And decked the sod seats at the door.”—Cunningham.
Hail, sweet asylum5 of my infancy6! Content and innocence7 reside beneath your humble8 roof, and charity unboastful of the good it renders. Hail, ye venerable trees! my happiest hours of childish gayety were passed beneath your shelter—then, careless as the birds that sung upon your boughs9, I laughed the hours away, nor knew of evil.
Here surely I shall be guarded from duplicity; and if not happy, at least in some degree tranquil10. Here unmolested may I wait, till the rude storm of sorrow is overblown, and my father’ s arms are again expanded to receive me.
Such were the words of Amanda, as the chaise (which she had hired at a neighboring village on quitting the mail) turned down a little verdant11 lane, almost darkened by old trees, whose interwoven branches allowed her scarcely a glimpse of her nurse’ s cottage, till she had reached the door.
A number of tender recollections rushing upon her mind, rendered her almost unable to alight; but the nurse and her husband, who had been impatiently watching for the arrival of their fondling, assisted her, and the former, obeying the dictates12 of nature and affection, half stifled13 her with caresses14; the latter respectfully kissed her hand, and dropped a tear of unutterable joy upon it. Lort, he said, he was surprised, to be sure, at the[Pg 4] alteration15 a few years had made in her person—why, it seemed to him as if it was only the other day since he had carried her about in his arms, quite a little fairy. Then he begged to know how his tear old captain was, and Mr. Oscar—and whether the latter was not grown a very fine youth. Amanda, smiling through her tears, endeavored to answer his inquiries16; but she was so much affected17 by her feelings, as to be scarcely able to speak; and when, by her desire, he went out to discharge the chaise, and assist the young man (who had travelled with her from London) to bring in her luggage, her head sunk upon her nurse’ s bosom18, whose arms encircled her waist. “My dear faithful nurse,” she sobbed19, “your poor child is again returned to seek an asylum from you.” “And she is heartily20 welcome,” replied the good creature, crying herself, “and I have taken care to have everything so nice, and so tidy, and so comfortable, that I warrant you the greatest laty in the land need not disdain21 your apartments; and here are two little girls, as well as myself, that will always be ready to attend, serve and obey you. This is Ellen, your own foster-sister; and this is Betsey, the little thing I had in the cradle when you went away—and I have besides, though I say it myself that should not say it, two as fine lads as you could wish to see; they are now at work at a farmer’s hard by; but they will be here presently. Thank Cot, we are all happy, though obliged to earn our own bread; but ’tis sweeter for that reason, since labor22 gives us health to enjoy it, and contentment blesses us all.” Amanda affectionately embraced the two girls, who were the pictures of health and cheerfulness, and was then conducted into a little parlor23, which, with a small bedchamber adjoining it, was appropriated to her use. The neatness of the room was truly pleasing; the floor was nicely sanded; the hearth25 was dressed with “flowers and fennel gay;” and the chimney-piece adorned26 with a range of broken teacups, “wisely kept for show;” a clock ticked behind the door; and an ebony cupboard displayed a profusion27 of the showiest ware28 the country could produce. And now the nurse, on “hospitable thought intent,” hurried from Amanda to prepare her dinner. The chicken, as she said herself, was ready to pop down in a minute; Ellen tied the asparagus; and Betsey laid the cloth; Edwin drew his best cider, and, having brought it in himself, retired29 to entertain his guest in the kitchen (Amanda’s travelling companion), before whom he had already set some of his most substantial fare.
Dinner, in the opinion of Amanda, was served in a moment; but her heart was too full to eat, though pressed to do so with[Pg 5] the utmost tenderness, a tenderness which, in truth, was the means of overcoming her.
When insulted by malice30, or oppressed by cruelty, the heart can assume a stern fortitude31 foreign to its nature; but this seeming apathy32 vanishes at the voice of kindness, as the rigid33 frost of winter melts before the gentle influence of the sun, and tears, gushing34 tears of gratitude35 and sensibility, express its yielding feelings. Sacred are such tears; they flow from the sweet source of social affection: the good alone can shed them.
Her nurse’s sons soon returned from their labor; two fine nut-brown youths. They had been the companions of her infant sports, and she spoke36 to them with the most engaging affability.
Domestic bliss37 and rural felicity Amanda had always been accustomed to, till within a short period; her attachment38 to them was still as strong as ever, and had her father been with her, she would have been happy.
