Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-18


Byron u, its iabricator. Tenuaut, in his Aus
| ter Fair has succeeded well in it-a coinpari son
of winch with the Pilgrimage will show the
reader the different genus of the metre z
The style aud sentiments OF this work are iu-
conseplai with tAose OF Byron. The author
MAY have attempted to parody hin,Abut the
readerwIii ioti conscious of the attempt where.
yer II occurs. by diigeut comparison The
poem Is built on the model OF a numerous
| specie OF similar poetry ~ France. Nothing
| /, serious--unls>s serious thoughts are minc led
| with light ones for the joke saae. The evident
| ann u light Irony. But examine Byroa-howe-
We, eNceptonable b, mode OF featng weigh
! ~ SUBJECTS may be-itis all serIous-nay al
most gloomy whenever he seems To intend 20
debase serious things-it is not by connecting
| them with low ludicrous objects-but by Bit
ter-heait-teit and stern sarcasm-a kind of
conscious Tegretis stil mingled with his all
tachs Oh such objects In fine the "A IN OF the
| author OF one poem is like that of libertiue of
the old French court-wbo talks tnfidelity as
careiessly as galautry-whois perfectly cheer
fut III unbehei-who would stop TO make
comment upon the violation OF his conjugal
peace--and it the laws OF honor require il
would kill his antagonist, while humIuing an
opera time. The other is an Italian OF the
castle OF Udolpho, who will nov disbeleve
| then believe and iremble-who would address
| his skertica doubts TO the sublime cliffs OF the
Apehnines amidst the solemn darkness OF
! night who Is serious and moody in his doubts
| and 'o. even in his corporeal passions
| would cserve the intensity ct earnestness
| ana seriousness, with criminal nduigence.-
| This mean is the character of the actions of
| iheir hctions am not falling into the error
| OF ideGtifying the writer with the wayward
creations OF his mind. 1t appears to me easy
| IL tact the present character of Byron to a
| successor OF very natural, and by no means
| uncommon Causes, without env,lopng him in
| snbiime iniqniiy, arising from a MYSTERIOUS
| oriEnl-thoueh al the same time his great
| natural : eninS must have given force to these
| canses, that HEY would moi have possessed ia
relation to common men. TIE found siion of
| my ahaiNsiS Is TO he fonnd In the alinsions OF
, hiS WORKS and the late OF ann ALREADY pub,lshcd
| Nou,h perhaps OF constitutional way-
"druhess OF temper, succeeds to unexpected
| titIt and wealth The dehciency of ,ii>cjpliue
III the place of his education is to be charged
Win hls hrSt wanderings, ami d neglect to I'M
! pose c"urSe of studies 10 invigoratr mental
/ hedith Is to stand III account for his early ac-
| cess and revotion 10 dangerous miscellaneous
rearing from which an imagination, naturally
| TOO absorbing. contracted some morbid stains
! Early he courted the muses-natural way
WafnneSs OF hnmor, fancy even thus eally
! uuged OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. are tasked for tho
| y'ungest efforts OF his muse. But lave the en-.
| crossing passion OF yOHth, conld not pass by so
III a subject Tor its eAceSSes. His earliest pas
SION was OF redeemiug purify. which had il
been successful, might have rescued him from
those toes OF mental tranquility, which were
soon 10 surround him, in the shape of despair
disgust, dissipation and .inom His passion
assuming force. not to be resisted from the
peculiar structure of his mind, and value
never TO BIO lessened, from its association with
,he Pufest reco!l1ciions OF his youth, and the
napplest qualities OF his inagimstion was TO
BIZ the joy or tue banr of his life, according
as II was successful or unsuccessful 1T was
hopeless" With nothing left to love, there's
nought TO Tear, Is the expression of a poet OF
Tie death ut beloved object. The sense of
the existence of the object, ia this case in the
arms OF rival. added a moody bitterness TO
MS temper, which exhibited itself IN elAlion
10 the world, ~ not sparRg others in his writ
ihgs, While Sueerng sarcastIcal!y at subjects of
serious value, in their estimatiou-and in re-
iation to himself, by not sparlng his fortune
health or reputation, while searins out the i'm
preston OF pure affection in the smiles OF inI-
quitouS pleasure-but, there was more of men.
til agouN, seeking TO ease itself in revenge
tGan OF belief OF his own deIsion on :, RIO ms
SUBJECTS. There was more of deiirium than of
JOy' III The fever OF dissipation by which H.
