The Swedish Girl

[Previous totlio deportaré of Baron Je Sfiiol frorti Swedon, hc was rnaniouied ot' hU second cousin, n benutiful giri, wlioin he promieed to maiTy; but tftfit the otters received by hiin from tho Ieckar f'amilv, he wrote to inform hrr of the peculiar circumstances in which he wns placed, nnd thiit, his unión with a lady wliuui hc did not lovë, wontd be the means of mising hisfiimily fi'om puverty and obscurity. His cuusiii without nny nnswer, returned him his marr'rage promise, stained with her tears, and in seven weeks she was a corpse.] Even to pause ou such a tliought ! Huw could it cross his raind .' Vnin offers traffick'J tbr and bought, With happiness resigned ! And lovo liko mine cast meekly by, At cold ambition's cali ! - Bfy heaii, bo cü!ni ! - hy shöuld i sigh ? Ti'ars, tears, why will yo t'all ? The Swedish giri sbould scorn to ptand 'Tween liim nnd his adopted lund. Foi' him wbat could I not have borno ? What woe or poverty .' And rich in love, havo smiled in scorn, Wlien heartless wealth rolled by. I would have urged him up tlie steep, Where hungs the noblest crown Honor may gain, or virtue keep An honest ttuia's iTiiown ; Sootlie hun when yielding to his toils, And brigliten eiich success with smiles. Yet why llius linger o'er a dreniu That iny fond spirit bound, But lent my soul no cheeriog benm To light tho darknesj round ! Well, bo it so ; I rnay not speak What stirs wilhin my Iieart; The fettered spirit soon will break Through all thiivgsnnd depart! Yet 'twould be swoet again to bless The object of' past teuderness ! Ay, tnke thy pioud ,-ind gifted one, And glory n lier fume! Au.l when, parraded in the sun, lier gñnius lightsthy nnme, Fprget, unid its dazzling raya, Huw dim thine own appears: Nor think upoii the heai-t-felt praiae Was tliine in formoryears, When iningllag love, and hopa, and pride, With her nuwcoklly tlirowu aside. Ay, wed auoüier, wed the grent ! Gain wealth, but with it care ! Sooii shalt tliou teel the gaüing weight, And mourn each gliiterina suare, Thnt wiled thee froin thy plihted vow, Fi-om fii-st and unfeigned love; And Liade thee to a strenger liovv, - A 8trangera buunty provo ! Madiieaa ! that one so loved by me, Should ever so degtadedbe. It may not be ! I cannot ask Eartb'a hapyiness ibr one Who hal li imposed the bit.tei-est task, That woman'a pride lias done ; Dl curse nut, thougli I may not bloss, The ido] of niy youth ; But in tbe wreek ot'happiness, l'll prove unfalrering trnth ; And. blutted thns with tears, return The pledge I would, but cfinnot spurn.