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Show 504 The Blind Husband. [AuGUST, "Bnt ere from thee, my cherished one, 1\ly life's supremesL hliss, T partFain would T pour my soul in song, Though wildly on my memory throng Each gentle act-each tender word, \Varm from thy guileless heart.11 Ah, as the Organ-tones arose, Stood I here some heavenly minstrel by 1- Thrilling the air with sounds divine, ]\·laking Lhe Enthusiast's pale face shine \Vith lustre mild as morning star 1n the faint, pearly sky! " 1 know thou mad'st my days to seem,'' \ Vith faltering voice l1e thus be~an, "l\tore as a bright and blessed dream Than like the life of mortal man. Thy voice has charmed my ~Harless night! Thy presence made my soul's delight! And )'et forgh·e me that I sighed },or the one blessing fate denied. " Twas not as when in boyhood's time, I pined on Nature's face to gaze,Her beetling cliff~-her mounts sublime, H er ocean surge-her trackless ways:Or, melting to a softer mood, Reclined within some shady wood, Wept bitter tears of anguish free O'er flowers whose hue I might not see. "But when within thy stately home,Thauks to my lo\'e of song. I dwelt' Vhen thou with fairy tread did'st come, That searcely would a snow-flake melt;TJ, en, when thy perfumed robes swept by, All viewless to my darkened eye, My very soul with fren ~y burned, And love, I dreamed not was returned. 11 But why recall the anguish wild, That with unruffled bruw I bore! H earing that you on others smiled, Or at their smile soft blushes wore I heard low tones, and smothered sighs, And maddened at the mute replies I fancied in thy love-fraught look,To none but me, a s.eaiCd book. "Thy worde to me were ever kind, Yet pained me with their strange restraint ; But if by chance uur hands entwined Thine trembled, and thy voice grew faint. At length too fierce the conflict waged, The fires that in my bosom raged, The trembling frame had nigh consumed, And life, with hope, at once entombed. "Ah, shall r e'er forget the hour \Vhen all despairing at thy s ide, I yielded to Jove's victor power, Despite my reason and my pride 1 Then while I owned thy magic spell, I taught my heart a wild farewell! LQnely and Blind-without a name\ Vhat but thy pity could I claim! "One only boon I asked of thee,- Upon thy fairy hand to press Ouc partina kiss of agony- -With me':nory's spell my life to bless. Thy otter silence chilled my heart; I tu rned, all hopeless, to depart. Ah, moment of divinest rest! Thy head was pillowed on my breast. "Twined round my neck thy gentle arm- 1\tine did thy slender form embrace; And Jove's sweet tear-drops, soft and warm, I kissed from off thy glowing face. Far-waving fell thy silken hair, Filling with fragrance rich the air; The throbbing of thy heart 1 heard, Flutt'ring like an imprisoned bird. 11 Strange mystery of woman's heart ! From all thy suitors rich and proud, The souaht of }'amc-the wooed of Art-- The p~incely, to whom }""ashion bowedThou turned'st with a meek disdain, That only griC\'Cd to give them pai n,And sought, with all thy wealth of charms, Heposc in the Blind onc·s arms ! "Since,-exiled from thy Father's hall, No murmuring word thy lip hath sighed; Thou-who hast shone the Queen of all, \Vhere Ueauty smiled, or \Vit replied! And often, all the summer day, I hear the music of thy lay, Yet feel within my troubled breast A yearning that forbids my rest ! "'Tis not enough to hear how f.1ir Thy seraph face- thy ivory arms, Or know, that dark thy waving hair Hides, like a veil, thy bosom's charms! I pine to see each roseate dye- To gaze upon thy lustrous eyeAnd look upon thy form of light Arrayed in robes of spotless white ! "Oh worlfl, unshadowed by a grief, Soon shall I tread thy emerald plains! Angels, who stoop to woe's relief, I soon shall join your blessed straiue ! Then, if to mortal love 'ti~ given, To bear to earth the bliss of Heaven, Know, dearest, at the twilight hour, Thy spirit-lover seeks thy bower." He ceased-Life's latest sigh was o'er! H is song had hushed its airy spell; And faintly drooped the weary head Upon the bosom of the dead, 18.15.] Oregon T erritory-Rush's Residence at Londo11. 505 E re, with a quick, convulsi\·c cry The early widowed fell. 1 Ah, for that lone, deserted one 1 , , ''J\~ere mockery with our fc~hlc powers, }, o pa .. nt the agoni~ing strife, 1 he l rcn~y of returning life;- Or Sc£'k to draw the veil aside From grief-de\'otcd hours. 