The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-20

sublir11iIau of moon struck poets. &c
kaoHi dye that mine ads noi the LOT ieel
o be 50 cn.iatle. How s0on, 80 bt whom
~. Maxrn heart Vas first impressed,
carrot easll, tell. Were ! now able Ia
.iiscIOsr this lnportaut secret, should
| hIsprr IN - The ear ut lhf gentle public,
no The Games of familiar DANIELS, hui tne
sound of spne high born dana. 10 con-
f.-s thu truth the fl 1t objects of my paselon
,rre-dr.n aear-the daughters of 'irlons
EmpcrOrs. the qurrus of 1'reblzond or the
i,land of BarfatarIa, hut especially t"rlprn
damsels of high drgrer, held IA gree ons
captivity IN robbrrs' oasrs with Their
charms all unlmpared + TN some brave
| aero should come To- stt tiirn nee trom
durance vile. Passions OF tins batter sort
entirely engrossed my mud at the time
when my beau ideal of heroes Vas that
much 'calumnistrd clas4 of X light, the
captains al the militia II lnbtnds -to' has
mol Horace SAID" matiiia pott0r est :" Tunes
without number have dglnef IN self
passing thro' the i'm ninent breach, aud, by
An adrpIt wheel or counter march, charging
the handful, aud rescule < the lady; nor
should 10 tins day, ben lirfd of wars "a
latms 90 the parade groand, had not
made = fatal discovery. just AS Quentin
DaIward imagined thr klng to be always
dressed ia his crown and robes, 80 |, good
easE youth, would as soo1 have believed
tie earth To turn round ~ figure to my srif
these heroes IN any nihef llght than as cas-
I'd - rrgn,rntls tnd chapea1, whether in
tnr prrllnus muster or the calm intervals nj
peace. when each should III down 1nder
a 4 =. A Ia, 4
cine the end III sweet ebllsl rrverie.-
| deed, 50 fdlarIous was my conception If
the mode nf their existence IN the sdca-
tons, that once Imagined that they dis
appeared from amung the hannts of men
after each par'dr-daA like the swallow IN
the cold aeason, OF rather like the lost
Plead, seen ~ more below" that -, not
seen Until thu next parade day, and mean
while retreated TO some far distant land OF
nrw ad,entu 9 or glorious inertness, where
other suns shine forth, and other tatfoos
az IoHrd: fol no where III lhr streets could
| behold their plumrs dan ug IN The Wind
or their swords dangling between their
legs. Ho" happy, MCKNIGHT, IN youthful
en,husia,m, how happy 4 hl" IN com
monwralth of militia captains! How ensI-
!
entity aud qnlldty fly, must also have
| kno" u where,too, c0ngfegate this waiike
host Three happy Capt.. Cook, had Thy
! tr been prolonged Ill thou colldst have
discovered that Atlantis here the mlna <
read of common life is never seen, bnl thu
| lofty stride of glorious war IL the native
| gait of each where ~ ar With its Nlllalnou5
alt-petre comes not, bat the JOYS ot Wet"
r, are yet constantly felt. Que rtgio in
'erris-N here shall fix my conjecture *
claimed I With thee. thou Ant.cIat of
| Nymzonl'1 such was my early detuslnn.
| \ ray of light first burst on me FROM read
| ing I'd in, and coon the whole trutH bla-
I'D on ny slght. On PIllgarilr! | could
| nave rglsen thee any thing but THIS,
could nave admired every thrust when ny
va like geuius might have imprlh thee
10 make, but til nslIog the peslle into
"a hpnt o. mA2nanlnnns Ll5uum VI te!
| aad bot my bnrrdn shone III polish a9d
construction prrfrcllo due time, h Il not
| been drown IL Is saop l. log the ,rtst's
m mory, nor had thy Unexpected form,
shealhed IN daPper prom, -tared upon mr.
aud upset reverence tor militia war. TIA
= mi, and Tbane al Cawdor, the greatest Is
] hrni'd! Oh! Capia, eeEr thou IN any
other shape than IA cdtch-pule, and !
could have restrrncrd thee suIl, do
thr red nosrd officer, who agreed SO catdl-
i ally with the ldndt,dy OF FranCe. Alter
al these dreadful discoveries no longer
suffered ny fancy To indulge in military
conceptions. IL wr,y other mode, no"-
ever, my Imagination vas s.ill active. An
how often while residing IN Utopia tI6r
there was great part 81 my youth spent,)
and how glorloa5y too hat n'ailrd A.
maids in the intensity of my love- aud the
/ imaginary tfdts enacted IN II Yet 10 my
shame | Own II ever utaIllnG 2nXotle In
| the iudIcrous disappointment Ut the event.
! The reader, il wise, Will understand nt
when hint to him hat tn nght myself
ooce on the very eve of an affair with the
Princess Rpsky Fusky, and my delight va.
great: but conceive, yon cannot, my NOR
| Tiff alton when cursed I0itrtng kuave &
spy, named Reality ,derectedme IN the We
~ act Of Imprntlns kiss.
! On shadows vain,
| Except in outward semJlance thrice my
| hands
! ! casped behind her they as oft returned
Empty into my breast again
But all my passions have not been thus
imaginary, nor all my dlsapPolntornts IL
thrr. Extensive has hrcn tilr range ii IN,
zeal pursuits, and II is the only further re-
mark can no" mtkc--and now dtcld q
/ 1t, that the reader NAV be aware that there
Is sull a great 9Th quarter lett quite uneX.
! plorrd by me N he Antarctic sea, bat aud
although il l. trne that |, Ike other youth,
! did nCtrnpat l,Np Al ,hs,.lS nl,ipr than nv.
self, yet IN candor | must say | oe,er
WAS induced to adore lady over thirty
| Not that they are not the handsunest,
wlsest, sweetest bat because | have al
ways, in my simplicity, brlu srd that