Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-11-22

From tie Washington Gazette.
IFVHI nc " USIttI3 IVIt UU-tIIf.
REFLECTIONS ON RESUMING MY PLAID CLOAK.

From tie ~ dSi.lhSton Gazette.
ON REsUMING MY PLAID CLoAE
II Is AN OLD CoAT.-Stakspearc.
Once more, my dear, my Caledonian friend!
chan thee waking from thy summers sleep,
Rous q by tho voice of cold autumnal winds.
ifdw many friends in this inconstant world,
Have been estranged since last laid thee by
friends, who once met me with the smile of nom!
But now whose frown is sloomier than the mist
Ihat hangs upon fearful prccipico:
False, fleeing, treachrrous friends, alas, they
raise rs the light that hovers DER u marsh,
Leading the lonely traveller astray;
And H"'t'ng as tin uncertain summer cloud
That floats thro' ether and is more;
ana ireGcicr0Us as the weeping crot odie
W 10 lures to death by hii dcceitfu cries.
On summers brilliant day; or when the heav'ns
" iih starry considerations shouc at night,
Beneath the smiling skies alone | walkd,
fRu''d by the gentle breeZes of thc south:
did not need thee and thou earnest not
But when dark clou Is otscurd the wintry day,
AID chilling blasts from icy regions blew;
Of when the roaring winds md rushing foods
The lighrning's gleam-thc awful thundcr-clap--
C"mmIng'ed with the blackHCss Of the scens,-
Made terrible the dark. tempcstuous night!
w lille musing mid its horrors, ( have roam'd
Fearfully pleased, and view'd the dreadful scene!
Like a true friend. thou didst embrace me then,
Aud save me f,om the fury of the
Not so with other friends, alas fGd
III the bright summer of prosperity,
lhey throng around u.s. like a busy swarm
or insects gliitrng in the sunny ray;
But when adversty's bleak wintry blast
Assaults shv'ging frame those tIieRds are gone.
And, remember after many a night,
" King from dreams of horror in the morn
Instead of forms with frighlful visages,
Which mockd me in tie visions of my sleep;
Thee have found, the guardian of my bed.
Ihuu arr my confidential! secret friend;
Ahou tell 81 no stand rous Ia les to murder fame:
md for the follias which thou oft hast seen,
Thou never diist upbraid me once, nor wound
iih nnAind words, bosom sensitive.
But hive other friends, with other minds;
Who tho MS frril and faulty as myself,
Forget their weakness, and descaut on mine:
Vrappd III the mantle of hypocrisy,
With cu-vd lip and overbangng brow,
an long Ieproving face of mystery;
Like Ncddys7 visdgc, and his length of ears;
Que speaks in private: "sr, am your friend
wish you well-your conduct must blame
Excuse me Sir, if should harshly speak"
Like an uHskiiiul cut-tnroat he begins,
Aud hacks with rnndom thru5ts, tin the deep wound
Which my offence had made upon my mind,
Breaks forth affcg, and blceds from every vein.
And. "heu this work OF butchery is done,
W;tb de"p-di,sembug malice he concludes:
"P ~ ofience-I indeed your friend"
Bui knowing we'll the fJisehnod OF their hearts,;
Their dull irnportiucncc, their grave advice,
Their protterrd friendship, md Themselves scoru
And now adau to false assembling friends;
They c'm" unask d--they unregrctted 90;
But thou q III uc CT desert me in riy nccd
Wheo'er trou gocst, thy owners mare is known;
For on Thy lisp arc these initials graycd: N b.
WAsH1NGToH, November, II, 1875
Smelly is name often given to asses.