps; and as threw
That glance Of terror back, saw him start
Aud strike his sharp fangs with sound tba,
drew
The eurdled blood around my stricken
heart sss rgsraa
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whispered wildly--at my side
Pale flying Terror, as FASTENED on, 1.
Came in the place Of Pride.
Up, up thro' many spacious hall went,
And many a masy stair faster and faster.
But still that dog tracked me with keenest
scent;
And his unenrthly master ."
Kept close behind-wild Terror DER nv soul
Such dread dominion held, that as I passed,
no more noted mysteries wonderful
Within each chamber vast.
only knew that each succeeding room 90.
An aspect wore moro terrible and droar,
only felt deeper, deadlier gloom
Settled on each ascending stair.
put still as evermore, feet Terror lent
Wings to my feet, faster and faster
The hend- d-dog DoH5t, tracked mo with keenest
scent, I
Followed by his fend master.
An me. The deep sfiiction of my dream,
heard wild shudderiug sounds upon the air,
Low moans and broken voices that did ss.m
10 hint ta!o Of horror and despair.
anon above tho rest, ono voice rang out
Through ghastly chambers gaping wide,
An''nns mo with tho mooking, msddening
"Whero is thy lamp and guide 2"
At last, beside psrapet stood,
1nat crowned the mansion's roof and far
below
heard the thunder Of the ocean flood
saw the wild waves ebb and aow. "a sk
The Wild, wild waves saw, and each ON.
oore r~'tss s - .ts .34 ESQ.
A shastly human body--even the bed ~
or ocean was 50 full Of bones, It's roar
Was turned into his--thess wsre the dead
whom that pursuing devil and grim Doubt
had driven to madpess--thess were they
whose guides were lost, whose lamps had
fickered out, s ., -.
Ana whom wild Fear had cast headlong
into the sea. -
coRIsrH, Miss, Is7a.
The Atlanta Sun learns from the Ste ward
OF the Kimball House, that that hotsl con.
.uc'ss thirty tons Of Ice per mooth. which