Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-10-03

She mingled drausht divine. aud said
Drink "i th.S cup, thou't never die.
Thus do say and sing thee,
Heir of that bnundleSS heaven on hish
Though frn'l, and gall'n, aud los, thou b.,
D.ink OF this cup, hOult die.
''Aiuch as had endeavoured to keep my philosonby
on its guard against the ausions with ,ich I ue,c
this region abourded, ile young cmp-bearer had her,
touched spring OF ina gnaiion ch as has been
seen, my philosophy had but little cunircl No SOONER
had the words, thou shalt die, struck on NV
ear than the dream Of the Garden came fallv 10 ~,
mind, aud, starting halfway from the couch sreche,
rsh my hands 10 the cup. Recol!e, ting my ELF how
ever and irafu Of having hclay c to others a we: X.
ness only at for my own secret indulgence with an
affected smile oi indifference sunk back again on nv
couch,-wlnie the Young minstrel, but little in,errrrt
ed by my movement, still, continued his strain Of wbci
"eaiu hu The concluding words
And MSmo,v, tho, with her dreams shall! come
Dreams OF former happier day,
" hen Heaven still! the spirits home,
Aud her " imgs had not yet fallen away;
Glimpscs of glory, ne cr forcu.,
That tell, like gea ms IN a sunsc, sea-
w hat once hath been, what now is not,
but, Oh, what again shall brightly b,r''
Among the other enchantnens 10 which, the nriosts
have recourse II may be anticipated that they c,npov
uuconscinuslyt to herself the youthful pries,rss; and
her when Hope arose the author finely SAYS. i :
long as Fancy had the field of The flra 10 lcrsr;r
ven Immortality did not seem too distant i race i,r
ieF. But when human Instruments i.terposed The il
fusion vanished. From mortal lips the uro,n;so or inn
mortality seemed mockery, amI imagination her
sell Ind no wings that could carry beyond DIE gave
"Ihc Future however, was now but Of secondary
cons;dcrat:oDtc Present, aud mat deity OF ih, Pre-
sent women, the objects that enrrosscJ ny ola
soul For the sake, indeed, Of such beings alone did
think immortality desirable nor without Them, ,voul4
eternal ie have appeared 20 me worth u player To
every Ufther trial of patience and faith [ nov
made up my mind 20 submit yg:tlcu. u,urmur
Some pfopItious chance, fond!y persuaded myself
,'St YET hrinS me nearer to The object Of my a!ora
ton, and enable ne to address, mortal woman her
vino had hitherto been 10 me but vision a shade -
This chance does On the last night of Al
ciphcn's initiation, land here we may observe tina, all
THIS part OF the subject unfolied with remarkable IL
daliy and displays immense classical aud ,nylboori
cal knowledge of the ancient Egyptian doctrines and
mysteries )on this eventual night when mu,enlarilr
expecting The fnl development Of the foysc ,>lor;e.
OF ISIS Aleie herself steps forth from hehi..d her a,v
u altar VEIL and delivers Tie yo,ary from his rcrIlous
trial Their escape is like al the rest Of the pvram
dai scenery. Of very extraordinary character: but at
last they emerged into day. The timdity and terror
OF the bCaUeoUs pTiesicss when instead of one whom
Size had Fictared 20 herself 10 be venerable sare she
discovered that The companion her fight was youpor
anu noble Greclan, doljcatciy painted. However,
tney continue on their way; leave Lake hIrris ana
ascend The Mic for Sais, whittier AeIhe traces ler
way agrecabiv the dying request of her mother
the form ensifiDed in the crystal ;o5nh.-The scenery
and the manners Of the country are traced ~ lib ski
Ul pencil; but must hasten o. Il arnears il,a,
'hcora, 'Ee mo;!ser OF hlee, had been in secret \
Christian, INTO hCh pure ai! she had initiated I,er
daughter This was the Of her embracing the
offered chance Of escape Tom the unha precincts
Of EGYPTIAN pagan superstition; aud she new seeks
holy anCh0Ee Arsinoe, s;,ccour and nrofec.
ton On her way, however, with Aicip!lron She en-
counters the danger Of falling under the dominion of an
earthly power strong enough 10 contest the nolo of
victory even against heayenward enthusiasm As tey
sail where 1.-The supurb lotus which had risen ~ ih he
sun from the wave, ard now holding IN her cha
icc for GH dr"'!g'! oi his light she feels and con
esses the influence 81 this power. Here the E,;c,.
rean knowledge and the ,csial innocence are ad!nira
bly, portrayed.
In the SAYS A!cyphron) Of winning. upon female
confidence, had long been sc'!ooled; ana now, hat
TO the lessons OF gal!antry tie Inspiration of love was
added, my ambition TO please and TO interest could
hardly, II may be supposed, fail of success | soon
found however how much less fluent is the heart than
the fancy, and how very distinct are the operations Of
a!iinG love and feeling ii. In The few words of greet
ing noS exchanged between us, ii evident that the
gay, the enterPsing Epicureao was little less cn,tar
faased Than The secluded pesess and, after one OF
TWO lneiiectua! efforts to bring voices acquainted
vita each other, the eyes o! both nrned bas(ully a.
way, and we relapsed into silence.
The love, will! which tbs simple girl had ,usnroj
me, was-PossiIy from the mystic scenes and sua.
tious ~ which had seen hcT-nG unmng!ed with =
t!nge OF srpcTsttious ave- under the Influence Of which
ieit the buoyancy Of my spirit checked Tie f,,r
words that had passed between us on the suliec, cf n,
route had somewhat loosepcd this spell; aud YI;at
wanted of vvacir and confidence was more than made
up oy The tone Of deep sens'hiy which love had ava
Aencd in their place.
'iiy such light, and at such all Lon-, seated. s;le
by side, on tue deck Of that barr, did sc pursue our
course up the lonely NiIc-each mystery to the otl>
erour thoughts our objects, very names secret;
separated, too, TIL now, by dcsiGies 50 dlercn the
one gay vo!upluary of the garden OF Athens, the
other, secluded pricses Of the temples Of Memphis;
ana Tue only relation yet established between us being
tuat dangerous one OF love, passionate love, one
side, and The most feminine aud coutidng dependence
IN The other The passing adventure of the night
'air had not only GispeIied still more our mutual re-
wG could converse without embarrassment. From tt,
TOPIC took care TO lead on, without interruption to
others, fearful lest former silence should return
and The music of her voice again be lost to me. II
was, indeed only by tius indirectly unbuTdenino my
heart that was enabled 10 refrain from the full utter
ance Of all thought and fe' and the restless randi
IS with which few from subiect TO subject was but
an co't 10 escape from The ony ooo III which my heart
was interested.
WHEN told OF The scene in the cha?ei,-of the