happy husband.—Wrong me not, Constantia, by suspecting, that resentment
or pique has made me delay this meeting for so long; oh! no! it was the
consciousness of my own weak heart!—Even Helen of Homburg could not at
once resolve to witness the happiness of Eginhart and Amalberga; and
alas! I am no faultless Saint like Helen!—the Cloister is the palace of
enthusiasm, is the native land of visions; its inhabitants are only
happy in proportion, as those visions are sweet and soothing. I had
formed for myself a little circle of ideal companions, whom at my
pleasure I could summon to dispel my solitude. My venerable friend, by
the side of whose death-bed I formed the resolution of dedicating my
life to the service of Heaven, was among the dearest of those
apparitions. The hand of mortality had torn her from me; Enthusiasm
restored her to my arms. I saw her, as if she had been still alive.... I
spoke to her, and laid open the most secret folds of my heart.... I
almost fancied, that at times I heard her reply in words of comfort....
Alas! the fatal sight of Ida and her Henry has dispelled all these
visions, which were to me the source of so much happiness! it seemed
like a flash of lightning, which penetrates through our closed eye-lids,
and wakes us suddenly from some delightful dream.—Now nothing flits
before me in my solitude, but those scenes of my melancholy life, in
which Ida and Montfort bore so great a share.—Leave me, oh! leave me, ye
cruel thoughts, which force me back to a world of sorrow; and thou,
mild-spirit of my sainted friend, return, and by thy presence aid me to
prepare for that state of bliss, which _you_ already enjoy, and to which
I feel that _I_ am hastening.
The will of Heaven be done; but the moment of dissolution will be sweet
and welcome!
THE END.
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● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ Errata listed in this volume have been applied to all volumes.
○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).
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ERRATA.
VOL. I.
Page 6, line 2—_for_ “to which,” _read_ “for which.”
— 172, line 19—_for_ “niputations,” _read_ “imputations.”
— 272, line 17—_for_ “were,” _read_ “was.”
— 273, line 3—_for_ “confidant,” _read_ “confident.”
VOL. II.
Page 29, line 11—_for_ “compelled to,” _read_ “compelled me to.”
— 153, line 11—_for_ “which,” _read_ “as.”
— 158, line 11—_omit_ “or.”
— 219, line 4—_for_ “that your sex are the most fortunate,” _read_ “that
you are the most fortunate of your sex.”
— 249, line 18—_for_ “derison,” _read_ “derision.”
— 281, line 3—_for_ “woful,” _read_ “awful.”
— 337, line 11—_for_ “hasten a person,” _read_ “hasten in person.”
VOL. III.
Page 29, line 12—_for_ “rung,” _read_ “wrung.”
— 108, line 14—_for_ “has,” _read_ “had.”
— 295, line last—_for_ “probibity,” _read_ “probity.”
— 308, line 12—_for_ “uperiority,” _read_ “superiority.”
— 349, line 6—_for_ “Zender,” _read_ “Bender.”
VOL. IV.
Page 31, line 1—_for_ “the would,” _read_ “she would.”
— 52, line 2—_efface the_ Comma _after_ “Rosanna.”
— 140, line 12—_instead of a_ semicolon _put a_ comma.
— 159, line 2—_for_ “except,” _read_ “than.”
— 283, line 17—_for_ “confe,” _read_ “confer.”
— 309, line 12—_for_ “dye,” _read_ “die.”
— 311, line 14—_after_ “mentioned,” _put_ a full stop.
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