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differently h ■ par sirs on, h wing become
cop lour. in streams and increased in
strength. His pri le cannot bear that
old and worm-eaten ridge of rocks to
dispute Ir > march; and he determines,
at all hazards, to remove that obstacle.
Dost 11 ion not see, with what rage he
foams, how he murmurs and con.rL.ius,
. . . da hing thr gh eve y opj
‘listens upon the rock.?
J. i his was an unexpected attack.
The count,on this side,was offhi > g aid; (
lor until then the princess had assailed ;
him w ith serious discourse a ul :■ did. .
ct*soning only, and ;» ;.;inst i.'u’oe her
In other’s melancholy was stronglv foj ii
1 At first, a \Tibk smile escaped
lam, which he immeiiatelv r-. pressed,
and as i! dispLased with himsclt for
having smiled, sunk into his old glooim
and listless air. A little hope inspired
L;s sis', r with freo h sj .rits, and the con
tinued her attempt to provoke him to
the.redne- , I>\ carrying <;n ti»*r meta
phor. Vv ithv.o..ceal d aim, and leaving
him to suj j-.'/se that she < nh in r.nt to
amuse hersidl, tier gave h r natural hu
mour lull play. Scest thou not, con
tinues th princess, the obeli nate bold
nets oi the w aves, m that foolish and
desperate enterprise ? Some are ear
nestly bent upon undermining the rock,
whilst some endeavour to take it by as
ruult ; others, investing and creeping
round, eagerly clamber up to scale it.
Ah ! poor things 1 how dearly must you
pay for this rashnes.-1 Tin re the\ climb;
»:*d yonder, exhausted, midway, in their
.42cent, they precipitately plunge back
wards into tlie river. From the fall
they have had, how they groan, and fret,
and thunder through the valley! Hue:
tess lamentations !—d etnot, perhaps, so
bootless, as it might seem, since tluv
fltrvc as a call, for fresh help, to their
comrades, whom I now behold, running
in haste, lrom alar, in order to revenge
themselves for the failure ; f those who
have fallen in the first onset. To use a
poetic license, I might say, that the ti
mid Nereids* of thi river,dismavetl by
lie commotion and alarm of the tumul
tuous waters, are fleeing lor refuge to
the hollows oi the rocks ; and that the
babbling Echoes arc running hither and
hither, ever hills and dales, w holly bent
non repeating, to all that will listen to
tiiem, their maidenish lamentations.
>. 1 he count could no longer resist;
jnd, when a little recovered lrom bis
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surprise, lie addressed his sister in the
sana styie in which she had been speak
ing. Observe thou, also, says he,
how quiet and serene that old and
mouldering rock remains, in the midst
oi so much confusion ,—blows, noise,
complaints, tears, groans, and alarms,
ttv.b it not. J.r’/io, alas 1 can preserve
i • ;al t miposure amidst the freaks of
! u t une : ml the cares of life ? This is a
i h. ut • of hat man ought to be, in this
world, in order to be happy: but we are
mi arable mortals and born to wretch
ir tl . Nature, h< rself,
by acting l.k a step-mother in her treat
ment tow ards us deprives us of all that
is es ential to our true happiness,St even
cruelly dentes us that blessed calmness
v. ha b 'he bestows upon a heanof stones,
rhus spoke the count. Like a sick man
w ho endeavours to raise his languid and
exhausted frame, and who, failing in die
ait cap’, sinks d >wn, much enfeebled by
tii exertion; o the count turn d all that
bad lieen uttered lor hi-> relief, to the
increase ol his habitual and oppressive
sorrow.
l in- princess was about to reply,—
'Vilen they beheld a venerable old man,
who had gone lortli to ins labour, from
a cabin situated on the summit of the
mountain which stood before them. JJv
Ins wearisome knocks with a spade,
which, at intervals, made a ringing a
i mong the stones, he was striving to force
an ungrateful soil to pay, in sustenance,
lor that sweat of his brows which he be
stowed upon it. Keeping time with the
movements of his jpade, he sang; but
the wind blew a wav the words, and de
prived the princess of their meaning.
1 lie birds around him, naturullvattract
ed by the music, hopped from bough to !
bough ; or, perched in the trees before
him, warbled responsive harmony, in
t’l ir own pleasing style.
4. Impatiently desirous to comprehend
til song, the count hurried his sister a
long the river bank, in search of a more
favourable spot to listen. When the
old man paused, they examined his as
pect and lorrn. The locks of hi , head,
altogether white, his un ruble beard,
Ids handsome countenance,hi > noble and
a (Table mien, led them to suspect in the
man i know not whatof greatness,which,
without fuliy discovering itself, still suf
fered itself to be known.
6. He continued to sing, and in a lull
of the breeze they caught this stanza :
There is a fount within my hrenft.
Whence the clrjr *ns cf PiCcTere flow •
A fouri* wMcb aiwxyaT poff’ f£\j,
But ah! I did not a'wiyb know.
These words die brother and si »ter
h ai d ; and whilst they mutually exa
mined themselves, their eyes and theii*'
thoughts met. Alter debating the mat
ter between themselves, they determin
ed to cross the river and ascend the*
mountain, in order to get the old man to
expound his enigma. They quickened
theirpacc; scaret Ivreachedthe' i idge,
when they again heard the old man sing
ing his song. Full of curiosity they
stopped, attentively listened, and heard
him repeat the follo'wing lines:—
A? fprings 'h’t gladden yen high hilt,
Arid wind the fl ipe, in hidden ways,
Thtnca, bubblii a downward, form that rili, ,
Which round my humble cottage playa :—
So Hamm so. from Heaven’* pure fpvirgs
Itb fecret courfe, through nature, winds ;
To Ji'iiJo n’j children comfort brings,
And pju'& lefrefhment o'er their minds.
But F.l’y's Cons the boon defpife,
An I turn the prrciou-1 gift aftde j
To Heaven's chief bit fling ftiu • th-ircye^
And in the e irth the treafurc hide.
With Ilstven’b beft riches these difpeofc,
An ! wed themfelvea to Indigence.
THE JUNKET.
By Richard Rummaoer, Ksq_.
No. II
Slav f.s cannot brca'iiein Enghnd: if theirlunga
Receive our air, til it moment they are free ;
They touch our country and their ihacklt'3 fail.
That's noble, and befptaks a nation proud
And jeaiou of the b!< lli ig Spread it then,
And let it cirrrJjte through evry vein
Of all four err.f ire; that where Mrit?ii)'a pow'r
Is felt, mankind may (eel her mercy too.
COWFEJ.
It affords me much pleasure to be a
ble to state, that the question which ha.’
so long, from tim t>> time,been agitated
in th" British Parliament, respecting the.
Slave T r:ul", is now decided. By the
latest transatlantic intelligence, it ap
pears that this disgraceful commerce is
finally /t \7, in the British domini
on.-;, by a bill trenn the house of Lords,
which v. recently passed in the lower
house, (ayes ‘-2RJ, noes lf>,) and which
has ince been approved and signed \ry
the king.
As it might, by some, perhaps, be
thought invidious,to attribute this much
procrastinated act of public Justice t* .
notiw - of political exp -diency tdyne,w<