Graham's Magazine
I am no visionary--no dreamer; and yet my life has been a ceaseless struggle between the realities of everyday care, and a myriad of shadowy phantoms which ever haunt me. In the crowded and thronged city; in the green walks and sunny forests of my native hills; on the broad an...
Mr. and Mrs. Grey had made it a condition with Mr. Wentworth that they were not to lose Pauline, and consequently it was arranged that the young couple were to live at home.
7. Chapter 7Pale Disappointment! on whose anxious brow Expectancy has deepened into pain; Thou who hast pressed upon so many hearts The burning anguish of those words--_in vain_; Thy gloom...
14. Chapter 14"To-morrow will be the last day at home," thought Mary, as she bade her mother good-night, and turned quickly to her own room to conceal the tears that would start; and, though...
6. Chapter 6O! were it thus! had we, indeed, the gift, Though human, our humanity to chain; Could we in truth our restless spirits lift, And never feel the weight of earth again, Then would...
12. Chapter 12The white house was a scene of great activity as the wedding-day drew near. Aunt Mary's services were put in requisition to a much greater extent than usual. When she protested...
13. Chapter 13The family of Deacon Gordon were gathered in the large kitchen, at the commencement of the first snow-storm of the season. With what delight the children watched the driving clo...
3. Chapter 3Alas! poor, silly Clara! How dared you thus rudely tamper with a soul of such exquisite and refined fire, that it constantly trembled and fluttered around its earthly shrine, li...
11. Chapter 11"Some of them, I think, will not be at all particular respecting the time of my visits. There is the white rock by the falls which I must give an hour to; and I must see if the...
2. Chapter 2"Well, these d----d Yankees _are_ all a pack of cowards, after all, and I will never defend them again," said a young Creole, as he met Mr. Allington one morning, at the Merchan...
1. Chapter 1I am no visionary--no dreamer; and yet my life has been a ceaseless struggle between the realities of everyday care, and a myriad of shadowy phantoms which ever haunt me. In the...
4. Chapter 4What sad experience may be thine to bear Through coming years; For womanhood hath weariness and care, And anxious tears; And they may all be thine, to brand the brow That in its...
5. Chapter 5I visited the cottage frequently, and for several months after Mr. Germaine's death, it was the scene of no ordinary grief. Mrs. Germaine bore her bereavement patiently--for it...
9. Chapter 9"Report says that my queenly cousin is to lay aside her absolute sceptre, and submit to a lord and master," said George Mason, to his cousin, Emily Earl, as she took his arm for...
10. Chapter 10George Mason was left an orphan in his early youth. He then became a member of his uncle's family, and the constant companion of his cousin Emily. He desired no society but hers...