Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-29

emperor, without knowing why, were e,o..
believe any thing which might ius,fy ~ :
tired. Lord Byron Jared in he Saline co., ,,' n
countrvmen were in bad humor with I;n q
writings and his character had lot lhe rt" 4
novelty He had been guilty of the H,oc ,' aIa
of all offences. is punished mu>; eeve,r,,. ~ Jag
been over-praised; he had excited too a,, W. /
interest; and the public. With rs usual ;n4.
chastlsed HIN for is own fAiy. r., Jaw.
ments of the multitude bear 10 snail ra.e,,S
to those OF the wantOn enchaniress in ,Sn
bian Tales, who. when the forty DAYS of bs,t \
ness were over, Was not content with ,.u;.s
her lovers bu, condemned them to expia,ei,r.
some shapes. and under severe puni.hmen,
crime of having once pleased her too WILL
The obIoquy which Byron had to endgr.
such as might well have shaken more coT.,
mind. The newspapers were filled with Il
poous. The theatres shook with execr,,io,'
Ike was excluded from circles where he had II
" been the "b,'rsed Of all observers. ALL
creeping things that riot in the decay If ~
natures. fastened 20 their repasl; and ,hsr
right; they did after their kind III, M; -.
DAY thar the savage envy Of aspiring dp-,.,
gra'iied By the a-,nies Of sucL a splri,, ssg,
degradation of such name.
The unhappy man LET; his Country lor,,,
The howl Of coutuneiy followed him ac,o,,
sea, up the Rhine, over the Alps: j, p,,J',
waved fainlc,; IT dicd away. those rbo
raised il begsn to ask each D,her. what. ate,
was the mater abolt which they had been 8. :,
morous; aud wished to invite nlck III. ,rr,
they had JUS, chased irom them. Ills poen
came more popular than 1t had ever BEEN
his complaints were read with tears by bo,s
and tens of thousands who had never se.,
face.
lie had fixed his home on lie shores q
Adriatic, in the most picturesque and inrcrs,
of cities, beneath the brightest Of skies. and
the brightest of seas. CONSCIOUSNESS "a.
the vice OF hls neighbnrs whom he had chose,
They were race corrupted by bad govern
and 4 bad religion; long renowned f,r ssl
arts of yoluptuOu,nesS, aud tolerant Of al h,
prices of sersuai'y From the pubic OprI
the country of his birth, he was at o0pn ur
He plunged into wild and desperate e.ce
ennObled by 30 generous or tender ,jhtimtt
From his Venetian harem he sent forth w
after volume full Of eIuquence. of @ir, Of rl
Of ribaIdry and bitter d'sdain. III, helA
under the effects OF his Inicmpelence III.
turned gray. His fool ceased to nouri.h M
A hectic fever wilhered HIM up. II scemcl
his body and mind were about 10 perish to.s
From this wretched degradation he wasIt
measure rescued by an attachment. culpi
deed, yet such as Judged by the STANDARD d
raity established III the country where he
mioht be called ,lrtuous. But an lmlgi
polluted by vice, a temper emblttered byE
! tune, anG a frame habltuated to the IulH
ment of intoxication, prevented him iCu
enjuylng the happiness which he might l'
rived from the purest and most Tranquil
many attachments. Midnight draushn dl
spirits and Rhen.s l1' %leeiGs " i s"y verse lost
| Of the energy and condensation which ha
tingushcd it. But be would not resign. the
he had exercised over the men Of hi, sraer
A new dream Of ambition arose before hs
be the centre of literary party; the great
of an intellectual revolutions: To guide The d
mind OF England from his Italian rp'el. d
taIre had guided the public mind d Fame
the villa of Ferney. With this hope, a'tS
seem. he established THE LiberM But
fully as he had effected the Imagination'
contemporaries. he mI,took his own powers
hoped 10 direct their opinions: and he shI
grossly mIstouk his own disposition, II heh
he could long act in concert with other N
letters. The plan failed, and failed IsOon
ly: angry with himself, angry with his coit
he relinqulshed it; and turned to another r.
the last and noblest Of his life.
A nation,on the first among the nl.lar'
eminent in knowledge. prc-eminent 10 O..
glory, the cradle of philosophy, Of e"quea;'
of the fine arts, had been for ayes bowed
under cruel yoke, All the vices "hlDh
ny generates-the abjcct vices which It
rates in those who submit to 1.-THE lcrOcCH
which it generates in those who struggle \
lt--had deformed the character OF that ni'
race. The valour which had " on the sfa
tie of human civiliZation--whicn had 'l'd
rope, and subjugaied Asia. fingered only
pirates and robbers. The ingenuity once y
spIcuously displayed in every deParlm'''
steal and moral science, had been drP'i"
a timld and scrvIle cunning.
On a sudden this degraded people h1's
their oppressors. DIscountenanced OF W
by the surrounding potentates. they had ..
something Of that which ","
supply the place of all foreign assistance
thing of the energy of their fathers.
As man of letters, Lord Byron co'
but he interested IN the event Of thu COZ
His political opinions. though. like al D.,
Dns. unsettled. leaned strongly towards
Of liberty. II" had assisted the ltall,h
ypnIs With his nursp. and nj their ,truryey