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Prom the Richmond Wing.
TIE WIDOW.

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Prom the Richmond Wing
THE WIDOW.
NO object presents to the eve Of be !.
nevolence more claims upon its sympa
thy, than the widow. IL death robs
her early Of the husband Of her love,
her young and ardent affections are
withcred, and a hopeless path of sor.
row and misery opens 10 her view
The bright an,icipations Of happiness
in which her fancy has iuxoriatcd in
early lie, the virtueus love that has
warmed and animated her y GU ng heart.
the raPturous glow that springs from
reqnlted affection, all fade upon her
sight, in the death Of the object that
inspired them, and despair spreads
upon her desolste bosom the waveiess
calm Of misery. IT she seek i'm this
season at sorrow for tie worlds sym.
pathy. and find il, her sorrows are
soothed and alIayed but &c she seek
and find II not. her stricken heart
shrinks back dismayed at IN. extent Of
her loss. and she is m ade To feel that.
IN her EXTREMIST need, she is left TO
stem the current Of an unfecling world
with no pilot but iuexperience, no com.
pass but despair IL, however. her for
titude bear her up and cause her 10 rise
superior 10 misfortune, and If throu yh
the effects Of a we'll regulated mind.
she succeeds in restoring herself 10
caimness and serenity, there will not
be wanting thoae who will trace il 10
forgotten affection or desire for new
conquest. IL subdued in feeling, With
heart smiiten too sorely by misfor-
tune, she yields herself an unresistinr
victim TO the storm, there will be found
others who coldly chide her for in /.
dulging morbid sensibiIity and una
vailing sorrow.
II she be blessed with fortune. she
Is pursued by every fortune hunter in
the land, the sport Of senselcss tests. or
the subject of rude sarcasm and mali
cious prophecy.
IL she be poor, she perhaps becomes
the slavish dependant of some wealthy
kinsman. who, making n compromise
between his interest and his pride,
gives her place in his house as he
would an useless piece Of furniture ;
now freezing her with kindness or con /.
Stunning her by neglect. Who then
can wonder, that amidst the troubles
that surround and the sorrows that
prey upon 4 mind and heart thus af.
tiicted and bereaved, we should find
her seeking in gaiety and festivity the
solace for her woes, that they were
won't TO furnish ere her heart had Eel,
the sting Of misfortune, or that failing,
she looks with dread and loatbing on
scenes she once so loved, and seeks in
gloomy seclusioa that solace for her
soTrows which her wounded spirit SO
much needs.
Then blame her NOT, If in her efforts
to escape the ills that sssaiI her IN her
periIous path, abe wrecks her bark on
the one or tie other shore. II is oniy
given to superior intelligence to nayi.
gate safely the ocean Of life, when M
storm shall sweep over lite surface and
thrice blessed are they who, overwheIm.
cd by SORROWS, perplexed by doubts,
and dismayed by dangers, pursue ,hs
even tenor Of their way, aud as last
anchor in port Of safety.
There are few points in natural phi
losophy more remarkable than the in
finite diversity in the human figure and
countenanee. There are, IL this mo
ncni, OO,OO0,0O Of human beings IL
existence, and no two alike, and vel
al substantially the same. An ex
tended view of this astonishing variety
Is ob'ained FROM the consideration
that since the creation Of the worIs
there have passed away more than
million times the number now in be
ing, and that M two of them. OF Of AM
bow IN life, were alike. And We hay,
reason 20 believe, that ~ tie ebdIss
myriads of those which have preeede,
! us. or those Who now exist. and VIII
aiH follow us, each aud every one IA,
= Distinguishing mark, either in voice
feature, figure, or certain sVmethin
not TO be gsuged or uheassrrd, aud per
hsps scarcely 10 be described.
Hope. What ~ hopef nothing (say
b Lord Byron) bat tho paint on ths fac
b Of existence the least touch Of trut
: ruba Il 81, and then We see What
: hollow checked hstiot we have e
! hold Of