Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-11-10

was deferred from choosing either Tue one or Ire ether,
and RETAINED from taking 2aoHis, for fear Of taking
CupN.
THIS fab!o contains several sentimental beauties. I
related it one day TO j. L.. ReuSgeiiu, who was high
y delighted with it. ''NOii'inG pieases me - much -
said i.e, 'sas an agreeable image, which conveys a mo
raj scatiinent.n We were at that t'ae in tie plain cf
NeUiily, near - park, in which We saw 4 group Of Love
and Friendship, under the oItns OF y yourg tnan anu
young woman. OF GG:cen or sixteen years OF age, Elm
hraciDg each otiie. will. mouth 10 mouth. Having look
ed at it he said 10 me, Here is an obscene image pre-
seated, af,cra charming idea. Nothing could have
been more agreeable, than q representation OF The two
figures in their natural state: Friendship, as Q grcwn
Young wU;raD, caIcssiug an infant Cupid Being on
that Interesting subject, l repeated 10 lin tie conc'u-
sion or that touching fable OF Phiiometl aud ProgRc.
lie desert est il salt pour DIES tnlehs 81 beauX'
Nenc@ Gar aux cites eciater leu.s ,uarvei!icS:
AUssi bien, on voyant les bois,
Sans ecs5c il vons souviert cue Tcree auteffoiS,
Parn4i DIES demeures peIeilles,
EXcrca sa furcur sur vos diyius appas.-
1t c'est lc souvenir dun 81 cruel outrage.
Qui felt, reprit 81 scsur, que je ne vnus suis pas:
I'm vvyant les honfrtS, helas.
il me'en s"uvicnt beu d'oyan,age.
"Wlat Il series ofileas!" Grid he. .how tenicrly If
rushed TO his eyes. | perceived that lac was farther
moved by TIE secret cc.rescondcncies between the
taie'its and tie destiny Of that bird, and his own stu
alton.
Its obvious, then, IN the Two al!egorical subjects of
DtGnG and .ldOnis, and of Love ard Friendship, that
there are really within US, two distinct powers, the
harinoh;ts OF which exait t!e SOIL, when Tie physi
cal image throws Us iuto a moral sentiment, as in the
FIRST example; aud ahase it, On the contrary, when a
mora! sentiment recalls us to a piysicals sensation, as in
the example of Love and Friendship.
Tho suppressed circumstances conIrihute farther to
the moral expressions, because they arc contoi tnable
to tie expansive nature OF the soul. They conduct il
OVER vast field of ideas. Iii is TO these suppre2sious
that the fable o: the Nightingale is indebted for the
powerful effect w..c, II produces. Add 10 these .
multitude ofother o?pos:i;ons, which I have not leisure
10 a~ua'!zc.
The farther that the physical image is removed from
us, the greater extension is given 10 the moral senli-
meni; and the more circumscribed the first Is, the
more energetic the sentiment is rendered. II is this,
undoubtedly, which communicates so much force Ia
our affections, when we regret the death of a friend.
Grief, III This case, conveys the soul frcm orc Weird 10
tie other, and from an object full OF charms to a tomb.
Hence i; IS, that the following passage from Jcremiah
contains a slain o~fsnblisne melancholy: Por in Ra-
ma c"dj;1 eat; p!oratas s. ~uiuIGt,s mnifys: RGchci pIo-
Rms Jiios s,ls, S 3'oiuit coaso'ari, qnia non sunt. "a
voice was heard in Ramah; larcn!otiou and b. err weep
ing; Nacbo! weeping for her children, refused to be
cnu;to!ted FOR her children. because they were nol*.n
al! the consultations which this World can administer.
are dashed to fieces against this word cG ma;cInai ali
gu;sh, san sW;t.