Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850Various
General
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850
Various
American literature -- Periodicals; Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals
They took the little corpse (the little unconscious sacrifice, whose
early calling-home had reclaimed her poor, wandering mother), to the
hills, which in her life-time she had never seen. They dared not lay her
by the stern grandfather in Milne-row church-yard, but they bore her to
a lone moorland grave-yard, where long ago the Quakers used to bury
their dead. They laid her there on the sunny slope, where the earliest
spring-flowers blow.
Will and Susan live at the Upclose Farm. Mrs. Leigh and Lizzie dwell in
a cottage so secluded that, until you drop into the very hollow where it
is placed, you do not see it. Tom is a schoolmaster in Rochdale, and he
and Will help to support their mother. I only know that, if the cottage
be hidden in a green hollow of the hills, every sound of sorrow in the
whole upland is heard there--every call of suffering or of sickness for
help, is listened to by a sad, gentle-looking woman, who rarely smiles
(and when she does, her smile is more sad than other people's tears),
but who comes out of her seclusion whenever there's a shadow in any
household. Many hearts bless Lizzie Leigh, but she--she prays always and
ever for forgiveness--such forgiveness as may enable her to see her
child once more. Mrs. Leigh is quiet and happy. Lizzie is to her eyes
something precious--as the lost piece of silver--found once more. Susan
is the bright one who brings sunshine to all. Children grow around her
and call her blessed. One is called Nanny. Her, Lizzie often takes to
the sunny grave-yard in the up-lands, and while the little creature
gathers the daisies, and makes chains, Lizzie sits by a little grave,
and weeps bitterly.
STEAM.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account