The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-03

never been an hour from my mind, that I
have longed to see your face like a sick man
for the light. Tell me, did you not know it,
BeatriceG'
''How should knowg" she answered very
softly; II could only guess, and if, indeed,
you love me, how could you wish me to marry
another man2 | thought that you had
learned my weakness and took this way to
reproach me. Oh, Godfrey, what have we
done? What is there between you and me-
except our lover
st would have been better if we had been
drowned together at the first" he said
heavily.
mo, nc" she answered, ''for then we never
should have loved each other. Better first to
love and then to die!'
''Do not speak So" ne said "Let US sit
here and be happy for a little while tonight,
and leave trouble till tomorrow"
And, where on bygone day Beatrice had
tarried with another wooer, side by side they
sat upon the great stone and talked such talk
as lovers use
Above them moaned the rising gale, though
sheltered as they were by cliffs its breath
scarcely stirred their hair. la front of them
the long waves doomed upon the beach, while
far out to sea the crescent moon, d-aped in
angry light, seemed TO ride the waters like
| boat
| And they were alone with their great bliss,
or did they only drearnl Nay, they were
/ alone, alone with love and lovers joys, and
I all the truth was told aud all their doubts
| were gone. Now there was an end OF hopes
and fears, now reason fell and love usurped
his throne, and at that royal coming heaven
| threw wide her gates. Oh, sweetest and most
dear Oh, dearest and most sweet! Oh, to
have lived to find this happy hourl Oh, in
! this hour to die
See, heaviness is behind US; see, now we are
one Blow, ye winds, blow out your stormy
heart; we know the secret of your strength;
you rush to your desire Fall, deep waters
of the sea-fall in thunder at the feet Of
earth; we hear the music of your pleading.
Earth, and seas and winds, sing your great
chant of lovei Heaven and space and time,
echo back the melody For life has called to
US the answer of his riddle Heart to heart
we sit, and lips to lips. and we are more wise
than Solomon, and richer than barbarian
kings, for happiness is ours.
To this end were we born, dearest and most
sweet, and from all time predestinate! To
this end, sweetest and most dear, do we live
and die, in death to find completer unity.
For here is that secret of the world which
wise men search and cannot find, and here,
too, is the gate of heaven.
Look into my eyes and let me gaze on
yours and listen how these things be. The
world is but mockery. and a shadow is our
flesh, for where once they were there shall
be naught Our love is real; love shall en-
dure till all the suns are dead, and yet be-
young.
Kiss me, thou conqueror, for destiny is
overcome, sorrow is gone by; and the fame
that we have kallowed upon this earthly
altar shall still burn brightly, and yet moro
brightly, when yonder stars have lost their
fire
But alasi words cannot give fitting form
to such song as this. Let music tryl But
music also folds her wings. For in so su-
preme an hour
A bolt is shot back somewhere In our breast,
and through that opened door come sights
and sounds such as cannot be written.
They tell US it is madness, that this I'M
earthly glory is but the frenzy of passion
gross in its very essence. Let those think
it who will, but to dreamers let them leave
their dreams. Why, then, at such a time,
do visions come to children of the world like
Beatrice or Geoffreyi Why do their doubts
vanish, and what is that breath from heaven
which they seem to feel upon their brows
meeting of youth and beauty. So be it'll
Slave, bring more such wine and let us drink
to Immortality and to those dear eyes that
mirror forth q spirits facet
Such loves indeed are few. For they must
be real and Deep and natures thus shaped
are rare, nor do they often cross each others
line of life. Yes, few there are who can be
borne SO high, and none can breathe that
q ether long. Soon the wings which Love lent
them in his hour Of revelation will shrink
and vanish, and the borrowers will fall back
TO the level of this world, happy if they es-
cape uncrushed. Perchance even in their
life days they may find these spirit wings
again, overshadowing the altar of their VOWS
in the hour of earthly marriage, If by some
happy fate marriage should be within their
reach, or like the holy pinions of the goddess
Nout, folded about a coffin, in the hour of
earthly death. But scant are the occasions,
and few there are who know them.
Thus scared Beatrice and Godfrey whila
the wild night beat around them, making a
fit accompaniment to their stormy loves.
And thus too they fell.
Eve must be going, Godfrey; it grows
Late" said Beatrice ''Oh. Godfrey, Godfrey,
what have we donei What can be the end OF
all thisl 1t will bring trouble on you, know
. that it must. The old saying will come true. I
saved your life and shall bring ruin on you I"
1t is characteristic of Beatrice that already
, she was thinking of the consequences to Geof-
. frey, not of those 60 herself.
Beatrice" said Godfrey, ''we are in des-
perate position. Do you wish to face it and
come away with ME, far away, to the other
side of the worldP'
mo, no." she answered vehemently; ''it
, would be your ruin to abandon the career
, that is before you What part of the world
, could you go to where you would not be-
, known! Besides, there is your wife to think
of. All, God, your wife-what would she say
of Inel You belong to her-you have no right
, to desert her. And there is Ellie, too. No,
Godfrey, no; have been wicked enough to
, learn to love you-oh, as you were never loved
before-if it is wicked to do what one cannot
help, but am not bad enough for this. Walk
quicker, Godfrey; we shall be late and they
will suspect sometbingl"
Poor Beatrice, the pangs of conscience were
: finding her outl
.sWe are in a dreadful position" again he
said. "Oh, dearest, | have been to blame
should never have come back here. 1t is my
fault; and though l never thought of this
did my best to please you"
"And l thank you for it." she answered.
''Do not deceive yourself Godfrey. What
ever happens, oh promise me never for one
moment to believe that reproached or blamed
you. Why would blame you because you
won MY hearth Let me sooner blame the sea
on which we floated, the beach where Wa
: walked, the house in which we lived and the
destiny that brought US together. / am
prOud and rlad N love Won dear but L am