Poetry.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 605, 21 August 1858, Page 3

Poetry.

, THE bIVORCE. „. (by meldoc.) . '..:. She loved him,—-so,he thought,-1-and for that ; ; - , loye, ■].■'.; ,•;./ ::.■■.■.;•;...:•■.•- ,v.,...>.'. ; ■ Heloyed in'turn.-r-Hisi was affection deep ' But sHent,—nqt the ephemeral) caress,. iiJor'siialiow, fondness jbhafin'commbn stands : F6r't;rue'afliacKmen|.'—Nature dressed to him In' lovely garb/.1 iExjiress'ions kind disarmed • .of life;;; ■; ■ ■'He could hot; hurt a reptile if it'laid'. '•;•;' '.'■ [ ; Ta^sive-andinild; andjf iti showed affection : ; He even loved it;' But histoeart was proud. ! Abusefellionhimas the bitter frost ,\ !■■ Nips.to the core the tender,flowers of spring. | Eetorts.and harshness seared his, very soul; -, Turned fond affection;tpindifference,7—,, J ; ' IndiJSbrence to dislike /verging 'pijjh'atred.'' i Hers was the'neVvous love1 bf childlike fancy, Fiery and fitful,—flaming up betimes; Betimes extinguished. Hers the babe's devotion To some gay toy. She fondled, loved and wept From very joy; then spurned and tossed' the ■„.;. ; :.:;-i ■':.;'■■■; ;.■•.' •; ;':' '.?.-;.-..■• ' ■'■ And jtayished all the-abuse weak anger fed. < Thus years rolled'onV^hey knew each other ' . less' ;'. . ■-,; ? . '■' ■■ t ■■''■ ■ ■ Than'when betrothed,—at least!, it so appeared. Their mutual sympathies and love ; All fled,—their shadows to be ne'er recalled! ! They parted thus, in lonesome, hopeless gloom To .drag .their future chains of. ray less years. She sought her..,.early".friends,—-the friends' of . -"■.'■',■ youth; '„';■/;;': ' [',"", ■'■'■ "', '"''■] '■ i ";'-"-''! ■■■ ... But ho responsive welcome greets or cheers. --, 'Tis now no home for her. Their own grown '■'"'."" 'cares'- '' '' ' : '"•■ ':'•' '' y'■ '-.■<-■- Engross their every thought. The wonder o'er, Of her return, she dwindles to a blank, — An insignificance without a ray; A thing fqrgotten, pitied, blamed, despised,." Devoid of even a widow's varied weeds! And he? " Tlie world is'all,before him" where; to roam:— .„-■■ Not where acquaintance can for ever harp ; Upon the hated theme;—'mere strangers best Canisuit the impulse of his haunted mind. 'Mid wilds unseen, and faces unbeheld,. Ambition claims the" untrammelled soul at large, TV^ith, undivided, proselyte devotion. Shefills the, throne that Love had vacated, •' '■ Bestowing m^re. re ward in future fame: If not, so sweet, at least it lasts the more, And feeds iiis aim,—tlie death of memory!