The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1880-10-01

Auu blaFe sought now % ttfu inc MHetl.
Her beauty faded not, she WIS
As fair IA erst. 1t was but one
Long leap TO cruel death to ask
The Baroness her hand.
Months sped,
And time bro't one more victim to
Her cruel vow. 4 fair young knight
Nhoss spurs had just been woa, it chane'd,
Saw her, aud as the rest, fellin
A desperate tit of love. He came
And asked to give his life, AS bad
The others done. The boy, for boy
He was, was young aud sweetly fair;
His voice was as some silver tone
That tinkled on the summer air,
[ SO sweet, SO musical ii was;
While auburn curls, when he had ta'en
His visor from his face, fell with
A careless grace o'er iairer brow
Than cen Gwendolens; cheeks that
shamed
/ AHN AN7A hANAi tNN Auit n
ALI well, noble sacrifice
For such cold beauty as was hers
Too noble for the Baroness
He was. "Iye come, fair one, to dare
Grim death for thee. lgo To pass
lon rock, or perish for thy sake.
The foolish fair young Knight was not
More lucky than the rest, but like
fhe rest, death clutched him as he rode,
And 1t rlei him DER the rocks---the wild,
Pierce rocks, iuto that w1t'ry tomb,
/ Where bleachud the bones of eight brave
Knights,
] Who, for Gwendolen's sake, had dared
( To ride to death.
Time passed again,
Aud on m eve, when lonely sat
She ia her b0adoir window that
Looked DER the Rhine, there rode up TO
The castles gates, n Knight, the ninth,
Who also came to win The fair
Proud Baroness. lie called, she came,
Aud from bis steed, caparisOned,
His lofty mein, his costly mail,
She knew lie was a Knight of rank.
Aud bowing low his helmet oil,
| He told his errand--Ah! that face;
! lie was nUbler one than all
The former kpights-suuh bearing, such
! An eye, glance, aprineely form!
Gwendulen felt her heart to shake
And soi ly quiyer Indeed, she saw her
Prince; and with a trembling tongue
She bade the hero stay and seek
Not too, to ride "rhe Rock of Death
4" Thou must not go she said. iorwell
! know that death awaits thee If
4 Thou try" 81 will not BIZ denied"
The hpl bold stranger said, "Fye come
To win thee, and I'll pay the price,
So thou wilt be all mine.' mplored
The girl, but spake the Knight Fear
not
That shall fail-I'll pass the rock;'
/ Auu HitluH nie NiHSH'f
He left the girl eutreating still
| That he should stay and take her hand
1 Without this risk of life. Now, from
Gwendoen's window could the path
/ Be seen. To this she rushed. and here,
/ With painful horror in her breast,
That almost stillcd her anxious heart,
And all but snatched away her breath,
She stood with pale blanched check, and
!, eyes
" mt, but dimmed by tears aud fear,
any watched, and prayed-but meier be-
res fore
cliI prayed heaven would. guide aud
blu stay
h step the stced might take. She saw
pluned crest wave in the breeze
colt swept along the dreaded cliff;
thd as he neared the fearful place,
sa Il terror shot her shiy'ring frame
-, through; my Godp = her husky
prayer,
erl Knight passed DER aud safe upon
prt other side, he waved his scarf
on Pve his head, and rode again
to the castles open gates.
I owendolen rushed to meet him but
The Knight did not alight. He reined
His steed, and slowly from his face
He moved his visor. Lol contempt,
Exulting pride, instead of love
Were there. The other victories
Gweudolenis were, the strangers, this.
'My Lady, spake the Knight, with cold,
! Disdainful tone, Il did not come,
Vain one, to win thy hand; thy heart
I've won, care not, tho tor it;
| fling thy love back in thy face
Go use it as thou wilt---I scorn
Thy weakness now. Revenge for blood
| sought---I have 1t sweetly now"
Gwendolen stared what meant the thing;
Tho't she---" Who art thou, then, and why
Dost thou this thingi am Landgrayc
OF Oberstein, the brother OF
The last fair boy and Knight, who for
Thy beauty and thy vain, rash vow,
| Ddst sacrifice himself. For this
came---revenge for his dear liie---
/ have it now, It's sweet. Farewell,
Proud Baroness" And haughtily
The Landgrave rode away, and left
| The girl without her heart, without
Her hope.
Is
All des'rate with the shock
And mad at nnreqnited love,
She tore her hair and raved andin
Her frry.--scarce the strangers plume