Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 15, Number 8, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 April 1824 — Page 4
Poetical.
?V a Cavhmrrian Indian. VTIEN shall we three meet ngain? When shall we three meet atp'm? Oft shall glimmering hope expire, Oft shall wearied love retire; Oft shall death and sorrow reign, lire we three shall meet again. Though in distant lands we sigh, Parch'd hencath a hostile sky, Though the deep between us rolls, Friendship shall unite our souls; Still in f ancy's rich domain, Oft shall v.c three meet again. When around the youthful pine Mnss shall creep and ivy twine. When our burnish 'd locks are grey, T un'dby manv a toil-spent day, M iv this long-lov'd bow'er remain, Here may we three meet again. When the dreams oflife are fled, When its wasted I'-tmps are dead, When in cold oblivion's shade, IV autv, power, and fame are laid, Where immortal spirits reign. There shnll we t'.in-e meet again,
MISiEELJXW
RJYMOXI): OR THE REVEXGE.
?wght had diffused her darkness over the earth, and the moon darted her pale rays on the mur mnring rivulet which twined its narrow roa i through the fertile ni ads that surrounded the hum b'e cottage of the unhappy Raymond who wa pensively reelin
r ' m a bench at the door of his
t il. The melodious harmony of
the nightingale, which at intervals
il ated with dulcet sweetness on the evening air; the universal si lence which prevailed, and seemed (if Lmay so say) "to waft the bouI to alm unkn(vvn!M tog'Hh-
er wit'i his own mci inenmy thoughts, insohed Raymond with a degree of eothusia.-m which he h i I never before experienced. Vnen the sweet Motes of the nig.u bird echoed along the drea rv expanse, he caught the harm ) nious sound, and when it died awav expectantly waited for a repritmn. His thoughts roved to the remembrance of past felicit y hen he was blessed with the company of his much lamented a iored wife. ILs fancy represen
ted her seated bv him as she was
w,nt. and at that delusive moment he forgot his miseries, and
th-night himself again blessed w i;h his beloved companion; but wnen the visionary image had disappeated, and awful reality
presented hci self to his view, he exclaimed, with a voice half sti fled by the agitation of his soul; And are those truly happy d ivs never to be repeated? Is she Inst to me forever? Oh. let me pot indulge the heart piercing thought!" Then suddenly reenl leeting himself "But what if she were tube restored to me; if I were npec more to possess mv lovely Miranda, and she to be bereft of that chastity, in the possession of winch she was torn from me, tenfold unhappiness would he my portion' I should
be miserable to eternity! The th night lends my very soul! O (2 d! why am I thus afflicted?'' II ; agitated frame would not-permit hi m to proceed, until after a short time becoming more calm, be -aid. 'But what have I done? 1 have presumptuously questioned the great decree of Heaven and thereby have justly merited its divine displeasure! Be calm, be calm, my soul' tear not mv heart-stiings thus wiin thy vague surmises; I may Oh' the eesta tic thought adds vigor to my near Iv exhausted strength; it pours in to my aching heart the swee bal
$am of comfort! 1 may once
more p05e99 mv loyely Miranda;1 himself whether it w'ould be more I steps, he soon arrived at aland
I may press her panting Dosom anvisame to proceed or return, ing piace. to my own, chaste and unpollu- He felt a peculiar something The first object that presented ted. But, oh! the thought seems throb within his breast, promp- itself, was an old suit of armour almost impossible1 Yet bold! ting him to the former. It was lying on the ground, which had there is an Almighty Being a-' not merely a common sensation evidently just fallen down and
bnve, to whom nothing is impos- j wmcn ne now experienced; a sen- oceasioneu me suunu ueiuie mcnsihle, although it appears so to my j sation which must naturally a tioned Raymond approached
weak eye of mortality. To him rise from the de.-ire. of dispensing it; but judge his horror, his astonI commit myself, and to his de succour to the unhappy; but a ishment when he. assisted by the crec I patiently bow." something he knew not what, rays of a glimmering lamp, perThus said Raymond; after ; hjer0d with that which rendered ceived it still to confine within which he seemed to have an as- all return impracticable He felt its rusty frame the skeleton of a eendancy over despair, and sunk j asif his own happiness were im human being. The sight sickeninto profound thoughtfulness. plicated with the present adven- ed him; he recoiled with disgust, He had not continued thus ! ture; and, scarcely had he deter and proceeded onwards, mutterlong before the air became tremu- mined to proceed, when he per i"ga prayer for the soul of the loos, and the dull aspect of the ceived a light burst fr-m a place poor departed mortal, heavens seemed to portend an ap-! at no great distance He had not . In a few moments he arrived proaching storm; thick clouds the least .doubt but that the dread m a large gotbic chamber, in
were rapidly collecting, and grew ful shrieks he had heard must wnicn a dreary lamp wa-suspen-last upon the horizon. The j have proceeded from thence. He ded from the ceiling. But upon nightingale, affrighted, fled tor' grasped his sword, ejaculated a his entrance into this gloomy
shelter within her leafy nest; and . prayer to the Director of all e Kamner, a tremendous clap ot
vents and rushed with alacrity to munacr mirst over me eennre, the place whence the light issued ar,d appalled him. A secret im-
The ram now poured from the lu,lse directed his attention to a swoln clouds with tremendous smU door at the further end of fury, and the hoarse thunder me room. He distinctly heard sounded reiteratedly along the footsteps from within, and a faint, perturbed vault of heaven. Ray- voice exclaim. "Oh, spare me! mond, undaunted by the rage of spare me!" which was succeeded the storm rushed on, totally oe bY a deep and convulsive groau. copied with the hope of giving his sprang towards the door, feeble aid to the piteous mourner, which, being only a jar. permitted It was not long ere his twink him to enter; but oh. what a ling guide conducted him to the dreadful spectacle presented itseif front of an ancient tower, whose to the astonished Raymond He walls were tottering under the de heheld a man, brandishing, exulcay of time. The light remained tionly, a dagger, reeking with visible at the broken casement blond, over the body of a female, from whence he first observed it. sv,, Ilad falen a victim to lis
and he traversed around the moss- barbarity- His savage triumnli coveied walls in order to find an vvas not ,iv(i(i; for Raymond
the owlet, dismal note, commenced her nightly waiting.
