The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-02-01

new or striking, than those Of that ininiiabl
bard. that we are 10 look for in ibis poem.
Our sympaihies are al once enlisted by hi.
abrupt beginning, which reminds Us Of Gray 4
Ruin seize thee &c.
Nov all il past one long farewell
/ One tear TO love and all is DER
\ weep not--for my bosom's swell
Tells me the heart can weep no more ~
sOne tear TO love- and yet he weeps not
for the heart cas weep no more
. A case is Of pitsoas distress
| Ofeorryiag seeref grief about"
we wish 10 relieve ourselves by expressing VI.
but both the eyes and the heart refuse an ut
rsrance. Though Il would seem that If the
heart did not weep. il might grieve, and
was therefore anxious to find out the cause Of
such unulierable ideas which i soon disclo-
set by his continuing,
Visions of Hoarsl ell past forever,
mourn fOr n0p. and mourn alonen
II is nit the past which are only 'visi0ns
Of hours, (but for which, as he afterwards 10
forms Us, they were laughing hours, he has no
cause to lament, for which he nouns he
/ UOutHs Iui WOW pcicObdRC VI a tOO cJCft
lived and fugitive existence, to cause lasting,
or deep seated grief, especially as il i con-
stantly recurring, every hour. and every mo-
ment Of our lives But be mourns alone :
he has none TO whom he can unboson his sor-
rows, and whose sympathies would alsy their
poignancy We wsre however, somewhat
relieved from our concern for his sufferings bv
the information that. il is only g dark dreams
that Cause his bosom's swell Add this
indeed accounts for ali the confusion ofimsge-
~ that follows for when the fancy j. not
under the guidance of reason, we all know
what strange and unnatural fantasies are con-
jured up.
Yet may ask--but ak in vain
Where re'd The laughing hours away ~
Why ask in vain It would seem not difficult
| 10 answer where these laughing hours
had roll'd. He appears indeed to labor under
a singular kind of embarrassment, more usual
with sleeping than waking persons.
| " And wake remambrarce-
| Imsy--but must NOT
strange predcament but expressive Of that
state of mind produced by the unearthIy Wis
ions which passed before il among which -
a hideous being,
(Which mecks The dream affection wove.'
! In the third stanza we have wonderful con-
catenation of strange vsions,' such as the
proud swell Of the tide Of Being dark wa
tiers Aow'-' The clouds stormer htfe' "a h1e
which, by the way, il is not SO easy 10 deter
mine 1.-THE tempest wingng the bour'- it's
II terrors raving'-and it ruin power;' and
all this be saws . he can brave fearless and
unhurt. What then will he fear, or what can
hurt him ?
In the fourth stanza there i an address 10
the object OF bis affections, in which he says.
j love thee yet and something about age
stealing from Memofy's Book 1--WE suspect
youth a. well as age, can be guilty OF this
kind of petty larceny. alias plagiarism J and
also breaking the seal Of Iove-letteI' and his
living 'forssken; and YET in the next stanzs be
says, Il proved thy heart and found il true and
pure, and soft and bright as the sunshine NV
ers flow THAT must ne very bright beart
which is as bright the flow OF river of sun
shine and 50 he concludes 10
JoiA The rev-l--.ance AMI song.
" Give all he soul a. pleasure sway.
Tear from The heart each fancied wrong,
And give each wilderirg passion plsy!'
But in the next stanza he again raves az
remembrance ~aking With serpent power. e
charming from the dream Of pain;' and IN
the 9th, reminds his dulcnea OF the romantic
tales Of love- and ofheir listening IA The rip
;ping sound Of what, We were at loss, uE-
til in the next be iuiorms u
9 Ofsow font streams ,hst crspf along
The busy grass Ger uo~s rocks driren ~
and then he brings before rs the striking I'M
age Of winters clouds shaking out he snow
and beholdlng their gathering pomp asT ire 4
l-Of all this they were reckless while thew
'conn'd deep and serious Page'.-and joined
in other sports which be j. going VI 10 re-
count, when suddenly he breaks vi and ca.
claims,
All these are gone yet memory kind
Shall paint them IN their prie again
Risi.s like spirits ofer he mind
y Prophstic-bUs alas w vain ~
False prophet, i, should seem but he COM
forts himself with The idea that her pledge .
with him. and begins again 10 dTate tie re-
nembrancs Of the past, when once noTe bs