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Poetry.
How vain was her essay , to quench the fire j Of love , ordissipate the secret fears : For Ellen knew , full well , her haughty sire \ tfould scorn her Danveri . And distressful tears [ rears Flow down her cheek , as where the castle It towers , ' tis hers to seek the dubious way . Yet the dire gloom reviving Danvert cheers
: And his true passion many a future day , beneath the pea-tarn ' s roof , would Ellen ' s smiles repay . Close by the mossy thatch , an ash had spread Its light leaves o ' er a path , that , taught to flow Meandering up a hill ' s steep verdure , led Thro' lut ' ti of purple lilacsuch as blow
, To vernal airs ; till , darken'd at the brow Bv iavtrels and tall-crested fin , it stole Into a jasmine bower ; whence , far below Abruptly starting from the soft-green knoll , The eye ' saw clifts descend , and distant billows roll . Oft in this bower , where whisper'd overhead The pine , was Danvert lost in amorous
trance , As the sweet sentiment of love he read In her blue eyes" that ianguish'd to his . glance ! Yet , as she view'd ideal steps advance , The tear of shrinking apprehension gleam'd ; When from the uees above , whose ciiequer'd dance On the smooth turf a wavy lustre stream'd , Type of some h-man form the tremulous shadow seem'd .
Nor seldom , meeting m a cypress maze , The loversrov'd ; where , long-untrodden , giew " -. The matted grass , and scarce the noonday blaze [ blue . Had piere'd for years the screen of spiry 'Twas far behind a branching avenue That from the castle stretch'd its statelier marcla [ hue
, The cypress gloom'd . Within , the paler Of a fanegiimmei'd : o ' er its walls the larch Floated , audbriony half-hid each crumbling arch . Once , on the fane while glow'd the westering day , [ laid bare ; They climb'd the flint-steps to the light As no ' more echoing tothe choral lay
The unpillar'd rood-loft seem'd to rest on air . . [ fair ! Her heighten'd beauties shone , dis'inely The summer-sunbeam ting'd , more richlywarm , The bright 1 uxuriance of her flaxen hair ; And lovelier was her whole ill umin'd form— - When sudden rusli'd a sound that carried
pale alarm . Ellen , amidst the murmur , loitering down The fractur'd staircase , sought the impervious shade , But instant , at her father ' s vengeful frown Fell , as tnursfU ' ii ; when crashing o ' er her head
Disparted fragments SHOOK , the cypress giade . Stiait , to the ihisile-d pavement as she clung , [ happy maid , She s-voon ; nor op'ri hei ^ lids the vu \ - Eul to behold , the embattled towers among , Damp solitary walls by many a cobweb hung . As she awoketo rising faint
. , memory Each broken image eanie , but to appal . Her lover ' s danger fancy prompt to paint , Kow saw him by her father ' s falchion fall , Now , by the ruins of the shatter'd wall O'envhelm'd , As each idea fit I'd her mind , She started-at herself . Around her , all Was fearful silence ; save when , as confin'd
Within some hollow cell , she heard the wailing wind . Stretch'd to a wide extent , the dark ' ning dome [ breath'd , From its deep vaults funereal horrors As the light scarcelybrokethedismal gloom , From the dismantled windows , ivywreaih'd . . [ unsheaih'd
' There ghastly spectres oft ( 'twas said ) ' Their iiaWtipt swords ' . " Hence superstitious dread To airy habitants alone bequeath'd The haunted room , and many a phantom bred , [ nials { led . From whose gigantic stride the castie-me-Meantime had Danvert scarce 'd the
escap sire , [ grove , As , darting ihro' the thicknesss of the He siiunu'd ( lie curses of vindictive ire , Yet unreienting for his , Ellen ' s love . Dire was the cotiftict he was doom'd to
prove , A 3 , man *; a night < iiwrapt in darkness drear , Beneath the castle-towers 'twas his to rove ; [ hear ; Listening , perchance his Ellen ' s voice to But only the cold shriek from night birds piere'd his ears . One time , as slow he pae'dthe walls around , He ht an echo as of Qanvert ' s name :
caug From tha aerial dome with tiirrels crown'd He deern'd the plaining of his Ellen came . And love , that fiv'd with a romantic flame His fervent spirit , bade the hero brave The frown of danger , as with daring aim , He yet resolv'd to rescue from the grave The persecuted , maid , if ought avail'd to save .