It was now about the middle of June, and the whole country was glowing with luxuriant beauty. The cottage was in reality a comfortable, commodious39 farm-house; it was situated40 in North Wales, and the romantic scenery surrounding it was highly pleasing to a disposition41 like Amanda’s, which delighted equally in the sublime42 and beautiful. The front of the cottage was almost covered with woodbine, intermingled with vines; and the lane already mentioned formed a shady avenue up to the very door; one side overlooked a deep valley, winding43 amongst hills clad in the liveliest verdure; a clear stream running through it turned a mill in its course, and afforded a salutary coolness to the herds44 which ruminated45 on its banks; the other side commanded a view of rich pastures, terminated by a thick grove46, whose natural vistas47 gave a view of cultivated farms, a small irregular village, the spire48 of its church, and a fine old castle, whose stately turrets49 rose above the trees surrounding them.
The farm-yard, at the back of the cottage, was stocked with poultry50 and all the implements51 of rural industry; the garden was divided from it by a rude paling, interwoven with honeysuckles and wild roses; the part appropriated for vegetables divided from the part sacred to Flora52 by rows of fruit-trees; a craggy precipice53 hung over it, covered with purple and yellow flowers, thyme, and other odoriferous herbs, which afforded browsage to three or four goats that skipped about in playful gambols54; a silver stream trickled55 down the precipice, and winding round a plantation56 of shrubs57, fell with a gentle murmur[Pg 6] into the valley. Beneath a projecting fragment of the rock a natural recess58 was formed, thickly lined with moss59, and planted round with a succession of beautiful flowers.
Its balmy essence breathes; here cowslips hang
The dewy head, and purple violets lurk—
With all the lowly children of the shade.”—Thomson.
Of those scenes Amanda had but an imperfect recollection; such a faint idea as we retain of a confused but agreeable dream, which, though we cannot explain, leaves a pleasing impression behind.
Peculiar61 circumstances had driven her from the shelter of a parent’s arms, to seek security in retirement62 at this abode63 of simplicity64 and peace. Here the perturbation of fear subsided65; but the soft melancholy66 of her soul at times was heightened, when she reflected, that in this very place an unfortunate mother had expired almost at the moment of giving her birth.
Amanda was now about nineteen; a description of her face and person would not do her justice, as it never could convey a full idea of the ineffable67 sweetness and sensibility of the former, or the striking elegance68 and beautiful proportion of the latter.
Sorrow had faded her vivid bloom; for the distresses69 of her father weighed heavy on her heart, and the blossom drooped70 with the tree which supported it. Her agonized71 parent witnessing this sudden change, sent her into Wales, as much for health as for security; she was ordered goat’s whey and gentle exercise; but she firmly believed that consolation72 on her father’s account could alone effect a cure.
Though the rose upon her cheek was pale, and the lustre73 of her eyes was fled, she was from those circumstances (if less dazzling to the eye) more affecting to the heart. Cold and unfeeling indeed must that one have been, which could see her unmoved; for hers was that interesting face and figure which had power to fix the wandering eye and change the gaze of admiration74 into the throb75 of sensibility: nor was her mind inferior to the form that enshrined it.
She now exerted her spirits in gratitude to her humble but benevolent76 friends. Her arrival had occasioned a little festival at the cottage: the tea things, which were kept more for show than use in the ebony cupboard, were now taken out and carried by her desire to the recess in the garden; whither Mrs. Edwin followed the family with a hot cake, Amanda thought large enough to serve half the principality.
[Pg 7]The scene was delightful77, and well calculated to banish78 all sadness but despair; Amanda was therefore cheered; for she was too much the child of piety79 ever to have felt its baneful80 influence. In the midst of her troubles she still looked up with confidence to that Power who has promised never to forsake81 the righteous.
The harmless jest, the jocund82 laugh went round, and Amanda enjoyed the innocent gayety; for a benevolent mind will ever derive83 pleasure from the happiness of others. The declining sun now gave softer beauties to the extensive scenery; the lowing of the cattle was faintly echoed by the neighboring hills; the cheerful carol of the peasant floated on the evening gale84, that stole perfumes from the beds of flowers and wafted85 them around; the busy bees had now completed the delicious labor of the day, and with incessant86 hummings sought their various hives, while—
“Every copse
Deep-tangled, tree irregular, and bush
To complete the concert, a blind harper, who supported himself by summer rambles89 through the country, strolled into the garden; and after a plentiful90 repast of bread and cheese, and nut-brown ale, began playing.
