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

Prior more OF the &c milk Of human
Kindness" than he absolutely needed
He sometimes dolcfully moralizes when
ne ought 10 be silent, and twice falls
into the arms ct his attendants wher
ne nigh, as we'll stand still. Such out
iageous sensibiiity is less characters
TIC OF j venerable work, ;han Of Della>
Cruscon rhyme maker, or Of voun,,
miss who dreams of lovers over her 70
nance.
When ocnsure has thus adverted TO
She antiquities in the action and .harac.
tcrs OF this tragedy, it has nearly done
ITS Office, and criticism row assumes
the more pleasing employment of ap
plauding the energy and psthns OF TIC
language. Few efforts of the tragic
muse are more meritorious on the score
OF style, which, with slight quaIi6ca
non may be characterised as manly,
harmonious and correct IL is remark
able iorthe dramatic excellence OF be-
ing always adapted TO The subjects up
on which 1t is used. From alsuy ex-
aRplss of its beauty tie following arc
selected.
Inc introductory appearance Of limo
gene is attended with "a touching solil-
oquy.
The MINERS art may trace the ablent fea-
tue,
And give the eye OF diltant weeping faith
10 view the form of its idolatrv
But oh the fcencs mid which they met
and parted
The,thoughts, the recollections fweet and
bitter
Th' Elyfan dreams of lovers, when they
loved
Who lhall reitore them
LET'S lovely are the fugitive clouds Of eve,
And not motc vanilhing--if thou could'f |
fpeak,
Dumb witnefs of the lecret foul of Imogene,
Thou might't acquit the faith of woman
kind
Since thou wait on my midnight pillow laid,
Friend hath feriaken triend-the brotherly |
tie
Been lightly loofed-the parted coldly met:
Yea, mothers have with desperate hands |
wrought harm
To little lives from their own bofoms Int. |
But woman ftill hath loved-if that itheed !
Woman e'er loved like me. der. IJ6. a.
Deeply rooted enmity has Ieldon
been more vigorously portrayed ,ha
in the description which Ber,rgm gives
OF his hatred 10 St Aldobranf:
i dreamed food before Lord Aldob.and,
Impenetrable to his fearching eyes7-
And did feel the horrid Joy men eel
Meaiuri1g the ferpent's coil whole tanSS
Scanning with giddy eye the ar-hvng rock
From which they leapt and live By miracle.
TO fee that horrid lpeGtre of NY thoughts
In all the fern reality Of life
I o mark the living lineamentsof hatred,
And fay, this is the man who's fight. fhsuld
blaft me; g.
Yet in calm dreadful triumph fill gaze on
81 is a horrid joy. LAtf II. Jf.I. 4
His description Of tbt hope OF re-
union with Imogene, Hhich had sus-
tanned him in his varpus mis!Crtures.
is also very strongly Conceived,
Such thou vert to me-and thou art loft.
What was her father Ycou Id fathers love
Compare with mine ?,-in want, and wal, land
peril,
Things that would hrilI che hearers blood
TO tell of,
NY btas gre7O bnman qOten I fbongbt cfI.
Ibee.-
Imogiue would have fI,uddered for my dan
ger
Tmogine would have bound my leechlels
wounds
Imogine would have fought my namelefa ,
corie,
And known it well-and ihe was welded
welded =
Was there no name in HELPS dark catalogue |
To brand thee with, hut mine immortalfoe's3 |
And did 'fcape from war, and want, and
famine,
To perrin by the falfehood OF womans
ID H. ).
The Prior furnishes in thc following /
very useful reflection to spi. |
'itual pride.
Fond of the mifery we paint 70 we'll,
Proud of. the iacrifice of broken hearts,
We pour on heav'n's dread ear, what mans |
would !hrink FROM
Yea, make merit OF the impious inlult-.
HH III. Jt. Z.
The persuasions which Bsrtram en-
'loys, to allure iTogiDc to moOnil ht
interview with him, beautifully Illus
rate the theory Of association.
When the cold moon CLEANS on thy cattle |
walls,
Wilt thou not fcek the fpot where lalt we
met
That Ss our parting fpot.-oh Imogine