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I -- . 1 "-'i.t ' - - , - - 1 " - 'I; " - T ". , ' - - . --j! - ,.!-- . '--. . I '! .'- , - '-7 ; " ' -tV.-1 3 m-V--l I --iv,"' L .1r- ;! -p ' -. i- . : I r -; -L'-ir'" i '. --V; 'r-.-'-i ; .!!! - L , - ';i : . . -LI'-'- -'y -," ' - ;-. - k.t.f : :-K,H !. J - r i '1-.' ti- "i i ' -f ' v ' -- r 10 ! -1 I T. B. KINGSBURY, Editor. OXFORD, , Ci FEBRUARY 25, 1858.-, F. K. STROTIIEIt, Proprietor 1 - i ,V I--;-"'. 11 . .ii j a ' 1 " . - . 11 m ' i, A 4 i From the Atlantic Monthly. SANTA FILOMEXA. Bt II. W. LoxcrsiAow, WhesYsr a noble deed It wrought, Whene'er li spoken a coble thought, Our hearts, ia glad surprise, To higher UveU rise. . The tidal ware of deeper souls Into our loraost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. Honor to those whose words or deeds Thus help us in our daily needs, And by their overflow IU'uo us from what is low t Thus thought I, as by night I read Of the great army or the dead, The trenches cold and damp, The started and frozen camp i The wounded from the battle-plain, In dreary hospitals ol pain, ' The cheerless corridors, The cold and stony floors. Io I in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see 1'ass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. And slow, as in a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to.k'us Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls." j ; As if a door .in beaten should be Ope ned, and then closed suddenly, " The tisioti came and Went, The light shone and was spent On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her spoecb audsong, That light its rays shall cast i From portals of the past. ' ' !' Ms ! ; A lady with a lamp shall stand ' In the great history of the land, '. A noble type of good, ; Heroic womanhood. Nor eten shall be wanting here The palm, the lily and the spear, The symbols that of yore ! . Saint Filomcua bore, ! ed fate f to be more than s mere bubble -more than a thing of loam a breath- ?a vsJ por.'. j 7'M;.'7 ; ; 1 And now she stood alone ; for her gay com-; panions,! wearied of her mood, had left her.; Then a balmy air spread around; her, waving her golden tresses, lifting them from her snowy skin : and looking up, she saw descending on bis outstretched pinions the radiant form of one of the great spirit of tha air. j I f " "Eola ' he said, as alighting he stood beside 'her, "Eola, to heaven's' f reat dome thy word have fled, betokening c; high, aspiring dream in thy poor perishable nvndless form ; . i l IJi ill - l . speak now, ana say wny snouiasiuiou wish iu more than, thy gay companions T for pine fox- aught moie lasting than this life upon the moon lit waters of I merry gamboling on the sun- warmed waves?; I ' . ?! angel wafted jher forth on hef mortal pth, in quest of an immortal destiny. j She stood-j-and a fountain of i clear limpid water mirrowed her graceful form.; Lost in a childlike admiration of her beauty, revelling in her new-born human feelings, hoping with hope, for the first time in her existence for hope is a pan oi a prospeeuve iuiure, wnicrr ouij uw was hers she feared to move! test she should crush some fresh-found thought orfeeling. fSeek the imperishable, dwell in that, and thou shall be so too, she murmured as she looked around her, as her eyesfell on the beauty of-thel place to which she had been wafted. ; ! It was a garden a bright paradise. A. soft verdant lawn stretched in the distance. Trees, of dark foliage and gmceful forms, j bordered this lawn : while marble statues, and broad marble steps, the work of man, added their, mute embellishment to the scene, and the blue sea roll ed idly in thej distance. i ' The Child of Ocean stood entranced. -4 pea cock's gaudy feather lay at her feet t ''Where art , thou, then, proud bird 3" she said. Wilt thou not bear ine company in this sweet place ? Where aft thou, bird ? Art , cone- gonu f Then echo, from her rocky biding