The Ladies' companion Volume 11

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...In sunshine and in storm, In dreams thy speaking face I see, And clasp thy fragile form; Fair summer wears her olden smile, Earth is as full of glee, But gono their witchery to beguile; Alas, I mourn for thee! I mourn for thee! I mourn for thee! Ungratefully I mourn, For loving friends encircle me, And Hope is in its dawn; All cloudless is her matin sky, Lit by Affection's sun, But one lone star still lingers nigh, In vesture pale and wan--'Tis Memory, and while gleaming there, Her tender glance I see, I turn me from the vision fair, To sigh and mourn for thee!. BY ANN S. STErHeNS. CHAPTER V. '-Thou hast a charmed life, oh, Fame, A draught that mantles high, And neems to lift this earthly frame Above mortality. Away! tome--n woman--bring Sweet waters from affection's spring." For many days after the coronation of Charles VII, Rheims was a scene of constant festivity. Tournaments, jousts and balls followed each other in brilliant succession. The gay young monarch abandoned himself entirely to the amusements of the hour, but Joan seldom mingled in these scenes of merriment; and when she did appear, it was rather as a presiding goddess, than ns one formed to hold a part in an assemblnge of mirthful hearts and happy faces. Her ambition had been more than gratified, and now her spirit turned from the warlike scenes in which she had been acting, to thoughts and hopes of a dearer nature. She began to experience the prostration of bodily and mental strength, which ever succeeds protracted excitement. Her feelings turned back to her valley home, with all its sweet associations; its bright waters, its folinge, and the picturesque old chateaux, with a tenderand home-sick feeling. She had looked forward to this season of rest as one of triumphant re-union, when th...