The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-12-04
DANIEL BRYA,
Alas how full Of tbufns
Aud briers. is this weary. worLb.
tAtiiA Ia


We have just received from the gen1.a..
"hose bahe STANDS At the mead OF tins Do,,co :,
preface to the appeal for suffering ean;,',' hls
&c for the benefit Of the Boston RI &C.
bRiAS IS already before the public and MI,
be SAID without battery, that he spsts,ns may
gnished rank among the poets OF our co, a's'
fi's preface does great honor 10 a head 'f,
common intelligence, and a heart of ,toc., IN
humanity, and We venture 30 predic, I.','ioii
song viii be worthy ofhs subject. vlicb 'a' lla
nius--lll-staird Genius Is lie.
There IS, forsooth, a kind of romance
these beings OF superior sensibility ,h.' "'ow
sometimes ruledby the nightmare of tho are
'he' are pressed on by ideal vampires ,ba, l,
eI round the heart, and when they esr,,'Ie an,
%'"p"" VI theli creative misery, il is 10 -.
kno' 10 .he GENIAL calmness ofcontenf, butl nv
g'ohs Oh eAtacy, To lakes OF unruffied snl,n1a'
SKIES "hefe no storm-sprit prevails, and to,naa'
SONS SO dlvinely just that even merit borsansal
rewarded ''ea Is
ift"ere necessary or expedien. To bo,o, A,
BRYAE, we should refer rather 10 his own ua,i'.
than to our COMMENT but We must be nor,,,, ms
to say en- TGSdnt, that even the vcrtlept lanra} "a
ms brow is surpassed BY the living synpatb,, -
ms bosom His heart, like his Tyre resno,j, "
all That Is good or beautiful he deserves snco..
ana should he for a moment desire IN ,ol,ss
that harp from his sway, the =" Witch FL y
OF Scott, would never furnish a picture 60 d.
as the melancholy q" Bard's" jocn.e,,e S.'hie
u1tterd frame. or the heatherof his IoneLt s'
II patriotism belongs 10 political il e -.
the boast OF a poetcal world Sb,ksnao,a
ours by inheritance, but it behoves us to g,Aaa
by conquest or discovery, Poet of our ot,n 80
where the wind is absent, the vaunted ,,r,,,..
OF the harp of Eolus are mute The wi,,d !, n 4.
haTp, what patronage is 10 he bosom oCns NM,
There Is, however, too frequently desirs fnor
APPS AN incohent desirc,) TO forget all Tho pa.
flowers of the forest, 10 forego IFS earl,
and to lose subiimities in the freffpInoss y.
complaint OF the twilight of abstraction. a.
who reads as task, viii find il ,as, +,
70 read, aud let the bounds of his mental oblipa.
non, be ever so splendid, he viii never feel ,n
shackleh ill he oYerleaps them
These remarks are elected by Mr.. Bsy,ssn,..
lace, where with ray of that enthusiasm ,Fb;s
burns upon the breast Of genius, he is alive IN al,
the literary renown which must hereafter belonr
TO his country he is all ardour, and when n.
temple offame is reared, when its sunbeam nm
refs commune with the skies ard aspire to or-
oUn heavens; column shall be found with ~,
0caa'bas Of freshness, marble uegetatioa. fur.
nlshed by his own active hand
The Boston Bald--alas if we have seen hin,
IN our dreams, he was pale and sad--he was NJ,
solitary, for the muse with her crown of thorua
murmufed her legends to him there was a
Wild rose in her brier couplet, it resembed bean.
ty surrounded by distress, and a shirt OF IN.
moon-beam whispered, that this emblem.rose ,yas
eventually to be placed upon his grave bv D..
MEL BRYAN. HENRY II, FARMER