place, repeat- She raised her eyes, and the Intense expres sion of those blue orbs answered him ; "Why should I wish to be other than I ami she said. "Why? because. the subtle question Why art thou thus ! hath forced itself upon me with restless eagerness, and my spirit-mind, Og that which should be mind, hath, answered to that great question, ! know not The ban of ignorance hathl fallen so darkly on me, that L peated, in successive tones; have cried lor - knowledge ; tnence came uie hopei the longing, the one wish, to have part in thut great state, when all ignorance shall be changed into most 1 perfect knowledge. And kind spirit, answer thou that question, Why am I that I am the fleeting bubble of a day 1 He bent his glance upon her, sternly yet sorrowing; "Why art thou even that?" he said. 1 t4Shall the clay say to Uie potter, Why didst thou form mei? Look at yon glittering ray of light to find one congenial spirit to her., own but sought in vain; and then 'her heart wandered to her good angel guide. 1 "Great spirit, she cried, j "through whose inexplicable 'power .X now stand here, grant me thy presence if but for one moment thy heering presence ; leave me not thus alone, in this dread plac e, to pine and droop, and die P"." But the angel, though near, still held himself invisible ; and she-r-poor Eola even as she spoke, sank fainting on the hand unfeeling earth. t .1 : ' . j Bat not unheeded ; for, at that instant, forth from that gate came one : who gazed on her as she lay -gazed on her face of matchles beauty; On her veiled eyes, closed a? in death, on the ra diant brow and ruby lip, the graceful form, and wavy tressses of the golden hair ; and, as; he gazed, he wondered whence should come such matchless beauty, such rare loveliness ; and then he thought, why was she there aloncf-7- was she then friendless! She should be. so no longer. lie would be friend, and more than must endure whe 1 ing: "Take me to thyself, enshrine me in thise: imperishable love, let me dwell there, In that which can, and shall,' and will endure, when this world, vith its false and cheating hopes, Is gone, f j. ; v, I 7 ji ' And with clasped, I outstretched hands, with 'thoughts and hopes of heaven springing in her. heart, and warn and fervent prayers on her lips, she turned her eyes tp wards. 7 . Then came a glorious bard, who,! with their balmy wins wafted the dmp and noxi ous mist away wafted her j woe far from her j wafted he r earthly hopes, regrets, back to .her earthlyj;home-j7i ; 7 ' . n Ouce more her guide hovered above her. ;Blest child of heaven Rowj V he said, "learn the one great; truth :; lifeeternal life, such as 11 things else are gone, cry- them told roe the jfollowinj; story, which h j 'y VytXvl to be founded 00 facte, well looT W. peraons still living y I ' Some years sgo, frealthy Reipt pf J Basrah, having contracted hi dattgterj in marriage with the son of a brother merphan ui Bagdad, sent her up, with several female ati jemlanU, in one of hU merchadi-boata, rder that the contract might be fulfilled, Qn L; night, while the boat was moored, to ht bank; Hf the Hyeb; it was attacked, hr a. lage fija ei iuo jaonicjt, wqo, pacing aiiy mafrp ind bound the crewproceeded deliberately ta appropriate and carry . off the bale4 wj-il ; promised an anRpnt of booty exceeding P utmost expectations. In the party was young I Arab named 'AbdalLh, famed fpr Vln ' t outage, wh having made hu way iuqdeniy thou wouldst have, can be found in this great Jijito Uie. cabin, found himself in presence of the, love-alone; a ke which dwells in every thorn females there! assembled. Saida, in Rer frigh and brier of man9 tangled path ; a lov.e j avnd confusion, had dropped the rail pom her which, scourgin that it pay i-epay, draws th3 J head ; and he was sq struck hy hr'exeeediriQ. sad heart bleeding to Him who heals it with bauty, that he caught her up in hi arms and the balm of his free salvation.'