Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-20
From Blackwood's Magazine
RTvERSES.
A TALE.OF THE PAST SEASON.
Trorehldef. }

I
TIE, ;ri was reriec, philosopher upon the
true unme and Rochefoucaui principles
She continued 10 promu.ge her naxlms IN :hf
<ah,e low. ,nonotonous, cid, languid VEIN; on'
! Aid. no, remain 10 profit by them. l hurried
,,rav 60 conceal my sorrow and my disappoin'
r0ert in The privacy Of those apartments, where,
nm the preceding evening, surrounded by SO
MANY comforts, had proudly, perhaps TO
nrondlv. contemplated my stock OF happiness
md had AZ large ex patiated on my deceltiui to-
MICS Of selfgratulation. How miseraoiy was
that stock OF happiness now 'npa'feo! ou''
hopeGul as l an by nature, my sAnsuine 'etf-
p.rameut still iriunphed; ana as as'eh,-
sa The staircase to my apartment, Mar'aS
image presented itself IN smiles TO my i,'"-
g;uaIion. and I repeated 10 myself MY Tor.
tnpe's CONC, My friend has deserted me!
hui Maria! thou. dearest, still remaines'
70 me. IN ,ranauilize my mind by the SWEEP
counsel of your daily letter, and then proceed
~ deliberate and act for myself" knew that
tho most must hv This time have arrived
annroached the table where my cards and
l.,,ers were constantly deposited-but no letter
WAS there. / could not believe my eyes;-i
rnre- and asked for my leuers-none had ar
rived during my absence from home. Had me
nos, gone by?"-"Yes, many an hour ago.
II was too true taep,--eVen Maria was Pethui-
n
hIow of all This could no, have anticipated.
Nv hear,wss full, brim full Of sorrow before
aud this addllion Of disappointment made II
overflow. Any man VINO has keen suscePh
bility Of madness and injury need not nave
written keen susceptibility oil madness, Tor Inc
se,se of wrong is always proporIoned 10 me
Gems. Of benefit Gratitude and resentment are
sxsayz q 1kllexes ENTHUSIASTICALLY h lac sisfas :
who is keenly sensible of unkindness, viii corn
prehend the effect produced upon my miB, by
the absence Of my expected, my accustomed
ls',er. The cause Of my disirust was apparent
Is s. cht-possibly accidental; but, occurring
4 such a time, j. fell with all the weight OF u
lsst aa6 eonsumma,ing calamity on one who
was already oyerlhrown.-Oh! hoy weak--how
chld.sh--how foolish are we, even the wises,
al as az IN moments such as these! clenc he'd
ray lerth; stamp; upon The floor; tossed a.
bout nv ayrs with the vain and obec,less pas
stun at an angry child. My dog, amazed at
the violence If NV gcstieulation fixed his large
dark eyes upon MT, and stared with astonish-
men, - woI he might. at the sgi,ated passion
o IS ;nsstrr. saw, ar maginrd ! saw, an
expression OF 'endefl2> asd commiseration in
his cooks. &, III a. agony Of tears--dont laugh
at ne, TO- IN Tic same situation, under the
same Circumstances, YOU probably would have
dane ;hS same, flung my,eif down on the loor
b. ia side, exclaiming ayes, Neptune, every
thing ~ r9sih h-s 10. AIKEN me- nut you--my
iorlure--ny friend, NY loye-~irh my fortune;
and You, yoa ADORE, my good. old faithful dog,
are constaHi 20 me in the honr Of my Attic
toni Stated up and paced my apartment
backwards aud forwards with wide and hurri.
ed strides, fevered ,i,h the rapid suggestion Of
painful events, hewildered in mind. afflicted at
heart, pcrpIexed IN he extreme!-There was
no place in my thongh's for the future; aas
absorbed wholly in the present: was careless |
OF the loss OF my patrimony 1t was gone; and |
] willingly resigned il My distracted fancy
began 10 view the robbery rather as benefit |
than an injury. 1t had revealed 10 the ir time |
the baseness Of the world, the fallry Of hu |
man attachments, the Inconsistency Of woman,
the treachery of man. had, in one morning,
learnt that the world is lie; and love name;
and friendship a cheat. The lesson had indeed
been dearly bought by the exchange of affiu-
ence Tor poverty; but IN the despair and bitter
ness of my abandonment, should have scorn>
ed to purchase ii al an inferior price 1t was
worth all, and more than had given for it.
felt grateful to Draylon for the act Of fraud
which had IN a moment rendered me thus IN.
digent and wise: would no, stlempt The recov.
cry OF the wealth he had purloined. That wealth,
as looked down upon il from the heights Of
my passion, seemed to dwindle into an incon.
siderable speok, and was disdained as mere
noxious bait for falsehood and dupiici,y--"Le,
him, CALCULATED, "let him keep nv money!
let II attract towards him, as il did toward.
myself lying smiles and artificial tenderness;
let him, as have done, FIX his heart upon the
beautiful receptions which his sfiuence shall
conjure up around him; let him be robbed, as l
have been; let him, as have done, detect the
error Of the illusions that had delighted him; s
then let him curse the per6dious, the migrate
fol wretcbes that had deceived him, as I now s
do curse those that have injured me- How '
inconsistent are the thoughts and actions, The a
words and the sentiments Of man!-Never was a
/ conscious Of so deep feeling of tenderness Y
as that which flowed from my soul towards the v
beings was denouncing at the very momen, s
these expressions OF passionate indignation t
were issuing from my lips. II