The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-17

natcrs, eou.d yin me from Ry salHrhine re-
| Elections ! rnminatod on the Joys oi "anld
laHt svne"-z-my mind resolscd back To Tue
period, when, hiithe aud gay as the lark ~ me
farrsl, eHpered nimbly 10 the sound OF Inc
violin, aud drove hnggard care Tar away
| More than twenty years had ELAPSED, 'ihre
ga. aud hanpy. free from care and aslicipp'-
| Ia no blight 10 the eupious harvest OF plea
sure. which MY imagination pictured in PR
sprctive. / had participated in the same a
mnsem,n, with companions, n0@ many oil
hem. m more then young and blooming as
| those who surrounded me iast evening. Ihe
aeidiiy mud misanthropy Of my temper lev
before the train ai reflections which the scene
awakened, aud even hope again daWned IN
ny BOSOM Thanioms OF long departed Joys
+" a nun 'rnas trrin.' fitted before my view
and hfitoH was almost converted INTO rtdiHy
fancled HAT was again The fond nope oil M
afcet.onate fulhrr aud the pride OF doatlng
moiher---ihai WINS the same gaudy bird had
been in my yonth--ihat the same rciinuo oi
sycophanis and hatterers hung on my rear
anticipating my wishes, and seeming 10 love
me.
"Gons ea,th ssllo~ hue. the somhrc east
"of ~fslchednes,, and, IN ia stead, the glow
OF ehse rfulnes ,lpnc forth
Bun the enchanting vision coon melted into
air In he language Of Lord Byron, The wa
hing dream was
"so endiytrert "a deadly fair,
" " ,Art. for .oa u wanting there
=" Nttne vas the loneliness 81 drath,
THAT part. not quite with parting breath
Z" Bni beapieou, with that itari" blnom,
i" That hue Witch hann. ito the tomb,
"E.ptes4ion', last fecedinr ray,
a. glded halo hos 'rInF round decay,
"1he farewell bssn Of feeling, pasf sNsyl
Spark " tha, bcan, I,erchanct Of MY birth,
(which glenm,, but warns no mole ip poi,l' d
car'hl'
Ny situation and feelings could not be more
correctly drawn than in the preceding lines
wns, ~ IL were, stranger in the midst OF
strangers. ! stood, like tightening stricken
pine, on n heath almost dcsoluic-=Witb, here
and there, shrub ul budding into lie mud
beauty, soon, perehance, Ia be, like lhrl mo-
nunients of bligttcd hopes aud dupes oi isl
onary anteipatioDs. The milk oi human
Kindness has conquered for moment the mis-
anihropy OF my temper aud, ~ The sIneeri-
{ of my soul, pray, that the elastic spirit.
who Inst evening tfipp'd So gully on the eight
fantastic toe" NAV never have 10 lament in
their old nge, "a have, The consequences OF
their juvenile folly.
At lhi. party were assembled various ages,
sizes aud features, and dresses MS various II.
the persons present. snue there were Who
were Just entering on the stage oil life, aud
some Just dropping oil The slnge-some who
had srnited and lrelted hall OF theirlittle hour
in lie. htlul drama and some whose "briei
! cmdlcs yet hlnzcd brightly some tai rs the
| eedars of Lebanon, and sonc----mUh io'oerj
some robust ~ CTsnr, and some lean II,
a -.
seusc, aud some whose features were II blank
some The Iintd desoeudanis OF the jolly
| tod. aud some the stern voaies of the stern
er Pluio some the amiable practitioners o
nlabllty and dccolum, mud some maniestng
the proud and haufhty spirit OF LucIer with
ont his reasons for being so--8ome dressed ~
| neatly as persons of judgment could wish to
see them, and some MS Fine and gaudy us they
could wish TO see themsclves--in short, some
men aud nomcn, and some bundles and ddndy
| e1SeS. ] was mere spectator and took nc
part in the anlusemcnts of the evening
have put upon paper the reflections which oc
CURED to me MS | gaHcd upon the younger
part of the assembly aud they are nj YOU
| service. | hive cudcavored TO preserve my
good humor whilst wrote rs hope that ut
shall have no farther cause OF quarrel,
Yours, sincerely, NANIlPPE.
! congratulate Xantippc on the recovery o
her good humor, or at least the conquest o
| her bad temper. give no disposition Ia pro
long our dispute, and cordially extend to he
| the right hand of fellowship
Though could have wished my fair CORES
pondent To have dispensed with some OF tht
remarks contained in her 'pistle, yet conl,
not myself obliterate them, without mai crial
y affecting If not lis sense, at least it, design
Ishould have made a few remarks on th'
glorious event brought 20 mind by the return
| OF the 9th of January, had not kantippe oc
cupicd us much sl,ace rs think il best To sllo
TO number. will merely observe, that Ia
good fashion OF celebrating great national lie,
rivals aud the brilliant achievements of on
warriors, is not so strictly adhered 10 ns
shonid be by n free people Soldiers VIII,
| fight for neverdy ingtamc, should have
| -" lid When o,sian sung,
| "old Er,nh Hard, renownd inHory,
| When Oh tnt harp the warrior hung,
| " And caught the kmdled hRme of glory"
| evils.
| JaHldrU L. 1893