The venerable appearance of the musician, the simple melody of his harp88, recalled to Amanda’s recollection the tales of other times, in which she had so often delighted: it sent her soul back to the ages of old, to the days of other years, when bards91 rehearsed the exploits of heroes, and sung the praises of the dead. “While the ghosts of those they sung, came in their rustling92 winds, and were seen to bend with joy towards the sound of their praise.” To proceed, in the beautiful language of Ossian, “The sound was mournful and low, like the song of the tomb;” such as Fingal heard, when the crowded sighs of his bosom rose; and, “some of my heroes are low,” said the gray-haired King of Morven: “I hear the sound of death on the harp. Ossian, touch the trembling string. Bid the sorrow rise, that their spirits may fly with joy to Morven’s woody hills. He touched the harp before the king: the sound was mournful and low. Bend forwards from your clouds,” he said, “ghosts of my fathers, bend. Lay by the red terror of your course. Receive the falling chief; whether he comes from a distant land, or rises from the rolling sea, let his robe of mist be near; his spear, that is formed of a cloud; place an half-extinguished[Pg 8] meteor by his side, in the form of the hero’s sword. And, oh! let his countenance93 be lovely, that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend from your clouds,” he said, “ghosts of my fathers, bend.”
The sweet enthusiasm which arose in Amanda’s mind, from her present situation, her careful nurse soon put an end to, by reminding her of the heavy dew then falling. Amanda could have stayed for hours in the garden; but resigning her inclination94 to her nurse’s, she immediately accompanied her into the house. She soon felt inclined to retire to rest; and, after a slight supper of strawberries and cream (which was all they could prevail on her to touch), she withdrew to her chamber24, attended by the nurse and her two daughters, who all thought their services requisite95; and it was not without much difficulty Amanda persuaded them to the contrary.
Left to solitude96, a tender awe97 stole upon the mind of Amanda, when she reflected that in this very room her mother had expired. The recollection of her sufferings—the sorrows her father and self had experienced since the period of her death—the distresses they still felt and might yet go through—all raised a sudden agony in her soul, and tears burst forth98. She went to the bed, and knelt beside it; “Oh! my mother,” she cried, “if thy departed spirit be permitted to look down upon this world, hear and regard the supplications of thy child, for thy protection amidst the snares99 which may be spread for her. Yet,” continued she, after a pause, “that Being, who has taken thee to himself, will, if I continue innocent, extend his guardian100 care: to Him, therefore, to Him be raised the fervent101 prayer for rendering102 abortive103 every scheme of treachery.”
She prayed with all the fervency104 of devotion; her wandering thoughts were all restrained, and her passions gradually subsided into a calm.
Warmed by a pure and ardent105 piety, that sacred power which comes with healing on its wings to the afflicted106 children of humanity, she felt a placid107 hope spring in her heart, that whispered to it, all would yet be well.
She arose tranquil and animated108. The inhabitants of the cottage had retired to repose109; and she heard no sound save the ticking of the clock from the outside room. She went to the window, and raising the white calico curtain, looked down the valley; it was illumined by the beams of the moon, which tipped the trees with a shadowy silver, and threw a line of radiance on the clear rivulet110. All was still, as if creation slept upon the bosom of serenity111. Here, while contemplating112 the[Pg 9] scene, a sudden flutter at the window startled her; and she saw in a moment after a bird flit across, and perch113 upon a tree whose boughs shaded the casement3; a soft serenade was immediately begun by the sweet and plaintive114 bird of night.
Amanda at length dropped the curtain, and sought repose; it soon blessed her eyelids115, and shed a sweet oblivion over all her cares.
“Sleep on, sweet innocent!
And when a soul is found sincerely so,
A thousand liveried angels lacquey it,
Driving far off all thought of harm or sin.”—Milton.
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asylum
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infancy
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innocence
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humble
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dictates
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caresses
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alteration
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inquiries
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affected
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bosom
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sobbed
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heartily
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labor
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parlor
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profusion
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retired
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malice
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fortitude
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gushing
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gratitude
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spoke
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bliss
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attachment
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commodious
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situated
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disposition
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winding
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herds
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grove
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spire
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turrets
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poultry
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implements
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flora
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retirement
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