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| POET’S CORNER.
HUMAN LIFE.
w I^EN Phoebus summons in ik' <
day,
And spreads around the light—
-The stars in pallid flames depart,
Companions of the night:
When Zephyr blows the placid gale,
To vernal flowers kind ;
Ehe blushing rose his friendship owns,
And opens to the \v ind.
But if the f lfioo- so it i w i 1 blow ,
Then horrors deal around ;
The flowers, torn up by the root ,
Lie scatter'd on the ground.
C;t the smooth rc:t in gentle tides
Seems wantonless to play ;
i he painted ships sccurelv ride,
And make the prospect gav.
Olt by a sudden storm of wind,
i he main s in furv tost ;
File pr >spect chang’d, no ships \ ou st e,
For ships and men are lost.
By these examples men may learn,
Nor trust to Fortune’s wil ;
By nature ail is prone to chang •,
And frowns succeed her smile?.
The Happinefs of I ife regulated
by the Precepts cf Virtue;
OR, THE
HISTORY OF BARCAS.
An Oriental 'l\ h .
Is P lovely valley, bctv.ec n the chalky
.i js Oi C lvalue e, v/attrec t j * * a pmvnnial
stream Irom the anedei t F.uphrate «
B..rc .\s, cU scended front the ]>• trial, Its
of old, had pitched It: s tents. A tow.
ingoak, venerable with age, the shadow
°* *• * ' sprea tng brandies offered a
co > i retreat hum the noon tide rays,
.stoovl before them ; and a loftv grot c of
enrolls and pome gnmau- , delithied the
eye oi the traveller, a ad gave its spiev
o.hau- to th lime. , Zc, lHis
Tr;VV!VVIW: stranger
and the latheiFes ; c indigent found
in hnn a generous benefactor. [(.- fp..
lighted to remove the chilling handoi
poverty from th<. unfort mate, and ».
cour the balm of comfort h o, die h>
qf the friendless. FdVd with generous
principles of virtue and hem * cence, he
was not contented with enjoying happi
ness himself, but desirous of extending
it to all the human race.
II always pitched his tents within
the sight of some principal road, that
rhe"enr\ traveller might find refresh
ment, anti rest securely after the toils of
the day.
Among the re t that visited the hos
pit U>le t :nts «>f Hat - \. as Selim,
prince of Aden, who had been driven
from his country h\ the Sophi of Per
sia. llis countenanc ■ \>.is cloud, d
with cares and di >app intm nts, and his
attention wholly cu;>! . d in medita
tion on his misiovtun. .
Bari as rec ived the unfortunate stran
ger • that i • ion, whit h
h.t I endeared him to th • inhabitants of
then ighborhw; count. • -s. He treated
mo ' manner, and
nil avored hv cheerful and engaging
comvrsa i m, to h e, -h that m lanch 1 .
winch pivvcd up m His mind ; but find
ing a’: I. end uors fir litless, he thus
addles,., u the Prince of Aden:
S >.ne misfortune, heavier than
tno e <n imo i to the sons of men, has
clou )i«c beial"*n thee, end thv spirits
are unable to support the pouch r us
ht : But tell , liot ha
drank deep of the cup of affliction, is i
possible to remove the cause ol thv
i^rii t, or to mi 1 pale thv sorrow ? Is th
chart ol afllic ti >n pierce. 1 so far into tin*
breast, that i mn< 1, and i -
the vco uni too deep to admi* of a cun '3
il ineiiii*. r th it the path * i !’• ‘V lies al >; ■
the man.'.n of the river of advcr&itv,
and t ve.y liu. *..un hi ia.y is oblige l to
chink t it. i *f* j * s 1 *. r fir am. But
* t not t he iit i lortun t into all
the son - * ■ i men disc urnar us, nor d. -
prive i , ol the ,«• i ihm t t pleasures,
; which the bountiful 1' hu roftbe uni
verse huah s uu .-ed :u n.nd us wiJi a
j liberal'hfeud
4‘ 1 11 y Bit replied
f ' * « i , “ i d ubtl ss just: But
i mi slortiuus like mine are too inane to
he remov* 1, and too h avv to be sup
ported* ! i < i t not be ,i •
j to the rmhuiciioh f ’ of Selim, Prims.
1 f.l Aden*—Hclat ;■ flou ihed like th
tall cedar on the mountain*-, and \ .
* mineniiy dot! ouislu ! cmon'.j th
princes of the t-aiih. 'Mr■■ o.*p slid,;}
the different nations imp! rc 1 his pro
tection, and at his command tne proud
j »\ rants »t the neighborin'/countri; s laid
1 * r°d of oppre sior. mil.. . f
naught Persian prevailed against him,
and laid hi.i honors in the dust. ilis
populous cities arc destroyed, and de
luged with the blood of their inhabit
| ants ; his fruitful fields are turn* cl into
a desart, and liis v i\ es and children cap
tives in the house of an imperious mas
ter !—O Barcas can misfortunes like
tin se he supported i\ ith patic nee, or les
sent d by the generdri > aid of friendship?
I very well knowg that if thv wisdom
could point out a remedy for my grief, *
thv sincer desire ol being service able to
all the sons and dan 'liters of affliction,
will in l idler llu e to conceal it ; but
this, I i ear, is a task beyond thy power.”
k' Selim," replied the shepherd of
Chaldee, “ the misfortunes are certain
ly yi‘ vous, and heavy to be borne ;
bin k t not tin hours he pent in fruitless
1 npl ; nor d e to j re into > the
..rt -I h avc n. Call not the afflictive
turns «*i 1 i i • • < \ i 1, utvil thou art able to
comprehend the intention for which
they w c re sent , and the good which, for
might thou kno.siot, may rise from
th m-\ iew ihv'^lf with care and sin
’ i y, ard ie.k • a true list of all thv
cicis ; niv einner the All-wise 13• ing is
t best acquainted with thy frame, and
consul rr, that thou art but a child of
| du*t. Blame not me governor of the
universe, because thou cans'; n<.i search
i t ie jirodt d*tv ol his measures, nor
bil l out the d pth of his judgments :
i n,i ! r toy sigut at present as imper*
iect, aiu! cii,-.i within very narrow
limns. But tin ( Audi soon put off the
" ml oi mortality, and then shah then
i in i a :•:>!%• o! -'j veyiiig things which
are now ire i:,';Mi .”
} 11 st-' ’’ -■< . iv d the heart of
•'] b ml his countenance became
trm quil and serene. Ht thank< d the
tyr., lou.s Bunas for Ins friendly ad
\ ice, ;m i departed from his hospitable
tents in peace.
1 dom ;u..l v irtue are two infallible
t ill the crosses and a<
i
I i t.n In};■*•» <11 \mir prospt ritv ex
1 1 1 ' •'<' v rsitv. but lc ar it not ; it it come
’b you ari the more • wcetlv posse ssefl
''ftu- happim.** you have, aid the- more
•1 •*'. .1 y con firmc<! j 11 11 co*ne, \ ou r re
’’ 1 *ro ntlv disposed, and the more
' rii !y prepared.
ir 11 E L 1. / A G\
(OHIO COLS rv, VIRGIN I A.)
Pi.inti'D nv A. AKMSTUONf;