The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-06-22
HEAVY HEARTS AND LIoa'.
HEARTS,


aud thus il is written. There are Tho
troubles Of infancy, OF youth, Of man
hood, of old age The troubles oi po-
VERY aud the troubles OF riches! The
,tonbic OF living and the trouble of dy-
ilag " no has not his troubles ;---who
claims exemption from them who
sees the end Of them And yet after
al, what's the use of III THIS frcunp
'ld fepnmg, this sorrowiup and s,ghlnp,
this weeping and mourning, max ~ MT
>ory more miserable, in the name OF
COMMON sense, | say, what's The nsc OF
II I Docs II sooth pun, suticn ailliclion,
~ ward of misfortune 7 VIII II call
back deceased friends, or prevent 9th
"fs from dying, or deliver MS from pov.
edy, or make us healthy, or moliorate IN
one particular our condition Then do
| sly, tor the very sake of sadness,
what's the use of in Suppose thc
| i'mes are pinching and tipht, that trnde
~ dull, that you canuot make out TO live
AS YOU would wish, and arc obliged 10
labor harder even for the lutte YOU do
| Obtain than is agreeable, do YOU griryo
about II Z Are you sad and dshearteu-
~ Do You abandon hope, md wish
yomscIt dead Pshaw /! What's The
use o' II lou gel along if You are M
dustrIous and frugal, and the most for
tunaio do no more. Besides, light
heart will not break your fortune, nor a
heavy one make it. So YOU may rs well
have the one rs the other.
is II your misfortune 10 have one Of
those pests oil society, sandcrous
noIehbor, who speaks Ill OF you, and
delights TO do you every secret, back
handed injury he can--who never fills
secret 10 traduce your character, misre-
present your conduct and moilycs--and
even tries TO excite prejudice agalus,
you And does this dIscompose and
trouble youl What's the uyr of i, Z
Keep the windward of the fellow lot
your actions give the lie TO his accuse
tons, aud you need not employ words
for the purpose. Wait the issue, aud
You viii see the maxim verified IN his
case, thal he who spiuclb against the
wind spiltcth IN his own face Aud here
too II my be remembered dat a hca-
W hear, IS no answer to an accusation
though il be n false one, and HAT lipht
heart 10 not the heart that pleads gull +.
before men. You had better therefore
have the last than first on all accounts.
Are men dishonest will II long face
and heart reform them Are you some
tunes deceived, wronged, cheated -
will being discouraged mend the mat.
ier, or mrllnGhol y mike you sharper IN
your future dealing Not with.
Losses are lessons all men buy then
experience AT the same market, though
all may not pay The same price for the
same commodity. The only way is t,
make much Of what comes dear. ane
you can do Tins with a light heart better
Than a heavy one. A heavy heart,
wbai's the use Of il
| But II may be things don't 20 or
night al home that You have scold-
my wife, cross children, and wthal an
c1lravaganl family that there's b.,
management IN the wiqwlm. Wei
'hIs is very sad but will ireitIug nal,
II better No-what's the use of /,
You aIe not the first one in the worle
who might stnp,
inst when Maggy was my care
Heaven | thought was IN her air
Now we're marred spier ma mnir."
And every lTcnpecked husband may
as well add the conclusion,
Whistle o'er the lave OF"
! see no profit IN being miserable il
this case; a light heart IS still bette,
than a heavy heart.
Perhaps all this while some Iovesicl
body has been running over, line ate,
line, to see i'll had augtt to say why Ii.
should not be unhappy. An unkin,
mistress, hard heart, an indefaiaabl,
rival, coquctry ahr, there is Pando
rails box ! Thou hast gotten thyselfint,
a pretty pickle indeed-but,
Pray, iflookIng we'll can't move her,
VIII looking III prevail 2"
w nat 'tiihA you OF that, now
know il is useless to tell meditatinp
moon-loying, melancholy lover, tia
there arc whole llocaS OF pretty girls II
tue world--.that if he is unsuccessful
this time he may easily fail in love a.
gam and agaln--or that his mistress +
not altogether the paragon Of perlec.
1 ton; these are all cold compliments
and are maryeIlously inSipid to such :
taste as his. He must even 90 his wa,
sorrowlng. Marriage only will max,
him wise.
I | have done. Those whoare merr,
will be merry still and those who ar,
unhappy will remain so after all yet i
IS good and pleasant thing OCCASIONAL,
to have talk with the world about il
tollies. SANCHO.
Small Tath.--,so bodya buses small
talk unless he be n stranger TO IFS couve