Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-13
VOL. 3.
THE BATHER.

,v-,n from her waist the girdle she unwouhd'
IA east n down on the insensate turf;
.rhen copse, and cove, and deep-secluded vale
r,. .crutinized with keen though timid eyes,
-. s,ood with ear intent to catch each stir
NJ, ,o.f or twig. or bird.wing rustling there.
,,or clarified heart beat quicker even to hear
r,e wild bee woo the blossom with hymn,
~. hidden insect break its lance of sound
,,.,n., the obdurate silence. Then she
smi ed.
..h.r own fears amused, and knew herself
,Cod,s own image by that hidden pool.
Then from Its bonds her wondrJus hair she
Ioos'd-
Hair giittering like spul glass, and bright as
tho
Shot full OF golden arrows. Down below
Her supple waist the short and shimmerins
coils
Rolled in their bright abun lance, fairer war
Than wa. the golden wonder Jason sought.
Her fair hands then, like white doves in q net.
A moment huttered in the shining threads,
As with dexterous touch she higher laid
The cleaning tresses on her shapely head,
Beyond the reach of rudely amorous waves;
Then from her throat her light robe she un-
clasp'd.
And dropped it downward with blush that
The higher as the garment lower fell.
Then she cast of the sandals from her feet,
And paused upon the brink of that blue
lake
A sight too fair for either gods or men;
An Eve untempted In her Paradise.
The waters into which her young eyes looked
Gave back her image with 80 true truth
She blushed u look, but, blushing. looked
again
As maidens to their mirrors oft return
With bishful boldness once again to gaze
Upon the crystal page that renders back
Themselves unto themselves, until their eyes
Confess their love for their own Ioveliness.
Her rounded cheeks, In each of which had
grown,
With sudden blossoming. fresh red rose,
She hid all instant In her dimplcd hands.
Then met her pink palms up above her head.
And whelmed her form Ia the welcoming
wave.
Around each litaesome limb the waters
twined,
And with their lucent raiinent robcd h:r
form;
Aud, as her hcsitating bosom sunk
10 the caresses of bewildered waves.
Their foany pearls from their own ioreheads
gave
For her fair brow, an | showcred in her hair
Tine evanesccnt dia.iolitis of the deep.
Thus dallyins with the circu nj lent tile
Her loveliaess half hidden, half revealed,
an Undne vita II sui. she plugged and
rose,
While the white sriccs of her unded arms
She lr4ided with tine blu OF wand. ring
waves,
And saw the shoulders OF the billows Yell
B fore .he even strokes OF her small hands
Ani laughed t. see. anl held her crimson
mouth
Above tue crest Of each Advancing sarge,
Like red blossom pendant DER p pol--
Iiii, done with the invosoratin2 pay,
once more she aimed the banK, AMI once
again
Saw her twin image in the waters born.
From the translucent wave each beauty grew
To strange perfection. Never statue wrought
BY cunning art to fullness of all grace.
And kissed to life by love, could fairer seem
Than she who stood upon that grassy slope,
50 fresh, so human, So immaculate!
Out from the dusky cloisters Of the wool
The nun-like winds stole with sanity step.
And dried the bright drops from her painting
form.
As she with hurried hands once more let
down
The golden drapery of her glorious hair,
That fell about her like some royal cloak
Dropped from the sunsets rare and radiant
loom.