Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

a0h. y,u are cruel, cruel," be whispered
in her ear. You must have known l loved
you. Beatrice, that l spoke against myself
because thought it to be my duty You
must have known that, 70 my sin ana sorrow,
have always loved you, that you have
never been an hour from my mind, that l
have longsd to see your face like sick man
for the light. Tell me, did you not know IT.,
Beatricef
GLOW should known she answered very
softly: Il could only guess, and II, indeed,
Won love me, how could you wish me to marry
another mani / thought that you had
learned my weakness and took this way to
reproach me. Oh, Godfrey, what have we
donel What is there between you and me-
except our lover
III would have been better il we had been
drowned together at the first" he SAID
heavily.
mo. no. she answered, for then we never
should have loved each other Better first to
love and then to diein
DO not speak so,n he said "l.et Us sit
mere and be happy for little while tonight
and leave trouble till tomorrow.
And, where on bygone day Beatrice had
tarried with another wooer, side by side they
4 sat upon the great stone ami talked such talk
+ as lovers use.
Above them noaned the rising gale, though
sheltered as they were by cliffs its breath
scarcely stirred then hair In front Of them
! the long waves doomed upon the beach, while
! far out 70 sea the crescent moon, draped in
/ angry light, seemed TO ride the waters like
/ boat
And they were alone with their great bliss,
or did they only dreami Nay they were
alone, alone with love and lovers joys, AMI
ali the truth was told aud all their doubts
were gone. Now there was an end Of hopes
and fears. now reason fell aud love usurped
bis throne. and at that royal coming heaven
threw wide her gates. Oh. sweetest and most
dearl Oh, dearest ard most sweet! Oh, to
have lived TO find this happy hour Oh, in
this hour 70 die
See, heavincss is behind US; see, now we are
one BLOW, Sc winds, blow out your stormy
heart. we know the secret Of your strength;
you rush 70 your desire. Fall, deep waters
II the sea-fall in thunder at the feet Of
earth; We bear the music Of your pleading.
Earth, aud seas and winds, sing your great
snant OF love. Heaven aud space and time,
echo back the meiodyl For life has called to
as the answer Of his riddlel Heart to heart
We sit, ana lips % lips, and We ars more wise
than solomon, and richer than barbarian
kings, for happiness Is ours
To this end were we born, dearest and most
sweet, ami from ali time predestinate To
this end, sweetest and most dear do We live
and die, IN death to and compeer unity.
For here IS that secret Of the world which
wise men search and cannot find, and here, I
too, is the gate 81 heaven
Look into my eyes and let me gaze on
yours and listen bow these things be. The I
world IS out a moekery, and shadow IS our
flesh, for where once Jhey were there shall
be naught Our love Is real; love shall en- I
iure I'll ali the suns are dead, and yet b. /
young.
kiss me, thol conqueror, for destiny /. 1
overcome, sorrow IS gone by and the fame 1
that We have Lailowed upon this earthly /
altar shall still burn brightly, and yet more l
brightly. when yonder stars have lost their
Dire
But alasi words cannot give fitting form
90 such song a this Let music tryi But
music also folds her wings. For in so 81
preme an hour
A bolt Is shot back som w.ierc In our breast,
and through that opened door come sights
and sounds such as cannot be written.
They tell rs it is madness, that this UNI
earthly glory is but the frenzy Of passion
gruSs ia It's very essence. Let those think
II who will, but 70 dreamers let them leave
their dreams Why, then, az such a time,
do visions come 70 children Of the world like
Beatrice or Geoffreyl Why do their doubts
vanish, and what IS that breath from heaven
which they seem to feel upon their browl
The intoxicati0n Of earthly love born 81 the
meeting Of youth and beauty So be it!
Slave, bring more such wine ami let US drink
to Immortality and to those dear eyes that
mirror forth a spirits face!
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 lie Yes, few there are who can be
borne 50 high, aud none can breathe that
ether long. Soon the wings which Love lent
them 10 his hour Of revelation viii shrink
and vanish, ami the borrowers will fall back
70 the level Of this world, happy il they Is
cape uncrushed Perchance even in their
life days they may lind these spirit wings
again, overwhelming the altar OF their vows
in the hour Of earthly marriage. ii by some
happy fate marriage should be- within their
reach, or like the holy pinions Of the goddess !
Nout, folded about colin, IN the hour OF
earthly death But scant are the occasions
and few there are who know them
mus sphft1 Dealrtft ana OeOurey while | d.
the wild night beat around them, making
it accompaniment TO their stormy loves ,
And thus too they fell
we must be going, Godfrey: it grows
ate" said Beatrice. "0h. Godfrey, Godfrey
what have we donei What can be the end of /.
Nj thisi 1t wifi bring trouble on you, know /,
hat it must. The old saying will come true. / !
aved your life and shall bring ruin on your !
IL is characteristic Of Beatrice that already Z
he was thinking of the consequences TO Geof. i
rey, not Of those to herself
Beatrice, said Godfrey, we are in oes. !
'erate position. Do you wish 70 face it and :
ome away with me, far away, to the other \
ide Of the worldF' !
mo, no. she answered vehemently; lit 1
would be your ruin 70 abandon the career i
hat Is before you. WHAT part Of the world :
ouid you go 70 where you would not be !
nowni Besides. there is your wife to think
T. All, God your wife-what would she say -
met You belong TO her--you have no righ. :,
o desert her. And there Is Elite too No. =,