The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-22

Loves pie !ged in haste,
And misapplied affection;
Fond hearts bereft-
Youths fairy dream departed.
And lovers left
To perish broken hearted.
Yes, though thou weep,
Thoul't smile again tomorrow
IT'S not a deep
Not an abiding sorrow:
IT'S boyhood's boon
To bask in loves pavilion,
And, ah, how soon
Thoult find another Lillian.
To Elran this came as a cutting arrow
that severed all hope. In the angry
mind dark thoughts gather as swiftly as
vermin in a stagnant pool and at first
there arose within him wild resolves to
wreck her happiness. But all such i'm
pulses he soon stuffed, and when he had
seen her whom he loved given to another,
single handed and alone, but sustained
by steadfast purpose, he went out to
wres,le with fortune. The elements of a
noble character, innate within him, were
now, by sorrow and disappointment,
moulded into form and given vitality and
force. The struggle was hard one, but
in the end he succeeded nobly ard we'll.
He gained the esteem Of his fellows and
they gave into his keeping rare trusts
which he KEEP, inviolate. He won the
highest place II his calling. bu, by him
this was never put to degrading pur-
pose. Through honest endeavor the
most enviable successes were his. and
yet
His life was tragedy: True. devoid
of all that was harsh and unseemly, at all
times spurning things low and mean, &C
cepting only the lofties, aims, and still
most mournful of tragedies. Time did
not lessen his boyish love; i, still chung
to him ever, Christening and saddening
all he said and did, and throwing about
his daily life soft and melancholy grand
eur. Shu, out from that perfect COM
munion of soul with soul, which is the
highest blessing, Elran found his reward
and relief IN doing good. A sufferer
himself he best knew how 10 comfort
others ; and in so doing he was content
OF his love for Lillian Laile, even to
me his nearest friend, he seldom spoke.
and then briefly and guardedly. Still
his thoughts would sometimes End ex-
preston in words; and so this was his
souls song-earnest and deep. yet free
from all polson-after weary years
Love. thought. mind. God. the great All Soul,
The power that fills all times and spaces,
l. the - :" which comprehensive whole
Which is all life and pervades all places.
Stars may go down, worlds come to naught,
And darkness reign where the light now
quvcrs;
Blu, love-,he AlSoul.s mighty ,houglt-
Shall still float on the eternal rivers.
Oh, Lillian Laile, | loved YOU more
Than your iItl hear, did ever dream Of
All love YOU ever knew before
AL Joy your soul e'er caught a eieam Of
Save only Gods great love alone.
Were but ilekering light beside IL,
And still II Il, the brighter shoae.
The more your GOODNESS bade me hide II.
Hide i, could not, though you bade
could but shrink. and shame, and shiyer,
And silent tempt what e ct YOU said.
md hoa, 4 bubble on the river.
bubble, All. how bubbles swell
And Haunt their gay hues TO deceive US.
Then vanish. Nay. hat all IS eli.
Their tender light shall never leave
Oh. Lillian Lie Do YOU think tha,l
Could hold such iov. is offered to YOU.
And lei years come and Years 90 hy.
And so forge, tina, | loved YOU Do you
And love you Vet. eh. Lillian Latte
Though time has iooseged the Inks ,!a,
bound u.
As w. sat enhanced in the clover ,.lle.
With the yesfer sonssters h,mninc round
You mind ,ag, nigh, in the hiiss;ll June
The dell. the stream and the s~ec, white
clover
fhc noun, beyond and the mellow tune
That natures MINISTRIES warbied over;
And who shall say 10 me now that We
When freed from the mortal coils thai
bound US
Freed through the ighs OF the mystic sea
Shall not DC just as those June DAYS found
love you vet And It's jus; because
That one true love is love suIcrna,
Love Is OF God, and b, Gods great laws
Is given once an 4 is SO eternal.
Stars may so down. worlds come - naught.
And darkness reign where the light RON
Gulve-s
Blu, iose-,he All Souls mighty thought,
Shall still boat the eternal rivers.
The las, years OF Elran's life were full
Of honor and peace. but they were unlike
those of other men. The day may
open in storm and tempest. and close
serene and beautiful; but the calm will
De more intense, and the sky will nesr a
deeper. clearer blue. Until the end his
acts were benehcent ones. having but one
object. the elevation and happiness sf his
fellow beings.
During all the years his love for Lii
han remained the elevating influence of
his life. To others she might now be
woman old. and wrinkled, and bent
ou, he remembered her only as the love
OF his youth. who, but for fatal mistake,
would have been his companion for all
time. Those about him little guessed
his secret, and yet these verses. written
when he was three-score. were something
more than memory's shadows
I'm sitting in the shadows.
Lillian Laiie.
Beyond the ripening meadows,
Where low winds wall
Low winds. all sorrow lader
Sob from the west.
But hint of no dim Aidea-
Naughi bu, unrest.
A melancholy sadness
PcrVades the cline