? , " L carried her off to hit red-hut, unnoticed by h He ceased : end the sky becatne'orie beam of companions, whq. were tpQ lqsil engaged in, glory. IJhe dull teakh sank 'beneath the feet of- tKeir work of plunder to pay any, attention tq Eola. Qn the clear air she rose, borne by the h!ls movements. The Ibooty obtained by thej gentle breath of angels' wjngs, through the plunderers proved to be of such great raluei friend to her. ! I! With tender care he raided her X Ml---from the 'bone I gone : ... i i. ( . i 'r V :.i H gone 1 j j ; I, ':j "Is this my future destiny here to dwell I ever here ? Is this fair scene, and all that I behold, imperishable '"and she glanced around her. ": !;, y 1 vM'77l! :7r 7 Alas! the massive marble of the steps had cracked; weeds trailed their length along the ground; 'the autumn tints dwelt on the droop ing trees; while falling leaves 1 completed j the sad picture of decay creeping over the now de- ground, and bore her safely into the palace at whose gate she lay ; and as he held her in h arms,7B gently aa if 'she were ao infant; hU breath blew on her pallid face, and warmed it into life again. ! And then her blue eyes opened and, with a start, he would have dragged her3-, self away, but he held her closely, and tried, to soothe her with words of kindness, and begged of her to trust to him, to listen to him, look on him, to live for him and be his own forever.! 'Forever V and she! raised her timid .eye ; ethereal azure! o "Farewell, ye iUini Nlzhtlngiile a tribute to Florence saint of the Crimea. - , the 1 sparkling on the bright waters, canst thou tell serted garden. J 1 ; , 1 ; why ihdt was made created f j Earth wonld Then olas, head drooped low ; for,! with: her have given her golden fruits ! without that fresh young hopeful feelings, she had thought gleam; fcnaD would liave breathed, and all exis- to make this place her resf, her home, i : - tence been as joyous had that singla stream of "But I must hencej" she sighed "hence; liquid light been dimmed , in its birth by some there is paugbit enduring here"--and she cast a dark heavy cloud; yet, 'tis there--the fact we sorrowing glacice around her, as again she took From Tait's Edinburgh Magatine, ; THE OCEAN CHILD. Tits sea in its groat stillness seemed; one" know; but the why 1 remains one of the count less mass of mysteries which surround us.; Mysteries, which as they open to us all, reveal the sterling truth of the reat goodness and the love of Him who made us and all things with usj hugesWctof glass, reflecting from its gantly That sunocam'of the air lives but its day, its ig riys. hour, its own bright hour, and thenitdios, hav heaving boiom the sun's warm glistenin; Heaven spread her. canopy f deepest aure, whereon white, fleecy cold-tipped clouds noat- e unlike tenant specters of the air sportlngjere while in mimic chx;e, and tht-n vanishing Into an essence more ethereal than themselves. Nothing of earth, dull earth, was visible. Not one trace of land to dim the brightness of the glowing scene not one being of human mould; nothing of earthly life to mar tha lnoe- jy tcvuty of the ocean solitude. Yet therejjwas life; and beings of life floated on each ripfling wave dancing on. the creamy foara. Life ' ktrangc, unknown life to poor blind morta 3 life of the spirit kind, dwelling in rare cabi lets f betuty : for there wore n) mphs with floating locks of gold and nowy hkins, and beaming rye- of fatal brilliancy, which wooaud win and promise but to curse. 