Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-04-13
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THE DEFoGMEp TRANSFORMED.

!ror TIE PSlci lpitiu .inyorc.
THE DEF0EAIEp TRANSFORMED.
A tang % this ,i,lc, wiki, the name Of Lord Byron
upon the title page, has just been pub.isiicd--Had
Ii not been sercd before the pablo, under the sane
ton of the name OF this distinguished parsonage, it
would have ileH s.ill~bor from the press, but i:
is, il may obtain moncntary eXistrHce, and then
sink neglected with Other OF the late productions OF
this prolific writer.-'nhis is decidedly the worst
sing that foll from his pen possessing neither
}.netTy, incident, plot, nor common sense.-Wc are
at loss to discover what view the author had in
writing it; and our perplcki.y is increased when we
observe that the present publication is nothing
than frag,ue II; of the proposed worA.-Thc author
3 had reason TO apprehcRd that another would
touch upou this subject; and surely tho curiosity OF
the literary world not 30 much excited call
for j, in detached portioui.-We are told that the
rest may uernaps appear hercai.cr';tiS may be
p,oa sing Information 10 those who satisfied with
tie title page; but wo apprehcnd those who have
clipped little further, will have little curiosity to
see the conclusion.--rhe fable is briefly this-.3r-
a,oid thc Deformcd, in consequence OF mis- appear
ance, calls forth the aversion Of his mother who
far from concealing her disgust, i continually up
hsaitliug him with his deforniiy The drama opens
with the following scene, which taxes place i'll For
est, between the mother and her son.
= Bertt,a-Out hunchbuck!
kInold-i was born mother,
Bertha-Out.
-rhou incubus! Thou Nightmare. OF seven sons
The sole abortion.
Arnold--W oud that had been soy
And never seen the light.
Bertl1--i would % too
But astiou HAsV-he,ce, hencc---nnd do thy BEST
= That bach. CT thine may bear its burthcn It's
More high. if not 20 broad as that of others:
Afi.oid--lt BEARS is burthcn but my heart
VIII it
Sustain that when YOU Law upon IL, mother
love, or al the least i loved you: nothing,
Save you, in nature, can love aught ike
You cursed mc--do not kill me!
BeItha-i nursed thee,
because thou vert my frst-born, and knew not
II there would lie another unlike thee,
That inonstroUs sport of nature. But get hence,
And gather wood
Arnold will: but when bring it,
Speak to me kindly. Though my brothers arc
So beautiful and lusty, and rs free
As the free chase they follow, DO not spurn nc:
Our milk has been the same.
Bertha--As is the hedschps's,
Which sucks at midnight from the whnlcscNc dam
OF the young BULL until the milkmaid finds
'fhe nipple next day and udlcr dry.
Cali not thy brothers brethren. Call rc not
Mother Tor i; brought thee forth, il
AS foolish hens II times hatch vipsrs, by
Sitting upon strange Eggs. Out urcha out.
El, BERTHA.
Arnold (soLrs l-0h mother:-She is gone, and
must do
Her bidding ;-wearily but Willingly
would fulil it, could only hope
y kind wo.d in return. Mat snail do
Arnold begins 70 cut weed: III doing this ne
wounds OF his hands.
Ny labour to- the day is oven now
Accused be Ihis blood shat flows 20 fast
Cor double curses viii b.: uiy need now
Ar home. What home have home, no kin,
NO kind, not made like other creatures, or
20 share t!ieir sports pleasure. Mus, bleed
TOO
Like them? o that each, drop which falls 10 earth
~ oud Use snake 10 stang theI they save s.uiig
me!
Or that the devil, to whom they lihen me,
Would AID his Likeness !! fl partake
ssliis form, why MOI his power? Is Il because
have not his will too? Foo one Kind word
From her who bore ne, would sti:l reconcaln
- Even to this hateful aspect. Let wash.
ARHoLp goes TO 4 spring, he stooi's to wash MS
hand he starts back,
They right; ana natures mirror shows me
What she hath made me. ] will not look on it
Again, ami scarce dare think oct. Hideou: wretc!,
That am The very waters mock lie with
Ny horrid shadOw; Ike demon placed
Deep in the fountain to scare back the cattle
From drinking therein. lie pauscs.
lie proceeds in long soliloquy in tie course Of
which MS feelings become violently excited tlia,
ne determines 10 commit suicide,
IS And rake a worla for Myriads Of new worms"
To effect which purpose, nc places the knife with
which he had been cutting wood, in the ground with
tfe point upwards, and after the example G.! the kO-
man, ne prepares TO throw himself upon the fniie-
while the act, his eye is suddenly caught by the
fountain, which IN motion, cloud rises from
the fountain; Arnold stands gazing upon it il is
dspelled and tall back man comes towards him"
Arnold first has little inclination cultivate an
intimacy with the stranger, who observing his shy
ness says, /" Do not send nc back am so east
Iy recalled to do good service.
.3rnotf--what wilt thou do Tor me'
SHanger-Changc shapes with you if you will
since yCOrs 50 !rk you; or form YOU your wish in
lhn,y shape.
Arnold hesltates and says, g I must not cou1pro-
mise my soul" But the stranger removes this OBJ
lection by saying, You shall have no bond bat
your own viii contract save you. deeds; :" upon
which the compact is Immediately closed. "'Tnc
Stranger takes some OF Arnolds blood in his hand
ana it into the fount ain and after repeating
charm various phantom arise from tnc waters and
pass III succession J.iJrc inc Stranger and Arnold"
after julius Cesar, Aicijladc;, Socrates, Antony,
and many Others have bstn rejected, Arnold finally
takes earth and nio.ds Il aio;.g the tuEf and
then addresses the phantom Of Achilles"
Beautiful shadow OF rhets's boy
Who sleeps IL tie meadow w!Io.c grass grows o'cr
Troy,
From the red earth like Adam thy likeness shape
AS the being who made whose IMAGE / ;rc.