For chill and storm can ne'er destroy
The blossoms of eternal day.
Then deem these charms, sweet Adelaide,
The brightest gems in beauty's zone:
Make these thine own,--all others fade;
They live when youth and grace are flown."
[1] The daughter of Colonel Coleman, of Belleville; now Mrs. Easton.
CHAPTER VII
Camp Meetings
"On--on!--for ever brightly on,
Thy lucid waves are flowing: