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136 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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. * 6 Lucile, By Owen Meredith. Chapman ...
It was heard : lience the thing- which she sought to ignore B And the esca blindness pe from with in th which ought , she she opposed encounter it . 'd in act
y In fact Had Lucile found in life that communion which links , All that woman but dreams , feels , conceives _| ofand thinks ,
Of Wi her th what genius man within acts her and affections is , —concentrat , at length ing the strength [ H Finding eadapted woman to forms ' s full fix use 'd for throug life , h t he strong ' s life , will by man ' s skill
From And hi the gh world heart ' which s crimes the th world e man ' s o creeds f the w orld rec wou kl ld ess h ly bra saved ved , ; And Reconc , exalting iled , as the it w man ere , , the have divine comp with leted the the human woman , .
But the permanent cause why she now miss'd and _fail'd Was That firm in all hold those upon diurna life l she occas so ions keenl th y assail lace 'd , p
The , world and the woman opposed face to face , Offended Where the the woman world must , which yield in , turn she , wounded refusing to her . ir ,
For the world is a nettle ; disturb it , it stings : If Grasp it would firml not y , it be stings stung not it . be On hoves one of ou two to sett things le : ,
you , y Fo Avoid r she it , or l crus d not h it . nor She wou crush ld she ' d avoid not the it : nettle she tried ; ;
With And it the stun weak g her hand . A of woman woman is to too thrust slight it a aside thing , To trample the world without feeling its sting .
Such , is the woman whose life is a second time made desolate . She returns to India , " once more to the _j _> alm and the fountain , " and
there lingers for three years , at the end of which time the scene of the romance again unfolds at Ems , where all the actors are gathered
upon the scene . Lord Alfred is there with his beautiful English _, wife .
But rarela nature more Love , sound roaming or , mor shall e sweet meet Eyes brig y hter , brows whiter , a figure more fair , ,
Or lovelier lengths of more radiant hair , Than , thine , Lady Alfred ! Yet she does not satisfy the needs of Ms heart .
Lord Alfred missed something he sought for ; indeed , Till The it more seemed that to he himself missed he it , could the greater willing the ly spar need e ;
All the charms that he found for the one charm not there . whom And so it e meets comes to roulette pass , that . he yearns more and more , ¦ to Lucile ,
Who Ah appeared , well that to herself pale woman but the a p dream hantom of mi a g dream ht seem ! , : l < _sje * _si « * * _' Jfi _tfs _# m
And The brief the chill morn of of the beauty twili was ht fell passing silent away and , O ' er that deep , self-perceived g isolation , of soul grey , ,
And now , as all round her the dim evening stole ,
136 Notices Of Books.
136 _NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1860, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101860/page/64/
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