Raymond was still buried m thought, when a distant and faint shriek assailed his ears. He started up; and, laying his hand on his sword, rushed into an adjoining mead, in the direction from whence he imagined the sound proceeded He had not gone far before it was repeated in a more heart-rending sound, and seemed to he uttered by a person at t he
verge of despair. It almost froze the soul of Raymond. Not until that moment did he notice the dreadful aspect of the elements; and. however regard less of the awful scene which he
foresaw most infallibly ensue, he
proceeded with eager inquiry, in j entrance. It was-not long before m'i1,,i If . ,.U-. l-i t ..!.... . . .. . . . i !f hm'i';mp(I iiir fir- hie nr i nit iai-
soon gave him that reward he sn
oruer. u posihie, to ctvc succour
to the person distressed. The voice seemed to be that of a female and this discovery roused a sensation within him which a gain prompted him to proceed. The thunder now began awful lv to murmer from a distarice and t'ne lightning streaked with (ire the prominent clouds which rolled terrifically over the head oi Raymond The sky was so overshadowed with black vapours and impenetrable mists that they obscured every object, ex
eept when at intervals the moon beams, darting between a cavity in the clouds, gave Raymond a
melancholy opportunity of beholding the dreary prospect be
fore him He found himself to
he entangled in an unknown pat h and knew not how to proceed
He stopped to consider what he
should do; and, after sonvj con
flict between his regard for his
safety and his humanity, he de
termined to make the best way
he could back to his mournful cottage, rather than still farther bewilder himself in an unknown place. He was turning round, in order to prosecute his intention, when a vived flash of lightning, succeeded
by a dreadful clap of thunder.
burst over the spot on which he
was standing, and seemed to rend
the tirmanent. He stood appal
led; never had dread seized him in so powerful a degiee he fore; and he had scarcely recovered
from the shock it had occasioned, whenanothei shriek, much louder than either of the former, assailhi ears. The sound seemed to U-ue from a spot not far di-tant !!e knew not which tract to pur ue; and wa bewildeied in a
c perceived one. to his gicat joy. I Justly deserved, and thus reveng-
O
a a mnr thn HAnf U yv 4 I...
pen. As he was annul to enter. r 1, 01 uic muiueieu ic-
a loud peal of thunder shook the male- sent leaded soul to ex-
hoary pile to its foundation; and P.,ate ",s mortal crimes in the re-
he. ejaculating another prayer to S,ons oi eternal misery.
Heaven, entered w ith a firm step He now approached the corpse
the massy portal He proceeded of the unfortunate fair. On be-
along a dark passage, which eon holding her distorted counlen-
f
veyea mm into a spacious court
yard. The aspect of the place
though greatly de- ayed. stili le tiiined its native grandeur. Whilst Raymond stood miv sing on the extraordinary adven tore which had drawn him thus far from his home, he perceived
ance, a sudden shivering seized him; his strength failed him he tottered a few paces back, and fell senseless on the Hour. It was Miranda!
A poet was noticing bow sometimes n,e mut trivial and unforeseen accident overturns an an-
another light issue from a small thor's hopes. 4A thing," said he.
casement, and almost instantly disappear. A crash now broke upon the reigning silence, and
seemed to convulse the eaith The sound indicated it to he the falling of armour. The dread it occasioned in the mind of Ray mond can better be conceived than described: however, his ruifl
ed spirit soonoverrame the shock; and, by the assistance of a sudden ilasiioflightning.be perceived a small door situated at the extremity of the place in which he w as
I his was an entrance into the
small turret from whence the light ha- '"-iV re appeared and van-
ishru i?e iiivanred firmly to-
waiiish. ajv.l lound it fast; hut.
on app!it.. his strength, it flew
open, and its harsh creaking hin
ges gave a doleful jar. He now
found himself at the foot of a
"once happened to me whirli wa enough to make a man for
swear ever taking a pen in hand.
I had a tragedy (la: rick perfor
med in it. I must confess the principal incident was a liit'c similar to Lear's abdication of
the throne, in favor of his daughters, Mine were two daughter-:
and the king, after giving them a short lesson, fraught with legislative advantages, that might have done honor to Solon or Lycurgus. finished his harangue by saying. "And now 1 dividethis crown between you." Sir. a malicious scoundrel, peeping overt he spikes of the orchestra, and staring G-r-riek full in the face, cried nut, 4-Ah! that's just half a crown a' piece." Sir, an incessant laugh immediately prevailed, and il it had been to save your soul, ano-
heard foot steps from above, and.
almost instantly afterwards, two successive shrieks resounded through the tottering edifice. The sound, thrilling as it was. added fresh vimr to ttu cnnl t I
i .i i ..... . - i
otaee me lahynnths ot w Inch he Raymond, since it confirmed the was totally unacquainted with, object of his solicitude to he in
Ills s il were rontnnmleri nifi ih. finmt ;.. ....
-v., miivi v iutiviiii illl.ll IIC il
.... .
mouldering stair case, and was! 1 er sx ,ahIe ctild not be heard.'
ascending it when he distinctly
e. a .ecoiid
as; and
tune questioned ( quickening his bpacc up the ciazv
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