Year: 1875

This is very natural:-


He had not thought to meet her thus among
Her kin and neighbors and his sense was stung
BY a commingling Of delight and doubt
He could not dwell upon her ways without
shade OF Jealousy; for though the voice
Rang in his and bade his soul rejoice
He had but pictured her in quiet home,
Not one living here and there to roam:
Taking her part IN harsher task and made
joy to many, but too oft displayed.
And yet what modesty of manner glowed
Through the quick nature that her gesture showed;
What honest impulse mid the girsh grace
Lived in her word and shone within her face;
Fen from her lips when merriest laughter broke
What innate dignity her bearing spokel


Guido awaited his opportunity to see her alone. He
walked through the olive wood and fingered the
path by which she would have to to get to her
home He saw the dwelling he had learned to love;
he gazed at tho window which he knew must look into
her room. Ii not long before she came. She
slackened her pace and made though to pass him.
but he doffng his pumed hat stopped the way and
looked smiling into her face Their words were
few and commonplace though he accompa-
MED her to her fathers door. He did
up enough courage to take her hand, but
She shrank away from him, If not with fear
Yet with a start, as timid as the deer
Who first has seen the long accustomed food
Offered by strangers, and in doubtful mood
Retires, distrustful for a space TO gaze
If IL spy danger in their novel ways


Again and again Guido came down from the castle
and visited the cottage Lta was evidently impressed
and both were happy


And with shame there passed before his view
That poorest triumph man e'er pursue;
The careless conquest of affections true
That woman gives, not knowing she may ruel


Lita, with woman's unselGshness, began to fear
perhaps it the best thing the world for
the young noble that he should love maiden far
beneath him. She believed in Guido but thought that
his love had gotten the better of his reason she
made him promise to leave her for year. II at the
end OF that time he still loved her he was to return
and take her away with him. Guido used all the argu
ments and eloquence of lover but to no purpose.
Lita was firm Guido left her, but with heavy heart
Her influence, however, had not been without good,
and he busted himself with the affairs of state. The
following verse; taken from a song containing six with
the sentiment shows that the Marquis OF Lornc
does not think that man, matter how much lord
be may be, has any right to be OF consequence in
the world


Pride of lineage, pomp OF power


Heap dishonor on the drone.


He shall lose his strength who


Uses il for fair endeavor:


Brief his hour


As was said further back the country was at peace
with the Moors and those bloody monsters were al
most forgotten by the good people of orles One day
Lita and bevy of beautiful girls in the fields
making wreaths Of volets and singing this pretty
song


The violet peeped above the SHOWS


First in Provence, when Christ arose;


Each year IL comes that may see


type of His nativity.


From near the season OF His birth,


Until HIS death it gems the earth;


And sweet in humble garmenting-


1t wears the purple of our King


They had hardly reached the last line when saracen
crew pounced upon them and bore them captivity
Lita carried off by Srad, the leader, who became
instantly enamored OF her beauty She was taken to
his castle and thrown into cell TO recover from her
fright While brooding her troubles the door of
her cell opened and woman entered. This woman
hated srad and gave La cup Of drugged wine to offer
him when he should to torment her in the even
ing Lita took ii and did she was directed Sirad
drank il to the dregs and ie back insensibe Then the
woman led her and she escaped back TO Orlcs In
the meantime Guido, maddened by her capture, fitted
out squadron to attack the Moors in their own coun
try.


Changed too by love is Guido's stricken soul;
Through his tired spirit have begun TO roll
The glorious lights, the mighty gales, that spring
When waking Conscience stirs at last to 1iHg
Pollution from her, though 1t darky cling


when Lta got back to Orles she gave the old knight
some valuable information, and not a moment too soon
The Moors fitted out troops and followed her, and as
Guido had SO many soldiers with him, the prospects
began to look black.


Then She in this extremity but made
Calm by the peril she had well essayed,
| In clear and rapio narrative could tell
1 The threats she heard, and what TO her befell
And thus It chanced that for his towns defence,
| The aged warrior counsel took from whence
| Others had found in moments OF distress
| The strength of innocence and gentleness.
| And seeing she was rcsolute to bear
i In mans misfortune woman's heavy share,
| He told how straitly they were then beset,
| Nor found her cheek with idle tears grow wet
But kindle with quick blood as she inquired
| II feeble arms, by his example fred
Might not assist the fighters on the wall


She put courage into the hearts of men and women.
She attended to the wounded and dying and cheered
all around her The enemy seeing that they losing
ground, begin 70 fly burning arrows into the town.
And following flights incessant seek the same
High paths, and arching in wide curves the air
Fail cracking on the tiles or lighting where
The woodwork-wrnkled by the sun--is bare,
suck with dulled stroke and anxiousy aware
W Lne great peril menacing near,
me few defenders of the wall. for fear
vi fresh attack, burst never quit their post,
And thus inactive, marked with added gloom
fhe merry messengers of coming doom.


For time 1t seemed though the Moors were going
70 win the fight


Du1 1u1 sprlnglng DER their PROSTATE corpses who
ZONES switt, as though on winged foot he few
whose tall form with pailid face that sneeds
1riOrs o,, we foremost whore the vanguard leads?
Who passes now the bridge and now the gate
And pauses only where the women wait
a piteous crowd on floor OF court and stair
Aha seems 10 seek, but seek for one not there2
mo .n numbers press N every vaultcd space
Anoe A. seems vola without that absent taco,
Each passage empty, and hErushes down
Again 10 wander in tho burning town
Look, his Wild eye at last shows rladness, cloam.
FOR py inc church and near the fountains streaIn
Is she for whom he seeks, nor seeks in VAN
For lita turns not from his arms againl
But soon her hand points where hls father lies