Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-10
AN ITALIAN STORY.

The Poahu,nous Papers of a Person a6out 7o,cn
contain Iat Of e~tI aordinary ip,errs', pathos,
and beauty! II is 100 long FOR insertio" Iii car
columns, but, supplying the place Of the por-
tons Ne have omitted, Sv links sufficient 10
Connect the main incident Of the story and
Ike the whole iu,rlligib!e, we now pre- sent 1t
to the re.d1r, in The per>uarinn that his SYM
pa,hles cannot fail to I've powerfully excited in
the progress Of the narrative; as well as by lis
touching and even tragicii termination.
GA STORY OF OLDEN TIME IN ITALY"
81 am the daughter If noble parents, whom
I will not nane,-for they shuul1 rest uudis-
81 aced in then tomhs ~ no left me sole heir
Of a large estate in he most fertil. fields Of
Italy. I NC IaIr anu sr~~'r mar, -.'"~r'~ 49,
service in court CT field, ladies for attendance
and sverv other ,hing neeGful or unnerdiul
with which human p,ide can be Iampered, aud
honor or humoug desire OF deserve. VI sS-
tress % yhese enviable possessions mad many
pGu cely suitors, who met with such Sonorao'e
sbl-rI ainment as their many pleasant qualities
merited. But there was one never seen among
those flat.erlpg suitors who was thriving
wooer with my heart, though he had never
worshpped q, lis shrine, and might have had
tina, woman's toy as gilt which he was either
too humble or 100 proud 10 ask.
"This was the robIe gentleman calrd Gui-
do de Medieis, the owner OF the poor estate,
touching pom the wider skirts OF mine. he
was OF an ancient race OF poets, Paln'ers,
sculptors, Legislators and members oil al me
intellect of italy; that proud land, where the
hand of humble genius is Of more nobility than
the entire body of merely honorable birth. Sut
he Of whom ! write, is now cold IN grave
only vastsi than his gleal oapaelty-ihe earth
embracing the sea. And could these miserable
and shameful tears, which fall at the rtcolec-
r ri i'm IT.
water that sea, they would not enough mourn
him who is he drowned hope and pride OF my
dear Understand. vainly therefore do weep q
si, which tears may never wash away nor any
life or leath atone Tor TO heaven and my coun-
try.
A. eloquent and impassiontd description ol
Guido follows this.
"From some inquiries which had made
among his domestics, learnt that his near
(which had thought possible 10 be mine) was
Given TO the fair Blanca daughter OF Baptists
Suonayenta. an old merchant of Florence anc
that in few DAYS he was to set out Tor SYRIA
russ 10 claim her hand, in ful6lmcnt Of sol
emn compact made when passing his no'iciatt
in tina, city. This intelligence came IKE dea'f
upon my heart, and, for many DAYS held my
self a,erse from The gay company and the OLE
cour,iers Of my house.-My noble friends saw
disease but had already formed my resoiu
ton rather than confess my weakness to die o
an undiscovered grief and since my malad
was hopeless, that it should be also 'oiceiess
,res, rived that stric: silence which is alon
the security Of sccrecy.-But, nevertheless
wept my sorrow in the loneliness and darkness
Of the sleepls,s night and this did, Till th
paleness of my cheek was now 10 constant, In
stead Of its wonted ruddiness, that 1t wa
scarcely noticed, either by the plying kindl!
or the prying-curious."
Guido leaves his house for Florence and tn
Italian Lady unable 10 support his absence
follows him in secret, and becomes introduce
to Guido's intended bride.
"8ianca Buonavenu was indeed woma
worthy a sculp,or's love for all those beautis
which Art has initiated from Nature were mil
pled in her. In her form were blended a
eha, rad till then thought the localities
Grecian grace and Roman majesty, in motto
she WAS stately as the swan; and swan the
rather than walked the earth. Her step vi