Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-10
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from THE ALBANY CENrINEL.

EN, So"pSi ONCE tNooSlt DIS Yea !
did-but, l begin to ,hink ;h~f. "loop- |,
holes" are like the eGmy,a o5/tura, re-
iieeting fofrened ihadow, through the
dark medium of ignorance, on the pnse ia
bies of a benevolent heart. The pleafAnt
ProiPect which my rctreat afforded, Undue
ed me to take nearer vicw-I abandon
ed 1t tor the noiie and bultle Of the world;
:" faw the ftir of Babel" and felt the
crowd ! was in fearch of Happiness and
gave neither ileep to my eyes, nor fun
Der to my eye-lids. At length, fatigued
with the fruitlefs iearch, Eat down TO rea
TO reflect. Gracious heaven! flid /,
and are thele fcenes of tumolt, of " wrong
and outrage with which the earth is FILL
cd" are thetc the itcncs which appcsrea
10 plealant through the loop. holes of re.
treat? O, give me back TO my obfcurity.
Let me dilremember what have here be-
held; let me aramble out my little round
OF life in that {" bleN fcciuion from lar.
ing world" The diAane PROJECTS once
warmed my heart with fweet emotions;
and here, perhaps, may again repoie--
again, +" through the leop-holes of re-
treat" enjoy the fweet deluGon. Simple
child dida thou dream thar thy native
fllades ponened the oblivious charms Of
Lethe's fpring and, THAI thou eoulden
remember 10 forget that thine eyes have
wept 70 fee, and thine heart pauied 70 con-
template /? Vain with! But alas / mpG
ever bear the painful conicioulnels of the
reality ofthofe evils which hoped were
but phan,oms of benighted brain. /
Can never forgot, that have ieen the mo-
def child of virtue hiGed from the itage
by the foul henas, whole turpitude was
richly blazoned with the mammon of un.
.righ,eoufneis! l can never forget the tri-
unPh of the deGgning and evil minded,
over the honeR credulity of innocence and
truth. lean never chale from my memo
ny the iron vitage of the infer, whom
have fscn, un5loihingly, recount his fair
poiletlions, and fnatch the I" beggarly
Taft do IL from the mouth Of the wretch
Cd bondman; ] have feen him, with rolls
Of parchment, ard his bailif,, enter the
hy neafrA forget tie widows PRAYER, ard
the Orphans tears? But thou wilt never
have ieea the adaain whet his dagger, and
repair to the torel l have heard the
midnight orgies of the lewd and profane ).
have feen, cen temperance reel' At
the fashionable debauch have fecn pride
and vanity enter the deaceful cottage. and
dethrone the rural virtues; ! have feen
ambition ride forth, and defolate the
globe have ften,
The poor fetter-i fave on Bonded knee.
from freedoms fcns, impIoring to be frc..'
have feen the proud mans contumelv ,he
Iniolence of Office, and the frowns which
patient merit, of the unworthy takes i! !
have beheld, too, thy forrows, Marcia
l have ieen the accuried murderer of &c.
male peace-the fell destroyer of unfulpea.
ing innocence and virtue!
I" ~, ~, ,-~.-g .oy'd, triumphant in her charms
10 bear the diadcm cf prize away.
Here gallant fraud ailaiI'd her ~; \ 4. 49,,
Wakend her fenfcs and embraces HE nrn, '
Touehi by the barb of grief. The Vol, e.n,
tn~n, "'i0h amllhons, rung the virgin
an, 'uekleis nymPh that fafcinating bre,n
Pure as the whitefl of Alpine fpo,gs ~''''
Which heIv'd az tales of exceIencs d;e.oc,,
any, io'' III oehef Plngs, IT'S own repofc,
Bemoan'd the innovations of decay,
Ano bisz d aud wepr, and perrin ike III. oeo;-
al day. 80 seni-
All theie-yea many, very many more.
are the evils which have ieen in nvwao
derings. And would to God, / could
WIPE every trace of the melancholy re-
memorance from my mind, and once more
view the world with 30 eye of charity.
'rcm the bowers of ignorance. Reader.
IniitaKe not the Wanderer for a mifsn
'hroPe; tic knows foil we'll there is |
brighter eide TO this uoge-
f'ai picture But thofe are no iiluiye |