1 ! j The sisters of the deep kept holidny ; as'fre qnvutly they sported on the nurface of tjieir uor'd. j They touched their harps ol shells with Uirv tiiiircr. and in sweeping cadence ing done its destiny, Thou art a sunbeam of the ocean ( thoa with thy bright presence, and thy locks, which fall like a , goldon shower around thee, and thy short day will cease when the inexplicable purpose for which 'twas given shall be 'accomplished. Pine not for that which is withheld thy day is brief, but free from oil and care." '( M M. V' j i: , I would bear toil, and care, and racking pain and sorrow to be like thee ; to have that which filial, live forever; to know that tha thoughts; the feelings, and the hopes which stir me shall exist, when therail body fades ; jto know that I shall live again, when ocean and her children are naught but a dreamy atom of the transient pt." I " : !:;7V M-MJ "Thou wouldst have an immortal soul?" j "1 would." ! And her blue eyes sought the angels, and her lovely form dwelt for an nstant in his heavenly .orbs. ' M ' j "Would that thine own immortal nature could leave its impress on this frame, even as i her way to a lofty mountain-ridge, and rested on the summit of at snow-clad peak. 'Can 'these perish f'j and her eye wandered over the massive grandeur of the seene. "Can these mighty giants lof the earth crumble beneath the almost imperceptible touch of time ? Surely the imperishable dwell eth monarchs of the world . . L . , - : . But a voice answered her "Foolish being, fit type of erring human wisdoms-pause, ihd reflect '-exercise that attri bute bestowed on thee.i i These rocks, these massive mountains, of gigaqtip strength, shall crumble into dust befbre the "destroying influ "forever- for' the long and dim forever? Shall I dwell here with thee forever, loving, and lov ed by thee?" and her wil eyes Iqoked start ling in their eager brilliance as she waited for his answer, :.,! t I--.-H-- .-m I i ; i i A smile dwelt on his arching lip as I his ad mi ring look clung to her face. 1 j '. !i ! uYe will dwell in each other's love,'! he said 'mine, for death." 1 . t -r 1 lllv 1 - J .1 -11 I i 1 "Aua 1 snau nve, ana move, suu'uweu u that, and he, when all I know is not?" n r: : ! He kissed her glowing Mcheek, and hushed her questions with words of new promise i f :. And Eola drank in with eager thirst those promises : "mine, she S murmured : -.'mine the the sky. I j r." ' I that Abdalla, who was jponally feared and earth,", she; sighed ; ; ''farewell l&ed by his comrades, and who claimed nq ye palaces and scenes, which promise as much t share of the spoils excepting a box contalnins brightness to J the craving heart, and cheat' it'-1 Saida clothes, was permitted to retain hia prizej withthat promise, j j ; !j ! Ml- M I unquestioned and unopposed. - M ' "I have taste;d of your sweets, and-they turn-! 7: The city maidn had lreaqy passed spveri ed to bitterness n my mouth. T have quaffed ( days under the roof? of her wild captor, wbq the cup of your jalse-named Idelights, your wild' T treated her wih as much reverence as ifsh, intoxicating pleasures, and j turned from them i bad been a queen, and h? her spbject. Hep with loathing to jthe draught of Heaven's deep every wish was j lawrrber slightest won) s well of crystal puritv! that living water which command; but she waa a prisoner on narolev-c. p for when he went out to provide for her tha. quenches thirst fbrever itwl - 11' 1 ' t i "Farewell, beiligs" of earth 1 ;who strive, and toil, and run the pace of life with eagerness, for! some bubble whichi when gained, bursts in the; thee) will last through lift, through I hand thk grasp J it': some glittering toy wh i! -M ' j v ; ; ! s i 1 J thro waits tinsel brightness' Jin your eyes,' blind; ing them to the lory of the Son of Righteous; nessi thhre, in these micrhtv g'eat boon now 1 I have found that which shall passed from our sir r 1 I t t : i outlive all time! and I live in itl Mine the eternity," : great cift of immortality 1" And her own Words lulled her into a graceful 1 slumber, as she lay I. i s ; 1 1 . ' J 1 . - " ". 1 i j 1 ' I resting in his arms, ; ,! - !; i I isne ureameu, auu uer vjsjjuu was a gaiucu, where each bright flower seemed to outvie m -beauty its gay 'compeers ; birds of dazzling pin- ence bt time! j Time ?