'Twas Sabhath ralm-thc twiliobt arey H ad .wrapped the scene in m;ste;y, And, ':'lth close-folded wings, the breeze Slept neath the shadow of the trees \Vhcn suddenly a flu te-like strain ' Swelled o'er the flowery lea. A golden raJiance filled the room And circled round the Mourm•; fair Upraised she kept her lustrous eyes, ' "Lit with the fervor of the skies," Jo'or well she deemed her Lover's gaze \Vas bent upon her there. P aineville, Amelia Co. OREGON TERRITORY. nal'' incidents recorded by l\1 r. Rush ; but we must pass by levees and diplomatic dinners, visits to nohility and the like, to get at the " official" proceedings upon the Oregon question. We do this, because we have for some time meditated an nniclc upon this important question, setting forth the claims uf both parties, and because, as has already been stated, the chief ohjC'ct of the author was to hring it to the attention of the public. The uegoliations conducted by l\'lr. Rush took place during the administration of .Mr. Monroe, and cannot be better introduced here, than Uy the following merited tribute. It is indeed painful to ullserve how entirely some of our best Presidents and truest Hcpulllicans arc fo rgotten, or O\'erlookcd, now-a-days. At p. 504, .Mr Hush says, " Let its history convey the j us~ award to tbat virtuous and honorable man, pure patriut, and wise chief magistrat.e, James l'>lonroe; whose services and worth, too mucl1 overlooked, ought to he freshenetl in the eyes of bis country. A noble-minded man he was, without a partiele of selfishness or ill-directed ambition ; the constant associate and friend of L\ladison and Jefli:!rson, and identified in his public principles and policy with Loth, A malt of H.oman mould, honest, fearless, and lllagnanirnous ; who, ha\'ing shed his blood in the war of the revolution, and risked it in that of 1812, the 1\1EfliOitANDA Ot' A RESIDENCE AT THE CounT o•· official prop _of ':·hich h_e .was, .at the darkest. crisis LONDON, COMPRISING INCIDENTS OFFICIAL AND of ~!r· 1\la.diSOn S admt.OIStraiJOil, sought, With rcPERSONAL, .-RoM !Sig TO 1825. INCLUDING NE- t~J rntng peace,. tO establish On the broadest foundaGOTJA'r! ONS ON TIH~ 0RiWON QUF.S'l'ION AND OTHER ~\?OS the relatiOnS Of peace, and Jessen the ca\atnU NS~T'l'LED QUESTIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED lllCS of future wars, when wars were to come." STATES AND GltEA'r URJTAIN. Bv RICHAitD In the extracts now about to be given, will be R usu, ENvOY ExTRAORDINARY AND .l\'ltNISTER found a. clear and authentic statement of the claims PuNII'OTENTJAR\' •·1to:n TilE UNtTED STATES, of England and of the United States to the OreFROM 1817 ·ro 1825. PuiLADI!:LPHIA: Lu AND goo Territory; and this must be more satisfactory DLANCHAno, 1845. pp. MO. to those wishing t rue information, than any ex parte This is the second volume of "Memoranda." re~~esentation. . . from the pen of Mr. Rosh, and, as he sa\'s, has I he Oregon questiOn was first_ mformally LroachLeen called forth principally by the present. aspect ~ld by Mr. H~s~~onC the. 17th December, 1823, at of onr foreign relations with llritain. Having te request 0 r. annwg. horne an important part in negotiations relating to "December 17. Had an intenicw this mornina the same su~ject which now threatens to disturb with .Mr. Canning at Gloucester Lodge, express!; ?ur peace_wtth Engl.a.nd, he ~~pes to exert some sought on his part, with a view to speak to me on wflu:~c~ tn prcscrvmg a spmt of harmony and the suhjcct of the North "West CoasL of America. co?ctltat.wn. "Learning on my arrival that he was laboring . fhe hberal and lofty tone of Mr. Rush's work under an attack of gout, 1 would ha,.e deferred the ts worthy of commendation, and should be imitated interview to suit his convenience· but he had g i"eu by some of those in whose behalf he is so gene- orders for receiving me in his cha.mbcr, iuto which rous. We.do.nut douht that 1\lr. Rush's work wil l 1 went, where I found him in bed, though a nxious }~ave a gemal_ tnfluence upon the pending ncgolia- to see me. His motive he said was, to he put in 1.10ns respecttng the Oregon T erritory. He goes possession of an outline of our views in regard to lor preserving peace, and makes a strong and res- the North West Coast, before preparing his lnpectful appeal, both to the pe01)lc and to the P rcsi- structions to their Amba!!'sador at St. Petersburg on dent. the same subjeel. I accordingly staled them. A 1t might, perhaps, be more interestina to our map of the coast and country, w::ts spread upon the readers to give them some insight into the"'" perso- bed, and, whilst his head was raised up on the pil- VoL. Xl-64 |