The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-02
HEAVY HEARTS AND LIGHT HEARTS


what world of it we have; g man is born
to trouble" all is vanity and vexa-
ton of spirit"-thus and thus it is written.
| There are the troubles of infancy, of youth,
of manhood, of old age The troubles of
poverty and the troubles of riches! The
trouble ofliving, and the trouble Of diving
| Who has not his troubles; who claims ex-
emption from them e--who sees the end of
them f--And yet after all, what's the use of
| it, This fretting and repining, this SORROW
ing aud signing, this moping and mourning,
max ing misery more miserable I'm the
name of common sense, say, what's the use
gift? Does it soothe pain. soften affection,
or ward OFF misfortune? Will it call back
deceased friends, or prevent others from dy
ing, or deliver US from poverty, or make us
healthy, or melierate in one particular our
condition. Then do say, for the very sake
of sadness, what's the use oft?
Suppose the times are tight and pinchng,
that trade is dull, that you cannot make mo-
ney enough to live as you would wish, and
are obliged to labour harder even for the
little you do obtain than is agreeable, do you
greve about it are you sad and disheart-
ened 7 do you abandon hope and wish your
self dead? Pshaw 7phGt's tie ase of H2-
you get along if you are industrious and fru-
gal, and the most fortunate do no more. Be-
sides light heart will not break your for
tune, nor heavy one make it, 50 you may as
well have the one as the other.
Is it your misfortune to have one Of those
pests of society, slanderous neighbour,
who speaks i'll of you, and delights to do you
every secret, backhandcd injury he can.
who never fails secretly to traduce your
character, misrcpresent your conduct and
motives, and ever tries to excite prejndices
against you? And does this dscompose and
trouble yeus 4yhat's the use Of 02 Keep
the windward of the fellow let Your ac-
tions give the lie to his accusations, and
You need not employ words for the purpose
Wait the issue and you will see the maxim,
verified in his case, that "he who spitteth
against the wind, spitteth in his own face"
And here. too, it may be remembered that
heavy heart is no answer to an accusation, |
though it be false one, and that light |
heart is not the heart that pleads guilty be-
fore men; you had better therefore have the !.
last than first on all accounts.
Are men dishonest will long face and |
sad heart reform thems are you sometimes
deceived, wronged, cheatede will being dis
couraged mend the matter, OF melancholy |
make YOU sharper in your future dealings?
not whit. Losses are lessons, all men buy
their experience at the same market, tho
all may not pay the same price tor the COM
modify. The only way is to make much of
what comes dear; and you can do this with |
a light heart better than with heavy one.
A heavy heart zuhat's the use ofn?
But it may be, things don't go on right at
horne; that you have scolding wife, cross
children, and with all an extravagant family
that there's bad management in the wig
wan. Well this is very sad but will fret
ting make it bettert will sad heart make
sunshine in a cloudy housel No--then
syhat's the use Of it2 You are not the first
one in the world who might sing
ssFirst when Maggy was my care,
Heaven, thought, was in her air-
Now we're married; spier nae mair.'
And every hen pecked husband may as well
ado the conclusion
ssWhistle DER the lave OF"
see no profit in being miserable in this
case; light heart is still better than hea-
Wy heart.
Perhaps all this while some leve-sick boz
dy has been running over line after line, to
see if had aught to say why he sho-.d not
be unhappy. An unkinl mistress, hard
heart, an indefatigable rival; coquetry; ah,
these is Pandora's box .--Ihou hast gotten
.hyself into pretty pickls-but, Ii
SPRAY, if looking well can't move her,
Will looking i'll prevail"
What think ye of that, now---I know it is
useless to tell meditating, mosn-loving, +
melancholy lover, that there are whole
1ocks of pretty girls in the world, that if un-
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