Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-07-30
LORD BYRON.

! unha ppncss: his warm affections were thrown
away, both in Friendship and love. upon objects
! nworthy Of Them. Few Of his numerous asso-
,iates showed him any Of tina, real kindness of
winch hs was SO worthy and so sensible, or
| prevented him from falling into those snares
aa:! difficulfies which SD em5itte.ed his ays--
or after his death paid due honor to ais memo.
! ry. Like moths about The taper. they surround
ed him only for the splcndor cast on them.
selves bat, unhappRy. did not perish Ia The
flame. His eallicst, and poraaps his only true
love. Mary Chawo-th, gave her hand 10
another, Mr.. John Mns'ers, aud lesi her youth
fol ado'er TO disappointment and SORROW
How Byron, for cans after, could remember
! with such fIndncss q woman who bad shown
herself so regardless of him, and changed per-
haps the whole course Of his life is matter cf
reflection for those who study human nature.
Had the fa,es decrccd the marriage Of Byron
and Mary Chawonh. how different would have
bcen his career through life.- happier he might
have 5oen. so great lie would not have been.
His iofiy genius might have resolved into the
ordinary duties Of domestic mar---the world
would not have been astounJcd by the display
OF his urc1ral!clcd powers: his memory, aftcr
= hfe spent, though in enjoyment, still in mae
tivitv, might have passed away; and the etor-
nal halo which now plays round the nsine of
Byron woull never have arisen. He himself
iook this view OF the matter IN an after period,
where lie says, in Of his minor poems
For by the iea,h blow of q,y ioprS
My m"iaury amoitl s.w.n
The family scat Of the Chavorihs was a.
Anncslcy,a village two miles ives, Of Newstead
Abbey: the grounds OF the estates io;n. By
ron frs; saw Miss Chaworh here, uhile he was
residing nt Newstead. Mr. Mus'ers was pre-
vinusiy acquainted with her. HIS father had
a large estate at Colwick, two miles east Of
" ottinghani: his mother was a sister Of Mr..
Orby Hunter He used to ride over TO An.
neslev to see her; and she would stand on tl.,
top Of hill, crowned ith peculiar diadeu.
"cf,rte. in circular afray so f,ed
Not by he spot oi ,ato' c, bat oi man."
10 mark h;s approach. The hill thus n,en,;on.
cd in the Dream remain, at this day as it then
was: it oyerIooks I.cnesiey Hall, but can
scarcely be seen from tho Abbey. They wsr.
united in 1905, when he was about ;hriy, and
she nineteen. Byron had then entered tie
University. Since the period Of Mas Cha
wcrIh's marriage, she has been dangerously III
and jelirious for some times TO this, allusion IL
made in the Dream. She has large family.
Aher his fathers death they have resided to-
gctlcr at Colwck's Hall, now become ~
property, where he keeps pack Of hounds.
lives in style, and is one Of the leading county
mon. Annescy also became his property-sh,
pS'"s "H HcHcsc' 1ci, tnc people M The neigh
borhood Of Newsiead when talking of her sro
APT TO excIaiin -"Ah-w hen she thinks of him
tByron.1 she can never bo a happy woman"
Those who had known her in er Younger day..
on beng questioned as IN her personal appear
ance, did not speak much in favor Of her beau
~. Whatever attractions she may have DOS
sessed, however, they have yielded TO an air Of
paleness and melancholy, as If Of that sorrow
which throws
Its bleak shade alike oer our joys and our woss''
II is probably. rather the result or i'll health.
Among other verses addressed TO her, arc
the following beauI iful ones mot il is believed,
very well known; ut least not published in
Byron's works.
Rcmind,ne moi, remind me not
Wth~e beloved, those vanished h.sint
When si my sorl was given a. ticc-
Hours that may N. hwrpt.
TIL time vnnefves vital p,wcrr,
And thou aud shall ceise tD be.
C,n forget, ean'a thou foref,
When playing with tby ssi,len hair,
How ql~k tliy hnteJing be.rt did p.Jve,
Oh, by soul! I see thee vet,
Whb eyes ~ isnvrii-Lr.,st ~ Fair,
Aud lip, thpugh silent, breathing love.
When thus reclining IN NV breast,
Thre sye- threw b,ck ssnee vwest,
mssn r'r'aeseI, yes rsed desire,