The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-09-19
unrsUana AIN noUs
GOLD NtlIH.

lowing .keteh of 6n)lsn',,i', hath of catn-
POSITION, s from Ler Islc's .ir'c i.i'gr I'D
tie sabsr qacnt t.=u,utz ga In l1e"ritrd
Village. irotu baitor SeJ''. Lir,s u The
A5oatsts. = Boz. Spec, =.
Gpidsmith, Though qeick enough al
prise. Wes falltcf s}os 81 poelry .-slpt trons
fbe lafdierss ct fancy, bot from Tn 'mr
be ta,l. IA printing tur sentiment. and pel-
i.hi8g the ,rr-tdrstlon. lie Vas by al
o,n eDnfrssior fbur 81 five years collect
ing materials Ia Ill his cnunffy rXru,e lions
Zoe one pgem, and WIS actually tn4as'd IA
tie con~ ,r1ti,ou at II abutr Two 'rds.
II, man ier of wiring poetry WIS lllsi he
frat sk,' I'D = part of bis design III pfose,
II whe IL threw of hls ldens as q
occur In h'a he Thea sat caicl.ily dow
to y ~ Them, correct thetn, n
add each other idea "a he III 'ust
bpttef Gutd 10 the subject. lie SOM
times wod1 exceed ~ pro-e dc.s
By writ = several .rr-rs inprompin
bui thee ne would take uncommon pails
nitrrv4rUs "a re,lsr, icst they shou Be
found incnnnrcted with has M ,In dos RI.
The writer nf these mennis Lee T. "
as) called opan the Doctor the second l,or-
ming after ne had begun THE Deserted M
lag and 10 hin, he communicated the plan
OF his poem.
Some ef my ffirnd..' continued he, diff
fer fom mr. on tbs pbn, AID think tins
depop8lAtion of villages does not exist
bot am satl.f j Of the f,ct. rrnrrnner
II = my Own con Try, aud have sea It III
It's H. then r., d What he had done OF II
that morning, hrslnn'ua
f" Dear luvrly boScr Of innocence and ease
sests q my youth, when every sport could
please,
How often nave l9itcrd thy etreu,
Wac hnnibln haPp,ucss endear' each scene
How often have | paused on every charm
The sheltered cot--thr cultivated larm--
Tue nrsrr ililing b. cook --thr busy mil
the deeonl church, that topsth. neishboring
hIN
Tie hewtg bush V,lb sem beneath The
shat,
F,r talking age aud rhi.per'ns lovers nude
Conn says hr, lei ne tell you this
= no mornings rk and NV, my dear
boy Il y'u are no. b. rugtgrd, s'oald
b. glad 10 ENJOY tioLiay with YOU"
rhe r.eep tton gwen to the Deserted
IiHGge, 50 tai of natural cesapcr, s,nplr
ray, nal paihns, waa nj the wsrmest KIND.
The Publisher showed II one his ak III an1
generosity by pH's'ihS upon Mr. q Id
st6th Il hU,dr' Il ppndll-, whieh thu author
ji,istea upon returning, when, upon com-
potaiten Ia found thht II carnr to nearly
cruNn for every cnnpet, sum which Inc
conceived AZ poem could he worth. The
sale OF the PORN mado hrn amends fol
thl- uhiIsph nstth"e of stulelbtlon Lis
50 near Gall ymaaon, where his brother
thc clergyman, hal his living, al inns the
hnouar ut he,ng HE spot from Which the
localities ot thc Deserted It}are were t.
rived. The cinreh, which tops the neigh
- All j a IA. a. "a
pointed out, and i hawthorn hs4 suffered
the penalty of poetical eel, hrly, being cut
10 pirer- BY ihUse admirers of the bard
who dc,'.i 10 have classical tooth-pick
cases and tobacco shoppers. Much ofthis
suppnsed iue,hty rlay bn fanciiu but 1t Is
plea Tag lf,hlle TO t1e poet IN the land Of
his fathers
II httrf author ia concludes hs cx-
ANITA an oliad r'r. popular work thu
picaf qf Hab .6Ffd
W read ,le 5icdf of HIteeeH in
tyonth and ~ ag". We reform T. II nyain
ami again, aol Il IS the memory If M an
thor who cont - 50 " u 10 reconcile, ~
10 hama atar Whc rive choose m,
pathetic aa3 dis rssiu. incidents of the
side, and HI "a, - al tn lail, or The lghlrf
aud ltamoroas parts 81 tar story, We iad
tllr best and trarst scnuln uis enlnrrrh
in the mnst beautiful baggage AID per.
haps irw characters If puecr dlgaliy have
been drscribrd teau thai Of the excellent
pastor rising t'ruse sorrow and Opprcs 4lan,
and hh"rIas tT the conversion 81 those
iri"ns lnlo "e"se Company he had brcn
thrust by ms ,iIIa,noa, creditors.
IN too many works Of fuzII,i .4, the rfl.
ties maist ana'".riac fup. ., censor. .,a,ticu-
lar passaEea j. - T.. I'VE, aentf# to BE-
iperused b. . puli s lnoorencr. But tGr
wreath of 5eld,lnlJl remains nasnllie4l ;
wrote tXati slrtle - expose wee ; &
he aceo nPhished his task n u inunarr
wh''A raSrs him To the highest rank a
monS Brush autas,. We clase this W
in're wtn a sig #,t.asa IN autifers should
have written ttdr from stnies 81 his
own gentts, s tb4t he s.ua,a n.t,r been
80 pfradtar,3. rrIanvrd from the sphere
of literature wlich NJ adorned"
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NGW SERMONS TO OLD Texts.
:" Whose dnsleth wife, fnlc'i good lh,nq. -
,eenld got be nncourfrons; hut This lesl
TO me appears full Of truth, fill 81 nit, ati
full of satire. Me,hiuksl SEE Sn,aalpu. not
arayed ia his royd roi,ps, sitting on hty
ivory throne, guarded by three hons Of e.-
fti1iir seed ,iuec giving audience taprince4.
a. Or rrcei,iug the aHgust, the ehafining. and
the cnruus q men ot 'sheha; nor m tae
more EASY cpsiuns arluxnrioas Irpose. hi.
sou attaned toiote, aud hi, heart intent on
pleasure, which he wore when he repaired
10 the drllghtful hewers of ind olence aud
ease, where he met the beautiful damsei
Who sung to him- an he rose Of shar.