Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-02-02
CONVERSATIONS WITH BYRON.

THg srN ~ HuNAs HAFpisRss. w ere offer
cd the choice" said Byron, "eilhcr TO live my life
over sesin or to live many years mort onward
| should certainly prefer the first yet my young
days have been VASTLY more unhappy than believe
those Of other men commonly are. | once altemp-
ted TO ennumerate the days bad lived which might
according to The common use of Language, be cal
led happy could make them amount 10
more than eleven. and believe | have u VERY ds.
tinct remembrance Of every one. | often ask my
cell whether between the presen, Sine and the day
Of my DEATH shall be able to make up the round
dozen. Such is the sum total Of human happiness.
An Arabian calf who wrote his own life, assures
us that he bad fourteen days Of happiness. Glib
bon tells the story after him, and boasts that he
had exceeded the commsn der Of the iaithful--be
does not state by how much, perhaps by double.
We're ! to choose my lot 10 life, would not be a
poet, though !, is possible for poe, TO get ,hro'
life iolerably easy yet the chance is against him.
After oil busting man Of business, one who has
not leisure TO think of the ills of life nor any great
se1,eness of sensibiliiy TO expose him to their at
tscks, such man has the best chance Of happiness.
Some frcnchmsn forgo, who, has stated that
10 enjoy this world one must have good stomach
and bad heart. think a man may have both
aud he very miserable"
BrHoss IDEAS or rMBNusHIr. "Of friends -
said lac, Il posses but very few-not above hali-q-
dozen. Acquaintance | have, without number -
individuals that, perhaps. number themselves among
my iriends-yet real friends they are nc; perhap,
they do not distinguish between intimacy an,
friendship. ! never could have many friends
was no, made for It. C,iliiies have for many
friendship for few. 4 man who admits five hun
bred persons TO hiss friendship can have but littl'
attachment for any one Of them. Thus you vii
find those individuals who have the largest crc
Of friends, so called, are pable Of any SINGER
and lasting attachment. ] have ost some friend
by quarrclling with them; yet no, through NV owr
fault; for. though an itutable, | am equally pla
cable unfortunately Tie latter quality does no
always accompany the former ~ Here he wen
on TO specify he qualities Of many persons WHOM
lac designated by name. though cannot call then
10 mind, therefore omit their characters as draw
by Byron. Some Of them were dead-"Dead !,
exclaimed he, God how much there Is IN tha
little word"
Brsos's oriNoSs 90 WosEs. A certain elder
lady, beiotc his marriage wrote TO him. des,nul
10 know NJ, were really true as she had been pr
vsiely Informed that he la love with her daugh
ter. We; dare no, venture 10 hyow his passion .
The mother. II seems, had the most oyerSeenIn
opinion Of the charms Of her daughter, and abso
luie,y believed that passage IN one Of Byron
poems was desigued 10 refer 10 her. II DO no
think. SAID Byron. chat high degree q besui
u necessary 10 create strong passiun. ] rcmem
Der being desperately an lo,e with lady who he
ffeckcd eoc. Wss cured Of my passion ~
BY discovering her want Of beauty. bal because
once saw Der stand up q chair 10 look over n
heads Of . crowd the action appeared 30 unfemi
niBe. that disliked Der from ,hs, moment" II
ADDED. that be bad strong SeFslon 10 a maseulin
woman OF 40 efefninste nsn.