The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-02-07

/ Dove me;
Beneath the black copof this farleis night
, ihere turks no darkeroul -
nay mend. Ike glory hah departed from me;
oertram hath noughtlbove the meaneh To-
l mould have be;rGedh him in halls of pride,
1 mould have mated him in fields of death
NOT itoi'n upon hitfecret, bower of peace,
And breath'd a Ierrnt'S venom OH his fiow'r
a. hgbf HPpesr al be eaJcmen. offbe iozuer)
She is there
She weeps no huband wipes her tears IL
She weePs no bale doth cheer the guilty
mother.
Aldobrand-No; never will forgive thee,
For am funk bSieatli thee. de- iY Ec. 1.
At The moment WHEN lmogine ago
niEed with apprehension lest her hus-
band should lie unable 10 cross the cur
rent, the passage of which was his only
chance Of ecaping the daggerof Ber-
tram, she Owes vent TO her emotions in
these affecting lines.
Page He muh return TO night.
Imggine lis falie, he mutt not-Oh, 1
hall run mad:
Go thouand watch upon the nirret's height
10 CiOtiida J
The fo,d muf fall. the bright moon NUT
fine forth
Go, % and tell me 70: why ftayef thou
tere 60 pGge.)
Begcne, and do not need, and do not watch
me. tEsH page.
i've loft the courage OF mine innocence
And dare not have the courage of delpair:
The evil itrensth that gave temptation dan
Yet Cannot give remote its energy
IRW.Je.I,
Among the defects of phraseor Gy'
generally good, may be menlirnedNne
forced cnnciseness and co9rSq"ent oo-
scutIty in which the n,p-iiinS IS oeca
sion5l!y shrouded. 2hus when Cioul-
da says,
a mortal horror.
IF aught ban godlefs fouls at parting bear
The lipcaments of deipairI fuch face is thine,
the we'll intending reSder pauscs to
eaqai.e what is ncy. When Dertram
talks of sleeping
The fleerof thoIe that dream not,
he queslon occurs why Sonnd steefl''
IS expressed by per!Phrasis, whose
,uijAoleness mus continue doubtful So
eng as men havs pleasant Is well as
asagreeable dreams.
Imrgene SAYS,
I've nurs'd Numbering ferpent till il huLs
me,
And from my hearts true guardian hid its
foftneiS
Curiosity might enquire who or what
vas " the ;rue guardian" of the lads's
leaTt, and tnen how the serpent woult
manage TO hide the fouiness Of the aa.G
cart? 1t may Sc rema ked, in passing,
hat the author seems Unfortunately at
ached 20 this poor snake, HON he in
reduces three times in The fourth acI;'
md twice with the same epithen
In one instance the vicious condensa
ion OF thought, lately hinted at, has
betrayed the author into an expression
directly opposite, it may be presumed
o his intention. Hugo, speaking O
he storm, says
-ftorms, when l was young,
"ould gu pals DER, like natures ftful fe.
And rendercd all more wholefome. NO7u
hfir rage,
Ssnt tbn5 RnJfajoaaBle and broffleyG,
speaks like the threats Of beaUen.
A natural intefpr .,auo would here
suppose the author TO int that the
hr rs of heaven are " Unreasonable and
nor can the construction be-
avoided out by qualifying comment or
he idsa which would divest it of ali
merit
Rather singular fault for SO vigo-
'ous and polished a writer as Mr.. Ma.
URN, is that his energy is not unlre-
luchtly enervated by explosives, and
,ometimes degraded by vulgarisms.
A. affecting dialogue between Imo-
gene and Bertram is polluted with the
ow phrase. " DO the dead" Because
murderer sheds blood, he is by new
.ilipiicai license, called " sheddcr'"
Such expressions as Ga tear of soul"
md a dark terror" for cloud" sa.
'Qr TOO much cf Dir Darwin and Mrs.
PIogzi. There is no SUCH noun sub
'tantive 10 the English vocabulary IS
. shifting" OR author, though not
addicted TO coming new, is chargesbIe
With the k,udred error OF ieviving OBJ
'plete words, and Of using many con
rarily 50 their proper Specification.
Fhe chastity Of language and senti-
nents for which the play is in the main