A TALE WITHOUT A NAME.
"Marriage is a matter of more worth,
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship."
Shakspeare—Henry IV.
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship."
Shakspeare—Henry IV.
Morn's earliest rays had tinged the tree-tops
"With their golden hue; when a fond mother
Sought the couch whereon her child reposed.
"Awake, my Alice! awake!" she cried,
"To happiness: it is thy bridal morn!
The sun comes out with gorgeous splendor,
As though it sought to make more glad this happy day.
Dost mark how proudly even now its crimson
Glories rest on yonder hillock fair, where
Stands thy future home? When eve shall come, thou
Wilt be mistress of the proudest mansion
"With their golden hue; when a fond mother
Sought the couch whereon her child reposed.
"Awake, my Alice! awake!" she cried,
"To happiness: it is thy bridal morn!
The sun comes out with gorgeous splendor,
As though it sought to make more glad this happy day.
Dost mark how proudly even now its crimson
Glories rest on yonder hillock fair, where
Stands thy future home? When eve shall come, thou
Wilt be mistress of the proudest mansion
