Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-06
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Writton for the Yorkville Enquirer.
MEMORIES-AN EVENING WALK.

BY LACoN.
Here oft at the hour Of evening tide,
Through this cool grove and by this stream,
With dear Allean close by my side,
Have we walked DER this landscape green,
Rejoicing as we onward sped,
Near by it's banks as on it flowed,
Caring but little where it led
Though it were far from our abode.
How bright then glowed the evening sky,
Adorned with clouds of every hue,
AS lightning flashes did round them fly,
Bringing all their beauties full to view;
While birds of every wing were calling,
Each to the other in songs of praise,
AS the last golden beams were falling
From old Soils bright and dazzling rays.
On here, rejoicing, we went in glee,
Lured on by the stream and song OF birds,
With warm, light hearts, and spirits free;
While from our lips flowed amorous words,
And we were famed by as cool breeze
AS e'er over two mortals strayed
Till twilight had, by slow degrees,
I IL livery gray all things arrayed.
Yet brightly shone the dome of blue,
Bespangled all DER with stars so bright,
That we our way could still pursue
By their soft bright and %twinkling light.
Befriended thus, on we did walk
Till twilight in darkness fled away;
When we more contidingly did talk,
Making now and then a short delay.
Till Luna, loved goddess Of the night,
Rose with a bright and smiling face,
Rejecting afar each ray of light
Sent from the sun with queen-like grace;
When more pathetic our converse grew,
As homeward still we slow did stray,
When I stammered out a word or two
Inan i~nterrogating way
Just as we came up to the gate.
And she whispered, as we passed through,
'For. an nswer you'll have to wait
It may be for a month or two
But fearing greatly lest you should be
Vexed thus to wait for my reply,
Remember she said, 1--WE both are free,
And may remain so till we die
This tantalizing levity
Puzzled me much, and l told her so,
When she smilingly said, "but wait and see,
And soon the day I'll let you know"
And then we parted at the gate
mere we Slldll ucNeI ilcoe again,
For soon she sickened, and her fate
Was sealed by death ere an answer came.
Yes, in the sunny morn of youth,
In the lush Of beauty and her prime,
And so endowed with grace and truth,
She seemed to me almost divine.
But this now only gives me pain;
For with Allean my joys all fled;
Nor will they e'er return again,
For they're to all but memory dead.
And yet it bringeth joy to me
To walk these shades alone at eve;
For here through memory 1 can see
Much that doth my hearth relieve.
| Ave, my sweetest joys come now in dreams,
For there with Allean now oft I meet,
Walk through these groves and by these stream
Till my triumph Ger sorrow is complete.
| Oh, then, by memory let me cling
To her and all she said and did;
Nor chide my dreams if they but bring
Back what hath long since from me fled,
AS fresh as when here first we came,
And life was bright as a summer noon,
In which there never fell a rain,
Or came a cloud or tinge Of gloom.
And yet there is a better time,
I'm sure, remaining still for me,
Far above earth, in another CLINE,
Where all are happy, pure and free,
And where Allean now reigns in light,
And there is waiting now to see
When I from earth shall take my flight.
In h~eaven-with joy to welcome me.
And thither in heart I long to 60,
Where I shall meet my love again, :.
And rove with her forevermore
Ger heavens respondent, boundless plain
Hard by the flowing stream of life,
Where sweetest anthems forever roll,
Unbroken by a word Of strife
To pain or vex the immortal soul.