The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-29

but the establishment of his early life; or a
song piped in the intervals of the acts. lie
seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the
worlds thought, and dominion over his fel-
low men, But woman's whole life is a his
tory of the affections. The heart is her
world it is there her ambition strives for
empirc-it is there her avarice seeks for
hidden treasures. She sends forth her SYM
pathics on adventure she cmbarks her
wholeIsoul i'll the traifick of affection and if
shipwreckcd, her case is hopelcss-tor it is
a bankruptcy of the heart.
Toa man the disappointment of love may
occasion some bitter pangs; 1t wounds some
feelings OF tenderncss-it blasts some pros
poets of felicity but he is all active being
he can dissipatc his thoughts in the whirl OF
varied occupation, or plunge into the tide
of pleasure or, if the scene Of disappoint
mcnt be too full ofpainful associations, he can
shift his abode at will, and taking, as it were,
the wings of the morning. can fly to the utter
most parts of the earth, and be at rest.
But woman's is comparatively fixed,
secluded, and meditative life. She is more
the companion Of her own thoughts and feel
! ings and if they are turned to ministers OF
sorrow, where shall she look for consolation
! Her lot is to be wocd and won and itunhap-
by in her love, her heart is like some fort
rcss that has been captured, and sacked, and
abandoned, and left desolatc.
How many bright eyes grow dim-how
many soft checks grow pale--how many
lovely forms fade away into the tomb, and
none can tell the cause that blighted their
lovcliness. As the dove will clasp its wings
to its side, and cover and conceal the arrow
that is prcying on its vitals - 80 it is the ma
ture of woman, to hide from the world the
pangs of wounded affection. The love of Il
delicate female is always shy and silent.
| Even when fortunate, she scarcely breathes
it to herself; but when otherwise, she bu-
ries it in the rccesscs Of her bosom, and there
lets it cover and brood among the ruins OF
her peace. With her the desire ofthc heart
has failed. The great charm of cXistancc
is at an end. She ncglccts all the cheerful
exercises that gladden. the spirits, quicken
the pulses, and send the tide of life iii health
ful currents through the veins. Her rest is
brokcn-thc sweet refreshmcnt OF sleep is
poisoned by melancholy Dreams" dry sor-
row drinks her blood" until her cnfeebled
frame sinks under the least external assail-
ment. Look for her, after little while,
and you find friendship weeping over her
untimely grave, and wondering that one, who
but lately glowcd with all the radiance of
, health and beauty, so soon be brought down
to "darkness and the worm." You will be
, told of some wintry chill, some Slight indis-
, position, that laid her low-but no one
i, knows the mental malady that previously
sapped her strength and made her so easy 4
f prey to the spoiler.
She is like some tender tree, the pride and
t beauty Of the grove, graceful in its foliage,
S but with the worm preying at its core. we
: find it suddenly withering, when it shuold be
most fresh and luxuriant. We sec droop-
, ing its branches to the earth, and shedding
leaf by leaf until wasted and persisted away,
it falls even in the stiffness of the forest; and
rs we muse over the beautiful ruin, we strive
t in vain to rccollcct the blast or thundcrbolt
that could have smitten it with decay
have seen many instances OF women
running to waste and self-neglect, and disap-
pearing gradually from the earth, almost as
if they had been exhaled to heaven ; and
have repeatedly fancied, that could trace
l their deaths through the various declcnsions
=, OF consumption, cold, debility, languor, mel
l ancholy, until l reached the first symptom
of disappointed love. But an instance OF this
kind was lately told me; the circumstances
are we'll known in the country where they
happened, and / shall but give them i'll the
manner they were related.
Every one must recollect the tragical story
of young &: it was too touching to be
) soon forgotten. During the troubles in Ire
=. land he was tried, condemned and executed
: on change of treason. His fate made a
= deep impression OH public sympathy. He
was so young-so intelligent-so generous
every thing that we are apt to like in young
man His conduct under trial, too, was 81
lofty and intrepid. The noble indignation
u with which he repealed the charge OF Treason
y y against his country-the eloquent vindcatior
. > of his nane-and his pathetic appeal to pos
terty, in the hopeless hour of condemnation
=. all these entered deeply into every gene.
y rous bosom, and even his enemies lamentet
l. the stern policy that dictated his execution
Il But there was one heart, whose anguish nj
- - tongue nor pen could describe. In happic1
\ DAYS and faircr fortunes, he had won the at
= fections of a beautiful and interesting girl, TIN
daughter of Il late celebrated Irish barriste1
She loved him with the disintcrcstcd fervou
Of a woman's first aId early lovc-Whel
every worldly maxim arrayed itself agains
him when blasted in fortune, and disgrac
and danger darkened around his name, sh
/, loved him more ardcntly for his very safer
# ings. If, then, his fate could awaken til
- sympathy even of his foes, what must HAY
"a been the agony of her whose whole soul wa
: occupied by his image! Let those tell VIII
/. have had the portals of the tomb suddenl
n closed between them and the being the
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