The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-27
TIE WANDERING JEW.

Ihfii119 Jew mas hftn thf TnhWHllf
4 nj many singular starie as ~ N
doubt familiar To the greater part q
our readers. The falio~i Ing power
lnl and NEST extraordinary tragmrn
(oa he sane eUb3eef.A nas transia
I'd b. III late Percy n3sse Shelley
from a German hnnk. i" whose TIE
says he have vainly endravorct
IN discover. picked II up dirt!
and tatn some years ago, in lin.
coins Inn Fields. II is introdnccd
ina"ofk privately circulated by MI.
Shelley III 1914.
AiasurluS. The Jew, erept from
! the dark cave OF Mount Carmel.
/ Nearly two thousand years have C.
larscd since he was first goadcd by
never ending rcstlessnrss IL rove the
globe from pole to pule. Wien our
Saviour was Wcaricd with The burden
Of his pondcrous crns4, aud wanted
to rest before the door III ahasucrus.
the unleeling wretch drove him o
way With brutality. The SAY iour Of
mankind staggered. sinking under
tie heavy load. hut uttered no com
paint. Anangcl Of death appeared
before AhasueIus, aud exclaimed in
dignantiy--" barbarian thou hat
denied rest 10 the son ol man be il
denied thee also, until he comes to
Judge the world"
A black demon LET loose from hell
upon AhasurrIrs. goads linn now
from country 20 country lle is de-
nicd the consolation which, death al
fords and prccluded from the rest
of the peaceful grave.
Alasneius crcpt forth from the
dark cave of Mount Carmel. lie
shook the dust from his beard.--and
taking np one Of the SOULS hcaped
therc, hurled il down the cnincncc.
II rcboundcd lrom the earth IN shiv-
cred atoms. This was my father.
roared Ahamcrus. Seven more
SOULS rolled down from rock 10 rock;
while Tie infGriate jew following
them Will CHASTITY looks exclaimed
And these were my wives lie Sill
continued to hurt down scull after
scuIb roaring in dreadful accents
and these, and these, and these were
my children They could die
but |, repr0ba'c wretch that | am
alas | cannot die Dreadful he
You'd conception is the Judgment that
hangs over ne. Jerusalem fell. |
crushed tic suCking babe, and pre-
clritaled myself into the destructive
fumes. | cursed the Romans--hutI
alas tile 1CSiirsa curse hcld me tgI
he haF, AID ic0Hld mol die.
Rome The giautcss Iei!=-l placed
myselfbelorc the falling sla;uc--shc
fell N Il Il d not cu,h me. Mali ms
splang up and disappeared before
me but | remained, and id not die.
From cloud enCltcIcd cliffs did pre-
cipilale III! srii into the ocean but
the foaming pillows cast me upon
the shore, and the burning arrow Of
existence pierced my cold heart a.
gam. | Ieapcd into Etna's flaming
abyss. and r0arcd with tie giants
for ten long months, polluting with
my eroans The Mounts sulphure0us
mouth. The Yolca.o fcrmcnted,
and n fiery stream ottawa cast me
mp. ] lay down Torn by the torture
of snakes oil he'll amid the glowing
.clnders, and yet continued to exist.
A forest was on fire. | dartcd on
wings 81 fury aud despair into the
cracking wood. Fire dropped upon
me from tie trees, but the Games on
y singcd my limbs !; alas it could
not consume them. now mixed
with the butchers 0f mankind and
plunged in the tempest Of the raging
battle. | reared defiance To the in
tur,ato Gaul, defiance 10 the victori-
Gus German but arrows and spears
reb0uDdcd in shiycrs ftnm my body.
The saraccr'a flaming faIebion broke
Upon my SOUL. balls in vain Missed
npon me the IightniBgs OF battle
glanced harmless around my loins /;
in vain did the eIephat tramplc
on me in vain the iron hoof
Of the "rathful steed The mine.
/ big with destructive power, burst
upon me and hurled me high
in air; | fell on heaps of smoking
limbs, but VAS only singcd. The
giants steel club reboundcd from
my body; The cXecutioncr's band
could not strange me Tire tigers