POETRY.

THE BETRAYED.

From he Undying One and other Poem
From the Undying One and other Poems

 . BY THE HON MRS. NORTON.

 | saw the incOnstaut lover come and take

 Farewell of her he loved in better days, t And, cOdy careless, watch the hearl-s,rings break

 Which beat Eondly at his words of praise. She was ihded, painted, guiIt-bow'd thing, Seeking to mock the hues of early spring, When misery and years had done their worst To wi'her her away. The big tears burst From out her flashing eyes. which lurn'd on him s With agony, reproach, and fear, while dim z Each object swan in her uncertain sight, And natures glories took tho hue of night. There was, in spite of all her passions storm, A wild revolving beauty in her form;

 beauty as of sin, when first she comes To tempt us from calm aud pleasant homes. Her voice, with the appealing tone it took, Her soft clear voice beled her fearless look "A womans tenderness seemed still to dwell In that full bosom's agonizing swell. And he stood there, the worshirpd one of years, Sick ofher fondness, angry at her tears; Choking the loathing words which rose within The heart whose passion tempted her 10 sin; While with strange sad smile, lost hours she mourns, And prays and weeps and weeps and prays by turns.