-the mere instrument pf insf tn f, w"lgS! flltt. cit where a Caliph once displayed a gorgeous all fluWBiru 0iAA""? . " " 7 1 i spienaor ana magmacence nai asiomanea ai) him to whom both - tb,ey, and j time, ; and drew forth rich tones of melodv. and then &ev mv imaffe exists there." nnd laughed, and sung again, in very And she pointed to the reflected picture of things are subservient! "But even could their colossal grandeur ien- dure through the long forever, how couldst j thou incorporate thvself wish them ? Thou, a being of lightj and love grow into their. old and stony nature! JUeave these dead rocfes, and speed thee to the city. Scan the minds, and thoughts, and hearts of men. ; Look to; the immaterial for endurance : all that is material must perish ; the immaterial only lasteth to all eternity. Now, on thy way again." ! J2ut the gentle Eola shrank from the noisy city, and her, timid eyes fixed on the angel's gay songs and dreamy hummings. scene a strange, cold, blight came oer the the flowers withered, the brjgh,t birds drooped their, colored piaiqns, and their glad songs were mute 1 Slowly all faded from her straining sight naught but a misty void rd1 inained while a voice spake words of sad meaninsr t 1 1- fi .- ! '" JI 77 1 1A '!-'';' L;: "Child of the Ocean I spirit of the 'deep I trust not to fleeting earth for permanence ! Mark well this passion vision, and lay it to thine heart. Where are the - flowers and birds, and all that gave life and beauty to the scene ? hd-' ed gone and lost. j Thus sall it b with all I fattest lamb, jthe . tenterest patridge, ' and tha, leave the hut! and to draw the bolt of.tho rough door that be had constructed for ber protection? " Thus did he-Hunt for her, cook , for her, and i watch, over her, as a miser oyer hU treaaarg ; at, InighVbe lay on the ropf of the feut,rith iworoj farcVspear by hia side, ; to guard her' from all Iharm. In truth, the love of her had struck deep into his heart j; hit liver was consumed by 5 its devouring fire, andljis soul was a aacrjfice ine oust DeneaiR ner icfiw ;. " And how felt that maiden toward Abdallah I Daughter of a wealthy , and haughty merchant. she had pever stirred beyond the luxurious pre: -ants of her fathers harem; she bad never, ' drea mt of having any will but his ; and now, when f he saw theproa4 and nery fye pf Abt Idallah melted Into tenderness whenever it rested. I upon her when she f saw the graceful am sinewy limbs that daily traversed miles of desert, and iunrlc in her service, and the tnuKCuhur arm i. : ' . 1 ... - W - . , . . oun-al-Raschid used to play his pranks of love ( tat trembled as h offered ber thg cp,pipe and merriment altended hyi Jaafer the vizier inorsels of hj$ chase, is it to be wondered at if FarijSwell 1" And !with her eyes 1 fixed np. wards, her clasped. han,4s extended, and her lips murmuring her fervent words of prayer and ! praise, she ! rose .higher and higher, until she ; sigm inco ice enaiess vjsia oi t - ; jj PronFraser's fagaiine.M ?.' ABDALLAH AUD SAIDA. A TALE Of MESOPOTAMIA. The glory of i Bagdad has departed. The embassador from StamboulJ and where Har- and Mesroor the lexecutioner, a!mid gilded brails she sighed with emotion hitherto" unkown, in and luxtjrious1 garderig, is ncwj 'reduced , to the ! if ber little heart fluttered withjn h,pr lfap. insignificance !bf la 'dirty, second-rate Turkish bird newly eocagedt Qoe evening they Ifrero town. jBasrah, formerly her rival in wiealth, setting together in the hut, after having fjnjshiff. has shared, her jail ; those quays and magazines c'toeb; jsjmple'auppef j door WM 0PCU SPlJ wnicn oi oia leemea y wun me weaun oi ufmuz k was aeaiea ppposiie w ii, ne oemg mi s jiuj sun inirth and mi.-chief. Mi! " j herself. ; M ! On to the emerald of the ocean, on ; ind I "O spirit! messenger, or. whatsoeer ye be ! away they sped, that mery crew, borne t on speak to. my longing ear, and bid it hope; tell great dolphm'a bscks. On to that spot which, my weary heart there is some wav-, some bless- with truth, they styled the emerald of the octean ed way, n which I, the bubble of the oceanj an island a mere speck of earth an oasis of may become something more than that ;" and beauty in that great desert of the waters. Tall she bent her knee before the angel, and raised pines grew from the raosy turf, which seeded her snow white arms, as though'she would have but floating in the clear green deep. Tall pmes; caught the promise as it fell from him, of roclanc'ioly form and moulding, looking as 'Child f the Oceanthy prayer is heard and though j they wero the tenements of disjem- answered. Seest thou yon vivid ray of rare bodied spirits imprisoned there so the mind electric light! Swifter than thought,-swifter wouia Rug;esi tor som? aim error oi tnepast. Thilbcr the water spirits ftaWthither to hold their festival, and their songs and gleesome ininn rang in WU4 music over tne (Drpaa pause of ocean. But one being, and she the lovel itcc ,'h- ; 1 : ,s Si i ; r a X.V.r. ' : , i . I uupes j rising i irum ut m tviu etuijr . uuwr Thou wflt be near me, great and heavenly of 0cean, art in a misty dream, rpad BX' sliest', of euidel' she said: "near me shieldinsloff arm and danger?" ' v 7 - 7 "Those who would strive for the boon tlou cravest, must enter boldly on their contest with the world willing to dare eh danger, cpss each sballow.of their tortuous path, meet every threatening peril.! Canst thou do this? J i She raised ber head in terror at his words, as her trembling voice uttered the reply. . j Alasl1 she cried, "I? cannot dare the perils thou dost speak of ; I am too weak alone! to meet the terrors of the world. But thou shalt than aught thou ; couldst conceive, thy prayer strengthen me. ' Oh I will wea.ry thee with on it flew upwards, and the answer came ere the breath of j thy last word had circled in the air. Thou wouldst become immortal r in spirit jm- mine earnest prayers till thou dost grant me all the strength I neeoV' And again she knelt be- n.T? . T H V . insula, washed by the Tigr,, lis . the - Abou the berpicArab. hade her ri?w I r . J i TL . . . . Mohammed 1 r the tribe exercismsr dominion l r ? W bat were tbe Jiuttne oream was metapnosea more cioseiy, for the dull blight came came as it had come jn the vision, marring the beauty ot tbe scene. , The love of him she loved so well grew cold J following a cheating phantom, which lures thee ion to bitter woe aud disappointment." j ', ; With a! sob, she woke, and flung her arms around the neck of hint who held her.'! 7 77 "Thou'dost love me' still ?" she cried,1 "arid thy love' shall last ? Oh I I have had a.:4fBtft, dashing tEe eup of happiness fron tty lip, and offering in its place a bitter draught of sorrow. But thou wilt'love me eveii? ' M- -ailj: I Nl- 4!:M ! And again he answered her. "Forever, dear. one, ever.'' And the days passed onj each hour giving birth dream, her path and of Jhcj, " are now silent and unfrequented; distance, listening to her artless descnpUgri t f a population of two hundred; thousand souls ber childish'days in Basrah, when a slight ru t has been reduced to six thousand marshes and R ing was heard without, the hot, immefliaf p y stagnant! pools fhave orange-groves and her Such have been the consequ, pword, to envelop hs left fin in the triple Iglgs hholera. and. deadliest nest ot P bf bis blanket and 'to throw- himseil Detfeetj those of Shiraz. ences of plague, all, Turkish rulei better than the replaced her fragrant l followed by a 'faint cry froin the affright i rose-beds, famous as i maiden : The lion--tt4ie ion 1 To draw hja Nor has tjie country fared l the door and Saida, pwfls. AU this region, was to Abdallah the wq like I bTa moment I There, eonfrontpg hirn. were tRj glaring eyes of th,ejungle-ins. fOttW be entap Holland!, depends far its nrosncritv on its dykes ap4 embankments; the remains of such works, the hut, Saida's life migt bt endangered , AJ constructed by ancient princes, are stOl of an "dallah hesitate not for an instant, but rush,e4 a extent acd magnitude to arrest the traveler's eye and claim his admiration ,; bat having been long neglected, they have fallen into ruin; And now the greater part of the south-eastern district ' -I-J'J I? " ! 