ATHALIE, OR, A SOUTHERN VILLEGGIATURA: "A WINTER'S TALE."
BY"FILIA."
AUTHOR OF "AGNES GRAHAM," "LUCIA DARE," ETC. ETC. "We deal with progress, and not flight. Through baffling senses passionate Fancies as restless—with a freight Of knowledge cumbersome enough To sink your ship when waves grow rough, Though meant for ballast in the hold— I find, 'mid dangers manifold, The good bark answers to the helm Where faith sits." BROWNING.PHILADELPHIA: CLAXTON, REMSEN, AND HAFFELFINGER. NEW ORLEANS: J. A. GRESHAM.
1872.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by CLAXTON, REMSEN, AND HAFFELFINGER, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PHILADELPHIA: COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE STREET.
TO "XARIFFA."
- What shall I bring, my poet sweet?
- Crowns for her head!
- The world has spread
- Its brightest laurels at her feet.
- The muse has touched her tongue;
- Hers have been joys elysian;
- And love's divinest vision
- Her tuneful lips have sung! *
*"In creed."
- What, then, can I seek out,
- Since all that man deems rare,
- And rates beyond compare,
- Compasses her about?
- What can I say, O poet sweet,
- As this poor work of mine
- I lay before thy shrine?
- From far the sibyl greet!
FILIA.
LAKE ST. JOSEPH, TEXAS PARISH, LA.PREFACE.
VILLEGGIATURA—country diversions or residence.
The story of Lettice Tilney is founded upon fact.
My own uncle had a small steamboat, which he used in hunting expeditions before the war, as I describe in the case of the little Louis d'Or. The adventures of General Von Lingard are neither impossible nor improbable in our forests.
This is all I have to say by way of explanation or preface. My work must take its chances.
FILIA.
