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of . her attitude ; the fulness of devotion in ' the c *! m up * ttmed face ' * , the poble , mafbiy white forehead ; the parted lips , with Btteh a world of BWeet expression About them , thai almost tempted you ta go end lUten tb the sweet sound that yoii felt assured must be escaping from betwixt them . Surely there were guardian angels tending here and yet , what
other guardian art gel did she 'need than the mother who was watching her with looks of the most doting affection . I turned to go , in fear lest b . wprd or a bteath might wake her and destroy the charm . The mother Btaid to give one more look , — -to draw another fresh , deep , satisfying draaght from the fountain of her , love , and then we left the hallowed chamber , as quietly as we had entered . 4
You would not have had me wake her . Nay , do not look upbraidingly ; X know you would not : but you must pay us another visit rery soon , and for very long ; and then you shall see her as she is , the life of all life—the one heart of a thousand—the spirit that will make of the world a garden wherever it goes . Oh , she is a promise to the world of what woman may become / And her cheek flushed and her eye glistened . * Why , Ellen , you are proud of hex . ' * Proud?—O no :
I love her ; - —no pride . It is the thief that steals from affection whenever it is brought in contact with it ; but not from mine . Come , you must see my school , —Ellen ' s school ; for she is the chief directress ; and you must give her hints where she needs them / ' 'And now tell me what you meant by my helping you / * O , that must be till you come again ,
for it is too long a story for to-day / On our way , it was of Ellen still she spoke ; in our walk through the garden , this was Ellen ' s favourite seat ; that was Ellen ' s pet tree ; here were Ellen ' s bees , with the new plan of her own to keep them . It was the first time in my life I had seen a complete realization of my idea of a mother ' s . love . She seemed ,
at times , as if she were an angel guarding an immortal souk She looked as if she had power to keep all evil influences from her child . She dwelt upon their intermingling affection till her heart filled her eyes to overflowing . Not a shade came ; not even when speaking of her 'weak health ; for it was all lost in love and hope , and looking forward to a future of happiness for her ' own girl /
As we went up the village , it was one street of welcome . The children came routid her , with faces looking up to her eyes for the love that never failed them . One little curly-headed urchin came running out withj—* -O , do turn and tee my titten / And she said , —* One moment / atjJd went to look at the cottage-pet ; and , in her own way , after praising Hi pretty tricks , tokl the child * how pussy liked to be played with gently , and how she hoped . to see them again happy playmates
together / Oklnnd young , happy or careworn , ( and ( liere ware sure to be few of the latter wherever her neighbourhood might bet ) * H B 3 ented to light tip * t the approach of this embodied blessing * . ' You aec tlie children are out of school * but you have just time to look in : ' and she opened tht » gate of * . wide enclosure , partitioned off into play-ground
and garde *! , in the centre of which wa » one ; of the prettiest achoolhouteei I had ; ever teed . Hera , too , were her favourites , twining round thfe rough Wood pkttara ; and hem were the eame taeteftU arrangements thai ohsfracteriw ** tbe-gftrde * cf her oWn home . Tin interior w marked Jry fctriet vttebtio * to the ttoral «* d pfepricftl comfort of her little y ^ tft * t t * b 1 * tbt ** o £ vrktab JUd mnfeped tehiud their tnorato *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1834, page 730, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2638/page/56/
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