1 -tJ- '-ii .' 01 Hesopoiam.ia jw a. nuge iae, laicrspersea with jungles of wed, j the habitation of frogs, tlie lion, and plunged his sworfl into ita breast, Fruitless were the Struggles pf be wetrnde lion ; in vain 4ld it rend to shreds the blanket 'that enveloped Abdallah's left arm, tearing perishable- seek then that which is unchangea ble; to I dwell therein be thine existence, thought, -heart-feeling; be enshrined; in-that fore the angel; but he bade her rise, ; I; "Bow not the knee to me," he said ; 'to such as I am, prayer is not permitted ; that alone is j made to One 1 before whom I am but dust which is eternal, and then thou shalt so become. Pray unto him, ask him to uphold thee in tiy "To aid thee in ; thy purpose, help thee in hour of danger ; for to those who, thus pray His thy coursfe, I will bestow all human attributes great word is passed, that his strength shall be the dull biigbt came in tnatr bis words ot sootb ing kindness ceased, and j frigid courtesy, or scarcely that, usurped their; place there, fisll the Diini again. : one souni 10 cnase ine ecowin? 1 -I'-j. 1- thm all, rested so sad and silent ' No melody springing from her harp no mirth dwelling on her ruby lipij her eyes cast down, aud pearly tears imprisoning Uie heavy lashes to iier queens; bar hair, even her hair seeming to j reason, reflection, intellect. 1 hou uialt retain J made perfect ih their weakness. U02 l sadness, nd hhroud in gloom 'the thy fairy nature, thou poor ephemens of an Andasmile W glory played round his angefs .. , , , , -j Lcautr of hes fair U.f,n..i ' n u' v... t '1:11 .ii,- it -5tK 'l.min' frt 1 i t,.. Z.:. 2 v -JZa mist ; from her, but; it crept "tola and the gay sisters clustered round I sembling thy fair self, of more than human j to the heaven of theii own per, and iiniteu uieir arms, and danced slie in I beauty, ow speed on thy way, and seek to .yearning for the help her tremblin the midst, like a pure marble. t 1 incorporate thyself with some imperishable glo- ?'EU, ever, cvr sad; come join with ns and I ry, ! k 7 - . He waved his wings, and as she stood trem bling beneath the soft breeze of their fanning, a change came o'er hpr, a wondrous change, Her bluo ley es mellowed to a deeper light, hes I speed, aud bent on some special hp was cufv.ed with thought, her brow grew to ed before her, jostling each away with them several piece? of the skm and ; .flesh. Twice and mrice aid ADCUUian's sworu ;. v ;. ..1. " ' V I ----- J O ' ! ' T 'T 1 ' , " O I ' l i i ' .: - . . - v. " iJ7,ir; ' " Ti wild-fowl, and ainphibious Arabs, f The, great Jerco tfte Titais oi bis enemy J anq a 4engi ith of hfe wasjjludded, strjwn with I inhab;Un- Northern side of this pern riterrific expiring groan tnaoQed itf a, washed by the Tigris, ! is tbe AhOu ( tjae berpje Arab. M I f !; 7M.; Mohammed ; the tribe exercising dominion t f ' What were the feelings cf Saida that ?dgh over inefBouinern or .upcraies siae, is xne gas sne oounu up me taceraiea Tvm ner ae-k Verer i nu not ner atari in ner eyes ipa qi - uer Luiitfue. woea bub moitea uw ius au ana flowers ; and the music of'her own glad heart MontefikJ : Both nominally (acknowledge the sovereignty of the iorte; but they levy black mail, which they modestly term "duties," on p prayed to Allah to bless and reward him 1 Jg on and on; all boats passing throqgh their waters, and woe be to the luekless wight who endeavors to claim exemption ifjoni payment by exhibitin?; a firman frpm jthe aslia, of Bagdad f Circumx stances nave lately lea me to passt vturough this to crave. f."k vu kiln uuu Liu vi niiicu oeiier nis th stolid children of mortality than ocean's fairy daughter." Then Cola mused, and mused, and theft rt jyalrd