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h ^ r tfe * haty 1 of : httlies . Abstent ; Or present * there had burnt the pure , unwavering flame , by whose light every vivid endotibn ; teviery kto&HflJtlibiigftt , ret&ty new impression , was 'made purer ^ brighter , artd ^ aippter \ All the best and noblest powers of his nature had nrttrtstered to the awakening flame , nay , had seerined 1 to be ^ created by ' its sgewcy , till it had burst forth in its strength an absorbing ,
but elevating and hallowed , passion . Time went on ; no blessing waited on the change ; the sea breezes brought no healing on their wings , dnd medical skill was of no avail . Mrs . Fenton began to dtftibt ! She watched his weakening frame , his wasting cheek ; and his sunken eye and patient smile were reproaches which were silently , but deeply , cutting their way to her inmost soul . Through the public prints and other means the whole history of Flora
was known to them both , but her name never passed their lips . Percy ' would sit for hours with his eyes fixed upon the sea ; his mother would have given worlds that his mind should have been laid bare to her ; but gradually he ceased to write even a thought uport that waste of waters , and the last helpless , hopeless state of apathy seemed closing upon him .
On the afternoon of a day unusually sultry ^ during which Petvjr had shown new and painful signs of increasing weakness * , his "mother , after fanning his brow and wiping away the tnoisture that gathered on his temples , succeeded in soothing him ; into sleep . She darkened the room > and sat down beside tfee fcofo © n
which he was lying . The quiet was intense . The memory of other days came upon her . She thought of her early ltive , of her ill-fcfl&orted marriage , of the little fount of love that had sprung up within the desert , of the happy , playful , loving child that used to cortie-aml nestle in her bosom as a home ; her eyes rested in airiguieh on the pale hollow suffering face . beside her . ' And is it thkis * I'bave repaid thee for all the joy you brought to me when
my ^ hettrtr'was sore grieved for love ? Alas ! it is I that have wrttagllt this change . It is I who have sacrificed thee ; yes , sacrificed thee to a cruel , heartless , mad ambition !* The blue cufrtafci 1 that partially shrouded the window cast a livid gleam oV ^ r ' tH&'pate face of the sufferer . * Beware , lest you change that
Kght » 'ititfc ' dfetfknees P wrung in her ears ; she sunk on her knees . * Oli Gdd ! do not blast me with , such misery ; let him be restored t <* t&e \—^\ 4 t but this dreadful agony pass aw ay , and all shall be for ' hi * heart ' s happiness ; I will forget all the dreams I have cfhfcfished ; what ard they compared to the desolation that would wither this heart if—a cry of anguish burst from her bosom . Percy * awoke ; she knelt beskle him-: 'My son , my dear de&t
son , will you foi « give ttie > will you forget all the misery I have CMtted yoti—^ will you try tx * be all you once were to rae , «—the hopfrj fchfe Hfe > the ctfmfbrfc of tny heart ; with ail graratqd to y * m * l ttoafc k would ask , all ,- ^ -ail ^ j- ^ only 'looh as you dno ^ look ed ^ otfty > fcb ^ ag ^ ni wttat you ( 4 Htoe w ^ re ?^ FercV gawd at iher ^ and
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 588, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/24/
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