The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-24

INA riasc nuly will make him wise.
| have done. Those who a"e mcr-
ry will be merry still aud those
who are unhappy will remain So al
ter all. yet il /, good aud pleasant
thing occasionally 10 have talk
with the world, about its follies.
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The Choice Of F}ord; from TIE Ger
man Of Herder.
As Jupiter Was bordering in ina
gination. and passing before his
minds eye, IN contemplati,c review.
the creation wbish he was about To
call into being, he bcckoncd 10 the
blooming Fhra. whose beauty shove
p'r-emincnt amongst the godlesscs
How shall ! describe hsr charns, ~
how ponrtray her graceful atirae-
IONS The most brautilul of all
that the earth contained in its yet
virgin womb was united in her
form, her shape, her colours aud her
ralmcnt.
All the gods gazcd upon her With
ama1emcnt. aud all the goddcsses
we're ensioua Ut her beauty. "Choose
for myself lover" saiI Jupiter.
i" from the assemblies company Of
gods and genii; but beware. vain
child, that thine cleetion.be such as
thou wilt have no cause 10 repent"
Wanton as light, and glddy With
the glory OF her new created charms.
Flora glanced thoughtlessly around
aud oh ! that her choice had fallen
on the godlike Ph9bus. whose soul
burnt with the desire OF possessing
her; bat his beauty was of too high,
too noble cal II fix the heart # 40
volatile maiden. She cast IL hasty
look around her, aud chosr-ah. who
could have Thought II !--one of the
least in the rank of gods, the spor-
tive Zephyr. "Fhoughlless one !"
exclaimed the father OF the gods.
" that thy species, even III lIs celes-
tai original, should prefer each IA
morons JOY, each gaily striking
charm, 10 Il higher and more placid
love. Had thlae happier choice lal-
len upon Phebns poIntng AT the
same time To the beamlug god thu
and thy race with bin might have
shared the blessings OF immortality.
Bot n"w,' continued he. ''enjoy time
own elect" Zephyr embraced his
delicate spouse, and size ,an,shod--
SHE vanished as the dust OF flower
into The realms OF the god OF air.
When Jupiter hAd aided his ideal
creation into being aud reality, and
the bosom Of the earth vas prepared
to give life to the dormant germs
that were contained III ii womb. he
called to Zephyr, who was slunber-
ing over the ashes Of his beloved
j." Up, stripping, up,-brlng hllhcr
thy beloved, and behold her eurihig
form and destiny" Zcphyr came
with The collected dusl--aIl that re-
manned OF bis tender spouse the
pollen dispersed Itself over the vide
cApanse Of the earth; PhGbus, from
the love he had borne to the goddess,
gave animation to her delicate re-
mains ; the Maids oi the brooks and
springs, out Of sisteily affection, wa
tered them with their streams lie
phyr embraced them; and Flora
once more shot forth IN thousand
varlegated terminating blossoms.
How each ucw-created bloom re-
iuiCed as II found ont its heavenly
lover, aud gave itself up TO the lond-
ling klsses--the soft, the gently VA
wing arms of the playful Zephyr.--
Shortened 10, No sooner had
the children Of Beauty opened their
bosorns, and prepared the nuptal bed
with all the charms OF cli5htful o.
duurs aud yarir gated colours. than
the satiated Zephyr left them to re-
vel Oh the charms of other beauties /;
aud PhRbus, mpasslonating their
too easily deceived love, darted ON
them his radiant beams, and put AN
early period 10 their grief.
Zach spring, ye fair cues, brings
with it repetition of the same story;
you bloom like Flora be warned,
then, by her, and choose more suit
abIe lover than Zephyr.
S. Ii. Ii.
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Carnes, in his letters from the
East, thus alludes to the beauty Of
Grccian women:
"The olten-boasted beauty of the