New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-19

| not rest until comfort and help wer
granted2 It is not earthly goods "
ask, it is only that two souls, VIII
have found and known each other, ma
accomplish this earthly journey arm ii
arm and eye to eye; Nat 1 may be . sup
port to her in suffering, she . comfor
to me, or sweet care, until We reach tn
goal. And if later spring we're promised
70 her life-if her suffering should be taker
from her--oh, what blissful pictures passec
before my eyes! .....
She had inherited from her deceased
mother . castle in Tyrol There, upor
the green mountains, in the fresh noun
tain air, among vigorous, interrupted
people, far away from the tumult of the
world, its cares and strifes, with none to
envy, with none to judge rs, in what q
blissful repose could we look forward to
the evening of life, and "iade as silent
as the evening glow" Then saw the
dark Lake with its living wave-shimmer.
and in it the clear shadow of the distant
glacier, and heard the tinkling bells Of
the cattle and the songs of the herdsmen,
and saw the huntsmen with their noun
tain sticks going over the mountain, and
l saw how the old and young congregated
in the village, and everywhere I saw her
lowering like an angel of peace, shower
ing blessings, and was her guide and
friend
Fool I cried out fool Is thy
heart still SO wild and so tender2 Rouse
thysef and be . man-think who thou
art, and how remote from her. She is
friendly, she likes to reflect herself in
another soul, but her very trust and I'M
embarrassment prove that no deeper feel.
ing lives for thee in her breast. Hast
thou not seen in many clear summers
night as thou hast wandered alone through
the beech-forest, how the moon pours her
silver light over all the branches and
leaves, and how it eliminates even the
dark gloomy water Of the pool. and re-
fleets itself gloriously even in the smallest
drop? Thus she looks upon this dark
life. and SO also thou may'st bear her soft
light reflected in thy heart ; yet hope not
for warmer look!
Suddenly her image came like life be-
fore my eyes; she stood before me, not
ike a remembrance, but like q vision,
md for The first time I knew how
beautiful she was. It was net the
beauty of form and of color, that dazzles
Is at the first sight of lovely girl, and
hen is as soon blown away as tho bios
'om of spring. 1t was rather the har-
nony of her entire being, the truth of
very movement, the spiritual expression,
he perfect mutual Misrepresentation of
he body and the soul, which blessed |
hose that looked at her. The beauty
hat nature distributes 80 lavishly does
lot satisfy, if man does not appropriate
t to himself, and as it were earn and win |
t. 1t ofiends, rather, as when upon the
tage We see an actress stalking along in
Iueenly attire, and observe at every step
low little the costume suits her, and how !
title it belongs to her. True beauty ia I
race, and grace is the capitalization of |
heavy, corporal and earth
=; it is the indwelling spirit which
hanges even the ugly to the beautiful.
The more contemplated the vision that
stood before me, the more I perceived the
noble beauty Of her form and the soul
ILLNESS of her whole being. O, what
bliss was so near to me! and
vas it all only to show me the highest
'innacle Of earthly happiness and then
o cast me down forever unto the fat
of life? o, that I had never
reamed what treasures the earth hides!
Tut to once love, and then to be alone
brewer! to once believe and then to
oubt! 10 once see the light and then to
row blind forever! These are tortures
efore which all human torture-chambers
anish. Thus the wild chase of my
houghts ragged further and further until
last all was still, and the whirling i'm.
ressions gradually collected themselves
nd became quiet.
This rest and WEAKNESS may, indeed,
Q called reflection, but it is more like q
mple looking on while one gives time to
le medley Of thoughts, until all of them
Ives they become crystalized according
} the eternal laws. We regard the pro-
'ss like an observant chemist, and when
le elements have received form we
ten wonder ourselves that they and we
e SO wholly different from what we ex-
,cted
The first word that spoke otter 1 had
vaked from my vision was. II must
} away" and in the same minute sat
'wn and wrote to the Hofra,h that
ould be absent for two weeks, and would
I'VE all to him. An excuse was soon
und for my parents, and in the evening
vas on my way to the Tyrol.
Seventh Remembrance.
To wander arm in arm with friend,
rough the valleys and over the noun
ms of Tyrol-that is to drink in vital
and vital pleasure; but solitary and
me with ones thoughts to pass along =.
. same road-that is lost time and lost
'uble. What care I for the green
,untains, and the dark clefts and the
10 sea, and mighty Xaiarall2 Instead |