Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-29

Shakespeare
Born in the garrei in the kitchen bred
.l'a'ncteli thencc ,odsek her mistress head
Next, Tor some gracious service unrxprest,
Aiil from its wages onir to he gnes,'d-
RAISED fran the ,oile; TO the tahle-wiere
Her wcnd'ring he,ierS wait behind her chsr,
witheye unmosed and forehead u,abasi,'d,
She ,iines from OF the plate she lately. waShd.
oriciS y th the tale. and ready with the lie
Z he genial ccn.ltane and general spy
Who l,onll ye Gods her next employment gucss >
An only infants earliest governess!
She taught the child to read and taught we'll,
THAT ,le herself, by teachiuF. iearnh to spell.
An adept nextin penmansl'ip she grows,
As many nanieless slanirr deity shows;
VIA, she had nsde the pupil ofh,rart,
Hone know,hnt .hat high .oul s.cure,I,he heart,
Wi;ii longing breast and undeiuded
Fuii'd, was percussion by that youthful mind.
Which Flattery fooled not-Basenes could not blind,
Deceit infect not--nor Con,agion suit
Indulgence weak1'-nnr Example spoil
f.or MASTERED science tempt her to look down,
On humber talents wi;ha plying frown--
Nor Genius swei!-Do. Beauty render vain
Enr Envy Tdii'e 10 rcfaliate pain
Nor FORTUNE changel'tide raisc-nor Passion how
Nor virtue teach nnsivrity till now.
Ssrerely purest of her sex that live.
But wanting sweet weshne.s-to fnryive-
Too shocked NJ faults her soul can never know
She deems that all should be like her below;
Zoe 20 ail Vice,yet hardly Virtues trend,a
For Virtue parjORs those she would amend.
6nt 10 the the,ne:-now laid aside too long.
all her former functions are no more,
She rules The circle which she seIr cd he fore.
Irmothers-rone know wliy-hefore her quake;
IL daight - dread her for the nothcr's sake
IT early hghi;S-tbose false links, which bind,
At TIMES she loftiest to the ric.nest ninSl--
HIVE given her powers too deeply to instiii,
1heangry essence Of irer deadly Will;
III, IKE snake. she steal thin your walls,
= NJ tue black slime hetray her rs she crawls;
II, Ike Iper, to the heart she ind.
ard leave The venom there She did not fad
What marvel ;ha; This hag of hatred works,
Eternal evil latent az she turks,
1omake PandeniOnium where she dwells,
And reignthe hccate of domestic helis!
skill'a bya touch to deepen scandals tint,
Wi,h all the kind mendacity of hints,
While mingling truth with acknowledgements with
smiitS-
4 thread of canlsr with a web of,,iles:
A plain blunt shew Of briefly spoken seeming,
. mde her bloo'less hearts sou,ardend scfeming,
4 ir of lies-st lace formed to ccnceal;
Auo- without feeling, mock at all who feel:
" lth vile mask the Gorgon wuul, dsown;
ei,eei Q; pare',ment-and eye oi'stone-
hlark. how the channels other yellow blood,
Ooze 20 her skin, and sta gnate there TO mud
Casesi ike the cenup,de in saffron mail.
~ darker gTeenness o: the scorpions scale
(For drawn from reptiles only may we trace
SoneenLI: coOrs in that soul OK facet
I-'0k on her features and behold her mind
As IN = mirror Itself defined
: uok Oh the picture! deem il not oerciarged-
lhere IS no trait which must not be enlarged
yer true to" Natures jou.neynlan. WHO made
i.i' monster whentlIer mistress left OFT trade
Tbs female dog-siar other little sky.
%h,rs all beneath her influence droop or die.
Oh! wretch, without tear-vi;host a thought,
Save JOY above the ruin thou hast wrought
The time shall come, not long remote when thou
Small feel lar more than thou nflicieSt now;
Feel for thy vile sef.iovilg SELF in vain,
sind turn thee bowling in implied pain.
May the strong curse Of crRs.'d aift cticns lEh1
Back on thy bosom With effected blight!
And make Jhee in thy leProsy Orrn,nd
as loatiis0me tothyseii as 10 mankind J
Ill all Try seift0tghis cuFde into haze.
Hiaek-as thy will for others would create:
III ny hard heart IL calcined into dust,
And thy soul weller in IFS hdeous crust.
OF, may thy grarebe s!eepless rs the bed
! lac widow d couch of fire that thou hast spread
fheis when thou fam would'st weary Heaven with
prayer,
.usk on thine earthly victims-and despair.
Down 10 tie husband as thon r0tt'st away,
Zen worms shall perish on their poisonous clay,
Hut for the love bare, and still must bear,
10 her thy malice from all tyes would tear
2 icy i,ame-thy human name-to every eye
he climax OF all -corn should hang on high,
Excited Der Thy less abhorred compeers--
And iess,rng in the infamy Of yeurs.