their li;ht words repested tliena, as reaming of their import,' forgetful of theii ut. f-firi-r. f 'Stolid chil4ren of morUlity," she said, jfcan, ti(K-c bo dull whose outward form enshrine the p cc:qos. diamond pfa soul; the gem which' spnrk'cs fhrough the .whole tenor of the life? A nevrr-drin?. nevercndinir soul: a spirit color, her heart h 11V - 1 i 1 region in a native boat 1 I found myself . ona g lips refused 7 a ""T? ?? VVWS 'r'p- iT-vt -Tf da7 in ?; VSty t huge wter-course con. i Pa16 nu wau wnu gnei,nuu uer um. j up. necUnff tie waters ofthe TistU with thAM sf Entering the city with a lagging step, tread- tokened naught but sorrow, and be-the idol thc Euphrates; the black tents of the MonteCk ng its mazes! with timid fear, she passed ste worshipped with er warm young hear were numerous in' the neighborhood, . though through each crowded street and thoroughfare, Thousands of! human beings lared neither for the 7: Borrow; if! not visible from the river, owing to the dense reflection, and her form, ere while but simply trafhc, heedless of all,' it seemed, save tho pas graceful, now, ixa each ronnded ' line, each gen- sing action of the moment Uow ber mind tie movement, becanie ejpressivc of the pathos gioxned for solitude, repose I Hermind seemt of Uie soul; while garments garments of ed' crushed by the moving mass of life before mortal shape came as a dreamy mist &d I her. 7 .... . - . au basting witn j XUVIy u vwa uuu ui w, uc ci i jungie mat inea ine Dans. v nue our men" purpose, pass-1 pairing mind, stealing o er her smarting senses J were cutiiqg some wood to cook their breakfast, other iii their busy came a ana genue wnisper. ; j i : u - J one or to 'Arabs) came down. and I OTerheard rvschinj through si) srtce and time, O li clad her wondrous beanty. MeeklyMshe bowed her lovely bead, and es-1 waited for T- --:-:' ; :7. . L- Faint and weary, she leant against the sculp tured pillar of a gateway, and! her sad: eyes "Child of tha wave,' thou 'hast built thine, j them saying, that during-; the night ; lioa had house upon the sand, and if bast fallen around earned off and devoured one of their cows, not thee thou hast placed thy hopes .in the fleeting J far from our boat; some of our crewhad beard things of earth, and in mercer those hopes have rtbe lordly brute roaring over j his prey, but I been destroyed. Thou bait but tasted of the (bad slept too soundly to be thereby awakened. the pext command ; and then the looked round, and asked for sympathy sought fate of all mundane creation change." 7 ' 7 She listened ; and ; as the angel spoke, she stretched ber arms totrards heaven to Jlim who This incident led tne to talk withMtho Arabs about lions, of which there seem to be a con siderable number 14 tbose jungles $ and one of no word of loye Vas spoken between them, The proverb .says : '.TTiere ia a road frs) heart I to beart their spirits j may have . traveled C3 that road, b?; their ynoaghts were still unutfjr . ed. 7 Ahdallab8 healthy and hardy frame ag recovered from the" effects, of the contest Sfitji ' tbeon, and again they were sitting fcresther ; m the but after tbeir evening meal, Saida tone of voice and manner tad c f lata - uncon ?scipnsly become moire" isft r4 fender, ai sho was much surprised at hearing hia abruptly " )cclaim, n a'toije of anguish, as he Fepir-d rish from lhe but ' Allah, Allah! I c?q bear fthia no longer;. 7- M " ; ' 7? Ifhat . has happened; Abdallah 1 sau4 Saida, holding out her tiny hand gentlr to de tain him i 4 have I offended too? hare I dona ;anythmg wjcBgP-U: - 7;::r-!-7 -L 7r! : yo ; you are an agel, a hri - 0, Slx I ;it is I who am m monster. ;V; . "-V- '. 1 7 " You, Abdallah ! r said Saida, in enfeirsed utonisbaent; 'ypp, wo bar bra W ' 4 t . r. i "ir- . - hi '01 - - . '7 - ? .- h i k V If . riM?T 5 V- , -' W i If
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1858, edition 1
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