The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-17
arom the Connecticut Mirror.
( RETIREMENT.
q ! SAID Il ~ tImt IL retirr
Mansi,n OF r. e

hb ilhtNBNG.
| \ SAID II ~ time to retire
| II Mansion Of Rest
on ct the most fascinating day
dreams by which we arc amused and
perhaps delnded from boyhood 10
old age. is some OF the varieties. o,
variations, as the dreamer may fan
cy OF rural retirement. The bny
paints his clysium from the season
OF birds eggs and apple blossoms.
TIL that ot chesnuts and shagbarks ;
and the cider mill ;he throws stones
~ The squirrels. and is busy with his
hooks and lines for the trout /. en.
Toying all these things in imaeina
ton, as he would doubtless enjoy
them III the reality, for the actual
experiment will more nearly realize
his expectations now than at an,
future period of his life. lie wants
longs To retire from the eye of his
parents, and punctual monotony of
the school, the task, discipline. scol-
d'ngs, errands and chores. the strict
ooserYances OF set times, the affected
kindna0 Of pailour visiters or the
more coarse and Ineligible necessi
~ OF minding every body that bids
him--bnt retirement in his cnse. in
so out OF the question, that il Is ut
tcriy hopeless.
Your youthful lover has a pencIyc
turn, that nothing suits but solitude.
Sometimes he will pore over Tim
norman, and sometimes fancy that
he IS sporting with Amaryllis in
the shade, or with the tangles oE
Neraea's bair,---or should his turn
of mind be less sentimental, he IL
thhd at least Of a horse. and dog.
gun and a fishing pole.-The ro-
Ny face of a cottage maiden. Who is
supposed TO sii spinning upon a small
wheel by the door, innocent, aud Of
course happy, with a heart as sim
pie as childhood TN its latent sus
capabilities are awakened, for the
first time. by the appearance. as he
tancles, OF the same weary youth re-
turning from his sports, and asking
for cup OF water. Here he seats
his Imagination for hall an hour on a
bank heats the hum of bees among
the blossoms oftbe peach trees-the
brook brawls beside him. the little
winds that men call zephyr, raise
his hair as they sigh through the tree
tOps--and meanwhile the dreamer
is in "A counting house, standing mp
three steps'at high desk. his pen
behind his ear and bis short stock
OF arithmetic exhausted or it may
be behind a counter, selling tape and
sewing silk TO some city dame, well
dressed but bad looking, with her
sweet one and twcntytar in the dis
lance. However glowing his fancy.
--hoNever ardent his feelings, such
is his case. He cannot retire-his
yard stick IL his fishing pole, he
nends his pen instead ofpriming his
towling piece. and Chatters with his
veteran customer instead ofhls bean
ideal lass, his Bessy at her spinning
wheel
The damsel who reads novels, Il
pores with interest over the pages of
the mysterious romance she haa in
her hand, loses half the sense if she
does not the benefit of retirement lu
aid her day dream IA retireneuI
not INTO cellar, kitchen, or ?. room
in garnet, not made by the shut
ting Of a door. or the stopping Of
ones ears to the rattli'ag or drum.
ming disturbance OF II noisy street
but retirement in fact, scclusion,
COMFORTING IN II Treasure, with the
workings oil the story in which she
reads Of the wind signing through
the trees, thu solitary waste, the
lonely castle. where the easements
CHATTER, aid the hinges creaking il
solitude Inannted perhaps) of the
northern turrct.--The noise is su.
perPalnral, for there can be, in til,
case supposed, no human access
Tie storm beats. the waves lash, the
owl shrieks, the tapestry is distur.
bed, the lamp burns blue. The an.
Cient domestic, evidently acquainted
with secrets that lis fathiulness
fOrbids him to disclose. retircs In re.
spectful alarm-the lover is absent
in danger aud the heroine must
seek him through the sliding door,
the secret passage, the broken stair,
the subtcrranean vault. Now the
fair reader must have quick ina.
gination, or she must long for retire.
meat to complete the guSto Of hei