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Title: Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848

Author: Various

Editor: George R. Graham
Robert T. Conrad

Release Date: September 28, 2009 [EBook #30116]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Sir W. C. Rofs, R.A. A.B. Ross
THE UNMARRIED BELLE
Engraved Expressly for Graham's Magazine]

GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.

VOL. XXXIII. PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER, 1848. No. 4.

THE UNMARRIED BELLE.

BY ENNA DUVAL.

[SEE ENGRAVING.]

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted;
If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning
Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment;
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Patience; accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection!
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike;
Therefore accomplish thy labor of love, till the heart is made godlike,
Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of heaven!
LONGFELLOW'S EVANGELINE.

I was loitering beside my mother's chair, in her drawing-room, one day
on my return from school, listening to the conversation between her
and some morning visiters; they were discussing most earnestly the
merits of a reigning belle.

"She is, indeed, perfectly beautiful," exclaimed my mother. "I looked
at her the other evening, when I saw her at the last concert, and
thought a more lovely creature could not exist. The music excited her,
and her cheek was delicately flushed, which heightened the brilliancy
of her eyes; her lovely lips were just half apart and trembling with
feeling. Then she understands so well the art and mystery of dressing.
While other young ladies around her were in the full pride of
brilliant _costume_, the eye felt freshened and relieved when looking
at her--there was suc