The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-30

bend at Ceres ihrine
For dull to humid eyes appear,
The golden glories of the year,
Alas melancholy worihip's mine
l hail the Goddefs for her fcariet ilow'r,
Thou brilliant weed
That dot 70 far exceed
The richeH gift gay Flora can beitow;
Heed'efs paid thee in LIES morning hour,
(7bou comforter of svoe
Till forrow taught me to confeis thy pow'r.
In early days, when fancy cheats,
=, a various wreath wove
OF laughing Spring sluxriant iweets,
To deck ungrateful Love;
The Rote or Thorn my numbers crown'd,
As Venus iInild or Venus frown'd:
But Love and Joy, and all their train are flown,
And will fling of thee alone;
Unleis perchance the attributes of grief,
The Cypreis bud and Willow leaf,
Their pale funereal foliage blend with thine
Hail, lovely bloGom thou can'R cafe
The wretched victims of diicafe;
Cana clofe thoie weary eyes in gentle leep,
Which never open but to weep
For, on ! thy potent chain
Can agonizng pain difarm;
Expel inperious memory from her feat,
And bid the throbbing heart forget to beat.
soul-oothing Plant that CAN'T fuch ble.ipgs give,
BY thee the mourner bears to 1--we,
BY thee the wretched die
Oh ever friendly to defpair
Might forrow's pallid votary dare,
Without crime, that remedy impore
Which bids the ipirit from its bond.g. Nv
I'd court thy palliative aid no more
no more I'd fue that thou {h0uld'G Gpread
Thy fpell around my aching head
But would corjure thee 10 impart
Thy balfam for broken heart;
And by thy ioft Lethean pow'r,
(inef.aaabIe Fiozv'riJ
Burt theie Eerrelria band aid otlier regions trv
Tbetzyo t5ilozving anecdotes are ticker from f" Les
Veyager5 de SNIFF" SIC. Tie SsviJJ TomiGs
BY E. f. Lanficr, author Of the 7ra4,eLi of
-.fategor, SIC.
Gibbon lived long time at Paris; was ac-
quainted with d'Alembert and Diderot, mef-
DANES Geo!frin and du Bocage. He was much
pleafed with the fociety of this country, and was
introduced to count Caylus, but could fee him
very fe!dom. s. attribute this,' fayshe, " to
his manner of life. He was diGinguiihed for
extreme fmplicity and benevolence. He rofe
early and his day was employed in examining
the ihops Of the workmen. AT fix ne returned,
put on his night-gown, and !hut himielf up in
his cloiet." With refpeGt to Diderot, he told
US pieaiant anccdote. was" Jays he, g in
a FINAL box, inthe fecond row, at the French CO.
insay, when Mahomet was acted. faw Dide-
rot III box at little diftancc. We bowed.
At the beginning OF the piece, Jaw that he
clofed his ears with his fingers, without, howe
yer, looking from the actors, on whom he fixed
his eyes with great attention. In the interval
OF the acts, he quilted this petition, and refum-
edit on the Appearance ofthc players and this
conduct he perhfed in during the performance.
! pointed out this EDguarity to the ladies with
whom was In company, wh laughed heartily
but we could not guefs at the cauie of this fin
guiar mode OF touring tragedy yet, as Dide-
rot was no fool, flppoied that he had better
motives for his conduct than appeared to us.
The next morning eagerly fought him, to re-
queit the explanation. Did not your ladies'
fays he, laugh at my expenfe, and fuppofe me
little cracked? They would have thought 70
with more reafon, if they had feen me weep at
the pathetic pafages while my ears were cloc-
ed: thofe near me, who had looked at me with
furprife, when they faw my tears thought me
mad. One OF them could not help queftioning
NE. | cody anllgered, that every one had his
own mode of hearing. What amufsd me mot
was the fimplicity OF fome irnitators, who were
firprifed at not being able to hear when their
cars were cioied' Formy own part, fay 7, fl
hadnot known the fage Diderot, ihould have
thought he had juit sfcapcdfromthem ad-houie;
but your conddct is not lefs enigmatical to me.
q will explain it. To Judge with accuracy of
the pronunciation of the actors, you muft hear
the diiconrfe without feeling the perfon and /
thought, that, to judge of the gefture and the
action, we MUIR look at the actor, without hear
ing the play. have often frequented plays,
and know the greater part Of our beit pieces.
For this reaton, experienced 10 great emotion
at the pathetic lpeeChes, when the geHure and
the action anfwercd to the words. have found
however, by my experiment, that there are few
actors Who en- bear this trial and, were to
write my remarks, they would be greatly hum
bled. As foundation for my experiment, |
falf NJ he
Tutcaret, the celebrated lie Sage, was io deaf,
IN MS old age, that il was neceiIary to put the
trumpet TO his ear, and bawI with the utnon
violence yet he went TO plays, and loft not a
Jingle word. Tic even faid that he could not f
accurately judge of comedies, and the perform
ance of the actors, as fnce he no Longer hearc
them and am certain, ffom my own expert
euce, that he fpoke the truths
NE remember baOiag beep At n pIay acifJ
oge Of lEr. Braif5oooP Jcbolar5, barn dt46 an
eonIsJfleggI~. t;U muller biz ro-, d,,,,L III. .,.