Sought to raise himself above the regret of his
low. The coldness of disgust tin iner,ness or
apathy arrest him in Ibis sur, am of dissiuatlop
He hIes from the scenes OF his d saupoiutIneut
ana tbe theatre OF his pleasures Other
lands are sought, that the cons ciousuess ar his
own bosom may be avoided The stormy
wsves OF Biscay the Orange Wales and mo as-
tic cliffs OF Portugal the bloody battle fields
ana tut corrupt cities OF Span the shores of
tie Mediterranean the monlidIns of Atbania
the classic pains, cities and monument, Of
Greece, are all traverstd, examined and re-
htcied on by the poet. Bat all ihat memory
or imagination would fave recalled or suggest.
eh TO a9oIher, OF The people, the scenery, the
history or the monuments OF these places il
cclored, United AMI rendered uniaue and ne
cnlIdr by mind NJ miscellaneous education
aiancy OF waywardness, heart disappoiu,ed
III It's attachment and bearing the fostering
wounds and stained TeceSses Of its own re-
'enge upon itself. But genius haIiowS The
space OF its footsteps, though they NAV be I'M
pTinied amidst the fragments OF moral ruins
'irewn around 10y passion and despair-and
the DlOtS nt moral debdseHent scattered aronsd
by dissipation He retnrns and these MARIE
OF SUI passing genius in he poem by which no
celebrated that rrturn, and other auxiliary
circumstances rendered Inn the wonder of the
day. O,One, much less poet is always nroof
against almost adOraiiOn Eu,ogized l,y The
literary pablo, battered by the rank, Of f,sE-
lon-ccuTted Dy the fdIr--iS in wonderful thar
beauty, youth rank aud fortune Which merely
waited tor his sueing. should make him torrei
that the wounds Of his early disappoiutments
enlarged aud rendered permanent by the mad
treatment Ot illS eccentric physician re udered
hlm unhi tor the marriage state He did for-
get IT. lie was married. The besuty, tile ex-
cellencc OF his wife, DELAYED for SHIRT time
the recurrence of this state OF unftness u
IecnrS Tue drops OF this moral disorder
might be so small a. tO bc impprreptibIe tn
hlm-while they ie ! like cold hail on The heart
OF his wife. The prisoner in the inouis;,;nr
is chained on ms hack lie cannot move :, mus
Cie-irom the ceiling is suspended a vessel
from when, at Regular intervals or Il second
la!ls drop OF waicr-ihPY say the sufferer
becomes deiirious-Lord H'S. wife separates
herself lom him. Enough who nov wonders
al IT? How strange would il have been. # n
had not b~euSoi
Leaving Lord Byron, and lis nnharDy lis
position. let MS ieturn 10 BiarkwOods Edtu-
burgh Magazine. Aitprh" cling 90 the guilt
Bud tufp.tudC 81 the author uf Don JuaU he
does not suggest q doubt Of .yiiici beip, yyrIt-
ter by Lord Baron hc adds 10 that iufani, and
turpnHdt ', b. The fact of Lady Byron, beii.,
Introduced into the poem. Now II II is uot
lDtd Rs, OF "tich am hfmiy convinced aud
II, at The time Of rs publication, doubts of =
being 50, we're general, dues not ,oaljggity fit
the critic IS an appcllaIlon- and hs> he moi