GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XVIII. April, 1841. No. 4. Contents Fiction, Literature and Articles The Lady Isabel (continued) Our Bill Unequally Yoked Self-Devotion The Defaulter The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Reefer of ’76 (continued) The Outlaw Lover The Confessions of a Miser (continued) Sports and Pastimes Review of New Books Poetry, Music and Fashion The Brilliant Nor-West A Slighted Woman A Picture A Winter Scene Comparisons An April Day Old Memories Chimes of Antwerp A Winter Scene Oh! Gentle Love Fashions for April 1841 Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. * * * * * [Illustration: _Engraved by J. Sartain_ _He Comes_ _Engraved for Graham’s Magazine from the Original Picture by Leutze in the Possession of John W. Field Esq.^r_] * * * * * GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XVIII. APRIL, 1841. No. 4. * * * * * THE LADY ISABEL. (Continued from page 99.) Chapter IV. _The Disappearance._ There is nothing so dreadful as the heart’s first disappointment. To love vainly—oh! what is more agonising. We feel as if every one had turned against us; as if there was nothing left to live for in this world; as if the springs of life, and the joy of existence had departed forever from us. The loss of a friend may be compensated for, and the ruin of our fortunes can be borne without despair; but the hopelessness of a first love can never be ameliorated by aught on earth. Go where we will, the blight of the heart will continue with us. _We can never forget._ Hope will have dried up within us. We feel, like a stranger in a strange land, as an outcast on the world, beholding feelings in which we can take no part around us, and reminded daily of our misery by the happiness of others. Alas! for the one disappointed in a first love.