Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-12-23

WHEN TINS earth was created, there
were Two passions breaihed upon tbe
soul of man, which have been greater
sourcrs of pain and pleasure, of deep
agony and exquisite icy, than almost
any oihers--flendship and love The
one such as binds man TO man, that
f4itniui, strict, stern quality, which
calmly regards the interest of another
as its own, aud seeks another self in
the companion of friend The other
that soft, sweet, weeping, smiling
dreaming passion, made w of fond
i expectations, exquisite visions, and
brilliant hopes, changing shape and
color every moment Of its existence
and wreatsing itself into a thousand
delightful and beautiful appearances,
Ike the spo:tivc mist. curling or sleep.
Ing on the mountain side, yet some
TINS enVeloping the soul in a bondage
so complete AMI cunning, that in losing
the power Of freedom it loses the will
TO be free. Not he vercsl slay e that is
buried alive in the dungeons oil the in.
qIl5nlon. or the tabled giants of old
who writhed beneath the mountain
weight which Jupiter had hurled upon
their rrbelIiOus forms, could be in
more perfect dependence than the vic
tim wh1 loses himself in the endless
llbyrinh of love Energetic indeed
must be that soul which may not be
carried away when the torrent soft
ness pours upon it, or which can act
what rea son dictates, if loves ALBANIAN
tine chains have enclrcled 1t in their
dangerous hold.
Taere Were two Young fellows, ri
sing up 10 the expended sentiments and
imaginatons OF men Long habit. =
combination of ten thousand little ad-
ventures, and mutual hopes ant fears
and Affections; the fact. that both were
about to travel On together over the path
of life, that spreads It's diEl and mystic
sious track before them; and the sp,ead.
ing cf each others flncies and opin-
ions, and each INTERVIEWING with the
other, and growing up ia strength and
beauty, ali united in making them
friends-not the butterfly companions
that fly away and disappear at The first
chill blast Of winter and storm, but
beings who were prepared to dare and
10 defy all the wants and temptations
and miscries of the world; hand in
hand to bear up with each other against
the coolest anguish that fate might be
preparing to pour across their way,
and to live and lie in each Others es-
TEEN, amid all the revolutions OF time,
through its prosperity and adversely,
through lis misery and Joy
like TO be brief, and mean to make
my story short and sweet; SO skipping
over the fist d4wning OF The passion,
with its ticklish sensation and opening
dreams, | come at once to the point
Hrny, the elder by few months
fell in love The object came like Il
beautiful vision through the circle Of
his sight, and he admired her. She
smiled, aud his heart opened beneath
the melting sweetness, as the fragrant
flower spreads its leaves beneath the
winning smile of morning She spoke
tia, silver toned music to tasclnate the
heart, the voice Of woman, and Hen
~ bowed down before the magic OF
the sound.
What singular thing love is. Tits
a sort oil mental d>ease-tut then ii
Kind Of maIady so delicious, so Toll OF
delightful little pains in the left side Of
the breast, such a continual succession
of pretty agonies-such bird Ike flut
tering at the heart, that il is sometimes
preferred even TO dull and unpoetical
health.
AS soon as our young friend found
himself entrapprd he began TO change
his conduct, only ate little at break
fast, would tai he up a newspaper, and
fling it down again-always stopped
in reading BacN stone if he CAME 10 the
name O. queen Elizabeth, and would
delight to read OF the statutes passed
under her reign. He would fix his
eyes npon the ceiling, put his legs on
the back of chair, aud sit for hours
wrapped in cogitation deep Some
times melancholy in the sentimental
sweetness OF his reflections, and then
SO merry tia, no situation or company
could restrain the exuberance oil his
momentary joy.
William WAS fine youngster, who
could see as far into d milestone as any
body else when he perceived the u