Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-14
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.


oedv. which has attracted much attention In
England
! The tragedy before US has much grace and
good taste, rather than any striking indication OF
genius. As is the case with the productions OF
most young writers. the models are easily traced:
Zanga, in the Rerenge, has given the hint Tor the
vindictive Spaniard; and the sacrifice OF Fran
coise's honor for her brothers life, is from Ihea-
sur. for Measure. The yersificat'on IS more
that Of highly cultivated than naturally mu-
seal ear; witness such prosaic lines as
81 saw them both enter the Queens apart
! ment-"
"TruIy such origin doth honor to your quarrel"
But to fault so easily rectitied we 40 no
! more than aIlude. To us the most objectionable
passage in the whole play is the following one:-
s. Saw then if such show Of chastity
Ere sat on lips that have been hot with passion7
| Or ouch pale cold hue did ever rest
| On cheeks, where burning kisses have call'd up
| The crimson blood, in bushes all as warm!
Look on her yet, and say it ever form
Showed half SO like breathing piece OF marble.
OF wilb thy specious seeming thou detelver!
And don look that better suits thy state.
| On, we-dissembed sin! say. was 1t thus,
Shrinking and pale thou stood st, when the kings
arms
Did clasp thee, and his hot lip scared from thine
| Their oath to wed thy brothers. lrlend!''
This is an imitation of the older dramatists,
| and is too merely physical picture tor the pen
OF female; fault, however, entirely to be as
crlbed TO 1--WE think mistaken following OF the
| early English models. Indeed, when we cons-
! der in what fa1tidious age we live, II surprises
us that much rclnnias to be done towards purify
,,,, 10 IF 4 E,yp
still left in the mouth Of the actress i'll suited Of.
ten to her s,x and youth We are the more anx-
ious to paint Miss Kembe's attention to that to
which she can SO easily apply the remedy, and
which, being remedied, will contribute SO great
| ly to her fame and success. The plot OF Fran
els the FIRST is divided into two parts: frst that
relating to the fortunes Of The Due de Bourbon,
whose transcript IS historical. A closer adher-
| cnce "a the actual fact would have been better;.
for in the thoughtess and violent hero, little JUS
tice is done to the high minded and noble Due
de Bourbon But the real interest of the piece,
and the real development of Miss Kembe's pow
ers is in the character and fate of the gentle and
unfortunate Francoise de Folk. Like Barry
CORVALLIS "delicate Sicilian GIRL" who che
rishcd a secret passion for the monarch Don Pe-
dro, Francoiss secretly loves the king. AT
tournament, the king IS struck by her beauty,
and woos her with unlawful love-" The dis
astrous fate Of her brOher--condemned to death
forces her back to the court: her dishonor is
the price of her lie. GonZalves, the Zanga OF
the piece, and who seeks to revenge on her lover
| the injuries sister had sustained from LaVaFs
father, reveals the secret she had confded to him
under The seal of confession; aud francois, over
| wnelmed with despair and shame, stabs herself
There is much graceful poetry scattered thro'
al mi hall 10 n nv a
ueous collection Of favorite passages:
Tide of Time.
Il do believe
| That at our feet the tide Of time flows on
| In strong and rapid course; nor is one current
Or ripping eddy hker to the rest.
Than is one age unto its predecessor;
| Men still are men, the stream is like a stream,
Through every change Of chauseful tide and
And it's, fear, only our partial eve
That lends brighter sunbeam to the wave
On which we launched our own adventurous
| bark"
LOVERS Return.
&c He is returned. he will be there! and yet
Though meeting after long eventful absence,
We shall not in our meeting be half blest;
A dizzy, whirling throng will be around US,
Mid whose loud jar the sdlI small voice Of love,
| Whose accents breathe their soft enchantment
best
In whispered signs, or but half whispered words,
Will die unheard. Oh, hatwe just should meet!
But, then, there is loves eye fash his thought
Into language, whose rich eloquence
Beggars all voice; our eyes at least NAV meet,
Aud change, like messengers, the loving freight
That either heart sends forth''
Family Infection.
| Bourbon. l had thought, Margaret, that love
! forgot
| All ranks and all distinctions?
| Margaret Az. SO it doth.
Ali ties, the world, its wealth, its fame, or for
| tune,
Can Irvine; but never those of nature, Bourbon.
So mine can give up all, save the first bond
NV heart e'er knew-the love of those who gave
| I;fe and the power to love-those early links
Lie wreathed like close.knit flores round my
| heart,
Never TO sever thence till my heart break"