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WHEELING REPOSITORY.
(Vol. I.) Thursday, 28th May, i807. (No. 13.)
O R1G I N A L PO E TP T.
Literary Fables.
'translated from the Spanish of
Thomas D e Y r i a r t e ,
B'J an Inhabitant of Wheeling.
FABLE IV.
The Pee and the Drones.
"T he drones, a well known idle race,
f )ne day, in some convenient place,
Vv ere call’d together to debate
About important things of state.
I hey one and all sought some pretence
F’evade the charge of Indolence,
Which every mother’s son had known
Was well applied to every drone.
And to shake off so foul a charge,
In sight ol animals at large,
f hey, fr .m the wisest to the dunce,
Agreed to go to work at once,
And with such pains as they would take,
* A 4toney comb for once to make.
But, inexperienced in the trade,
And of their own success afraid.
They thought, by cunning, to devise,
A less laborious enterprise.
The project which they now contrive,
Was, from an ancient neighbouring hive,
To draw the corpse of an old bee,
Once famous for his industry;
Some pompous obsequies bestow,
And make a great parade of woe,
By celebrating, o’er his bitty
•Such sorrow as the world might hear (
And, with sonorous dirge, proclaim
His honeyed and his waxen fame.
This project pleas’d them all so well,
That they adopted it, pell-mell ;
When lo/ a bee, then passing by,
This sharp, sarcastic sneer let fly:
Is this your work, ye idle crew?—
Why, all tliis buzz and strange ado
\n't worth one drop (as I’m alive)
Qi tiie worst drippings of our hive.
I
JV1ISCEL1.ANKOUS 1 HOUGII Ti.
To strive to deserve success, has fjene
Yally been considered a* the most elfec
t’lal m^suis to obtain it.
The HapPy Man ;
i Or the Art of living, in any condition,
■with Content.
An Epic Poem, in xxir Books.
Written In Portuguefe by Teodoro De A'meyda;
And now t ran Hated from the Spanith of
Benito Eflaun De Riot.
Rejoice In the Lord always: again I fay re
joice — Phil. ins. 4.
All good things together came to me with
[ her, and I rejoiced in all, beciufe Wisdot-i go
eth before.I learned diligently, and do com
municate liberally ....For fhe is a treafure unto
men, that never faileth —Wisdom mii. 11—14
Cook I.—§ 1—G.
[Argument,—On the bunks of the river
N jester, Misano meets with the empress
Sophia, and the count of Moravia, 8.—
They go up to the top of the mountain.
The place where they seat themselves
described. The count declares his un
happiness, which his sister owns to be
mixed with his fortune. Misano pro
| mises her that her brother shall enjoy
real happiness, if he will follow his
counsel. Sophia relates the cause of her
own affliction. The tragical events of
Constantinople detailed,with an account
of the imprisonment of Isaac Angelus,
of his impiety,—of Murtzulphus. Mi
sano speaks of the felicity which his
troubles produced. The brother and
sister doubt whether a state of happiness
be possible to any body but such as have
no sensibility. Misano states that he
acquired it bv means of a philosophy,
w hich he ascribes to the lightof Heaven,
and relates how. Envy and Hate leave
tl»«*ir abyss and disquiet the world,26.—
They assail Misano, who remains un
disturbed in the bosom of Providence.
Allusion to Japan, with a description of
it, 2U.—The difference shown between
right Reason, active and passive, and
Revelation. Misano asserts that we may
be happy in this life. We possess an innate
desire ior happiness,and this desire pro
ceeds from the Supreme Iking. How
Misano was taught this doctrine, in two
divine sentences, and by the emotions of
his heart,38.—Whatever proceedsfrom
i the human will is subject to change and
caprice. Sentiments to induce a belief
in the existence of real happiness, deri
ved from a view of what has been cre
ated for the gratification of the senses,
40.—Perfect happiness to be found only
in God. That happiness does nGt con
sist in the freedom of the body from
suffering, but in the virtue and qualities
of the mind, proved. The princess uses
the figure of a fountain throwing out wa
ter to refresh a thirsty flock, in order to
persuade Misano to instruct them in his*
doctrine. Misano promises to comply
on the following day, and with a pro
mise to return, his guests take their
leave. Misano remains at his work.]
§ 1. Along the pleasant hanks of the
majestic Niester,the count of Moravia*
was taking a walk, accompanied by his
sister,the princess Sophia,! whose agree
able conversation and solid reflections
could not drive away the oppressive me
lancholy, which continually tormented
him. The princess perceived that the
most convincing arguments, were urged
without effect; the most pathetic per
suasions, cold ; and the most pressing
entreaties, feeble-and resolved to
change the means of inspiring him with
cheerfulness, by making use of the
sprightly air and charming vivacity,
with which Nature had endowed her.
She recalled to mind the powerful influ
ence which, in former days, the charms
of poesy held over the sorrowing heart
of her brother; and being inclined to try
its clflcacy again, she profited by the in
cidents which the ramble offered. Dost
thou not observe this river ? said the
princess. Formerly, in Poland, far
off, we were acquainted with it when it
was a stream, so diminutive, and so
humble, as courteously to stop at what
ever pebble it met; or respectfully bend
its course another way. Novj, see how
* The count of Moravia wag brother in law
to Andrew II. king of Hungary, who was the
father of Ifabella, called t’ e queen of Huagary,
canonized four years aftei her death.
f The emprefs Soohia, w*<< the widow o?
Nicolai Canabir, who wa», for a few hours
only, emperor of ConlUmmople,