Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-09-01
From the Portfolio.
ZHE Lar PREACHER.
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"AAA AhEE
TO what counties Gck people might
this qutltion C propofed and vet not one
81 the number really iii il the rnedcalfcnls
of the word But here exits in fome in
dividuals "a i'll habit Of mine. a fickDcfs az
the heart. lsmcnels of .pirit, difea(es.
more difficult 10 cure than cancer. fever.
or gut good natnred pstieEt. fwaIiow-
ing his Physicians prefcrisIion, may bee me
Tree o. lick room, and wax AT Iarpe with
Health's redd,r roles blooming On
MS check. But a mar of morbid anxiety.
tretfunes, ambition. or avaricc, viii ftnd III
VAN Tor the healing drug of the ap thecary.
his wounds are Of 70 rancerous felier.np,
incurabie nature. they will demand much
time TO bea and many medicines to sluase.
ihough the whole medical society ihou.d
coniult, though Turkey niould yieIl he-
poppi-s and the b1irz # CT eat trick rom a
thouiand Jars, the cancer ID the heart morks
The healing power and often he feI malaay
Is concentrate with life
In morning and devious ram5les through
lonely paaure or gloomy wood, tar from the
ctnk cf induary'. anvil, far r ON the iocund
chorus of MuGc's fsngs, meet meagre and
moPIng hypocondria. his temples do NOT
tLr"b. but thy arc bound. not with the
ehaPlcis OF Springs, Ut with white lind.
kerchief the flag OF head ach, and D. 70 cen.
Ihe day is genial ; for il is one Of the mid
eli 10 May bur double6 and trebicd ffock-
inss on his legs, thick vets cIsleiy but Rcd
over his hoiom, and ponderous great coat.
enveloping the man, atteft the nature and
magnitude Of his fears He l,ivers al !
zephyr, impregnated with flowers and wlicE
all nature ID warm, he areads taking cold.
What a difeafe, and what nubbsrn iymo.
tens. which acknowledge no caufc 4 have
right to fzy /" no canfe " for vel know
the fate and fortunes of III S SpleRelic. The
hiii j. happy, and he other ample BlrR
with birth, with talents, with family with
favor have not privilege to inquirc hin,
with more than common curioGty, v.b4t aiirb
fbef why IS thy ccuntenance caff down
why IL EhE brilliant fpirit troubled.
What aileth the o feihth bachelor -
Why Riil immune thyief in he cod prifon
OF celibacy Why ihun the converfition and
the charms of the fair why nor abandon
the humdtum Allocate, the fo;tizfy pipe,
and the Ionely chimney corner, and rninsie,
like thy fellows. in he facieiy of lhc lex !
Does thy gloomy humor comport VITA pea
fare, cenport with intereil No thy ioy is
iullen, and thy forusne neglected Arlfe
then and 20 out, and inquire fcarIslsly Of
Tome fair Rebecca Of tho land, VIII thou 20
with me and oe allure, ii, like Tsco,, Of
ola thou art paient. kina and prefervng
lover, her frank fwer will be, ike tina, Of
her ancient namrfake I viii e..
Whas aileth thee thou furious Iaeobin ! I
know thy genius well though thy nan,e.
perhaps is new thy fpirir old 4 hou
didit not curfe earth for the fra time, dur
ing the dscadence # the French mona. civ.
N, IN The fhape Of Satan. thou cidlt crawl
among tbs flowers Of Eden and dido hlait The
taliest tree of Parable in the ihape of Bru-
tus thou dida afafIinste julius Cefar in he
fbape Of fanatic BradiEaw thou cida fix IN
judgment on thy fovcreigu in the IN pc
OF Freedom di6R thou banih order and COM
fort from mankind. But Why this rcftIeis,
this rebe!lious this viniidive fpirir Is il
. benefit thy country Confult Hiltnry,
eoniult Experience. Il il to benefit tAyielf,
thy party and thy friends : Examine thy own
nature, learod Thy own records remember
thy fortune What has become of rhy orear
archetype Where i R bcfpierrc aud Mar
at and Condorcett Where Is EriGot with
his fimulated moderation Of Roland with his
morbid frength Where il thy Council Of
Dotarcs and Council OF Infants. thy Direc-
tory of FIVE Seoundrals, or The Confalatc OF
three!