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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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96 DANGER IN THE DARK.<br />

dwell<strong>in</strong>g places of <strong>the</strong> happy ~ '*' ,. ,. '*' '*' '*' Shall<br />

Alonzo sleep no more ~ 'Sorrow murders slecpsleep,<br />

that knits up <strong>the</strong> raveled sleeve of care,' and<br />

pours <strong>the</strong> heal<strong>in</strong>g balm of quiet on' hurt m<strong>in</strong>ds!'<br />

'*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' Anna Maria, 'tis thoughts of <strong>the</strong>e<br />

that cause my unrest; thou, whowert my deli~t,<br />

<strong>the</strong> brightest star that gemmed my skies, k<strong>in</strong>dl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with<strong>in</strong> my heart <strong>the</strong> light of hope, li~w hast thou<br />

fallen I The beauty of <strong>the</strong> firmament has faded I <strong>the</strong><br />

ornament of heaven is gone I Had relentless death<br />

snatched <strong>the</strong>e from me, and <strong>the</strong> cold grave received<br />

thy. fair form, I could have born~ i~;~~ut J? know that<br />

a VIlesycophant hath wrought thy r&.n, that a cruel<br />

superstition hath fettered and leg, <strong>the</strong>e to a prison<br />

more dismal than <strong>the</strong> charnel "hoUSA-touches me<br />

, \ ""'1\ •<br />

deeply I " ,'" ""~ ,~,. '!'<br />

Unsettled as he was <strong>in</strong> hi.! ~eol.ogic~l op<strong>in</strong>ions, and'<br />

never hav<strong>in</strong>g been Ptdpei\y·..;s~blis}}oo i~~\?ortect<br />

religious pr<strong>in</strong>ciples, Carleton was prepared to glide<br />

without an effort, <strong>in</strong>to downright <strong>in</strong>fidelity. And<br />

noth<strong>in</strong>g could have tended more rapidly to drift him<br />

<strong>in</strong> that direction, than <strong>the</strong> gross and palpable absurdities<br />

of Romanism, and <strong>the</strong> corruption of <strong>the</strong> priesthood,<br />

which he so pla<strong>in</strong>ly saw unfolded <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> tra<strong>in</strong><br />

of circumstances connected with <strong>the</strong> allur<strong>in</strong>g of Anna<br />

Maria to <strong>the</strong> cloister. Not hav<strong>in</strong>g reflected that<br />

Romanism was one th<strong>in</strong>g, and Christianity ano<strong>the</strong>r,<br />

he turned away from all religion, and allowed cold<br />

unbelief to fasten npon his youthful m<strong>in</strong>d. Cast<strong>in</strong>g<br />

aside revelation as an impostnre, he ~rew faithless

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