And on one ominous night , a heavy door Tha " ' creak'd to many a ineianchb ) y gust As Danvert niark'd , beneath the turret-rioor Sudden , its hinges , fretted deep n-ith rust , Fiewopeti atdespair'semholdea'd thrust . Up the long staircase tWtft loose' fragments pil'd [ trust He . ran to the tower-chamber , ' Ellen , To thy own Danvert , ' with impatience wild , [ his child . He cries— ' A father fly , that ruthless slays ( TO US CONTlNCrD ) .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
How vain was her essay , to quench the fire j Of love , ordissipate the secret fears : For Ellen knew , full well , her haughty sire \ tfould scorn her Danveri . And distressful tears [ rears Flow down her cheek , as where the castle It towers , ' tis hers to seek the dubious way . Yet the dire gloom reviving Danvert cheers
: And his true passion many a future day , beneath the pea-tarn ' s roof , would Ellen ' s smiles repay . Close by the mossy thatch , an ash had spread Its light leaves o ' er a path , that , taught to flow Meandering up a hill ' s steep verdure , led Thro' lut ' ti of purple lilacsuch as blow
, To vernal airs ; till , darken'd at the brow Bv iavtrels and tall-crested fin , it stole Into a jasmine bower ; whence , far below Abruptly starting from the soft-green knoll , The eye ' saw clifts descend , and distant billows roll . Oft in this bower , where whisper'd overhead The pine , was Danvert lost in amorous
trance , As the sweet sentiment of love he read In her blue eyes" that ianguish'd to his . glance ! Yet , as she view'd ideal steps advance , The tear of shrinking apprehension gleam'd ; When from the uees above , whose ciiequer'd dance On the smooth turf a wavy lustre stream'd , Type of some h-man form the tremulous shadow seem'd .
Nor seldom , meeting m a cypress maze , The loversrov'd ; where , long-untrodden , giew " -. The matted grass , and scarce the noonday blaze [ blue . Had piere'd for years the screen of spiry 'Twas far behind a branching avenue That from the castle stretch'd its statelier marcla [ hue
, The cypress gloom'd . Within , the paler Of a fanegiimmei'd : o ' er its walls the larch Floated , audbriony half-hid each crumbling arch . Once , on the fane while glow'd the westering day , [ laid bare ; They climb'd the flint-steps to the light As no ' more echoing tothe choral lay
The unpillar'd rood-loft seem'd to rest on air . . [ fair ! Her heighten'd beauties shone , dis'inely The summer-sunbeam ting'd , more richlywarm , The bright 1 uxuriance of her flaxen hair ; And lovelier was her whole ill umin'd form— - When sudden rusli'd a sound that carried
pale alarm . Ellen , amidst the murmur , loitering down The fractur'd staircase , sought the impervious shade , But instant , at her father ' s vengeful frown Fell , as tnursfU ' ii ; when crashing o ' er her head
Disparted fragments SHOOK , the cypress giade . Stiait , to the ihisile-d pavement as she clung , [ happy maid , She s-voon ; nor op'ri hei ^ lids the vu \ - Eul to behold , the embattled towers among , Damp solitary walls by many a cobweb hung . As she awoketo rising faint
. , memory Each broken image eanie , but to appal . Her lover ' s danger fancy prompt to paint , Kow saw him by her father ' s falchion fall , Now , by the ruins of the shatter'd wall O'envhelm'd , As each idea fit I'd her mind , She started-at herself . Around her , all Was fearful silence ; save when , as confin'd
Within some hollow cell , she heard the wailing wind . Stretch'd to a wide extent , the dark ' ning dome [ breath'd , From its deep vaults funereal horrors As the light scarcelybrokethedismal gloom , From the dismantled windows , ivywreaih'd . . [ unsheaih'd
' There ghastly spectres oft ( 'twas said ) ' Their iiaWtipt swords ' . " Hence superstitious dread To airy habitants alone bequeath'd The haunted room , and many a phantom bred , [ nials { led . From whose gigantic stride the castie-me-Meantime had Danvert scarce 'd the
escap sire , [ grove , As , darting ihro' the thicknesss of the He siiunu'd ( lie curses of vindictive ire , Yet unreienting for his , Ellen ' s love . Dire was the cotiftict he was doom'd to
prove , A 3 , man *; a night < iiwrapt in darkness drear , Beneath the castle-towers 'twas his to rove ; [ hear ; Listening , perchance his Ellen ' s voice to But only the cold shriek from night birds piere'd his ears . One time , as slow he pae'dthe walls around , He ht an echo as of Qanvert ' s name :
caug From tha aerial dome with tiirrels crown'd He deern'd the plaining of his Ellen came . And love , that fiv'd with a romantic flame His fervent spirit , bade the hero brave The frown of danger , as with daring aim , He yet resolv'd to rescue from the grave The persecuted , maid , if ought avail'd to save .
And on one ominous night , a heavy door Tha " ' creak'd to many a ineianchb ) y gust As Danvert niark'd , beneath the turret-rioor Sudden , its hinges , fretted deep n-ith rust , Fiewopeti atdespair'semholdea'd thrust . Up the long staircase tWtft loose' fragments pil'd [ trust He . ran to the tower-chamber , ' Ellen , To thy own Danvert , ' with impatience wild , [ his child . He cries— ' A father fly , that ruthless slays ( TO US CONTlNCrD ) .