Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-05-27

Mrs. 0lUsosy.-ss >. Z. .'cAls.
/ have Inst returned from paying one Of q
most iateresling visits 70 one Of tte most u
terestinR Of women-even the sweet poe
ess Of Hart|ord-thc accomplished, the q
ented, yet uns6ectedly, mteresting Mrs. 81
Quincy. The residence Of this intellectu
woman - about half mile from town. retire
. little from the road, and though . commod
Gus and even elegant building, wears IL ~
osnamented simplisty ofthe dwelling OF Pe
etess. Do not mistake me wbse isay %
Ovnamented.-TheTe was no grand exnlo
tion ~ DoSty portico with classical column
and massive flight Of seairs preparatory Z
entering the babi:ation Of this 'genius OF tn
n0rth,'' but the flowers, the sweet flower
were clinging in their young beauty upoI
the white wall and throwing their fragrance
upoe The breeze. A small shrubbery inter
spersed with trees Of larger kind is range'
along the fence, and forms one side Of the nv
enue that leads to the door Of her dwelling.
As my stay in Hartford was TO be very linn
tied, had not an opportunity Of making any
observations upon its institutions, &C.; how
ever, determined to embrace the advantage
which had long desired and deemed almOs
hopeless Of seeing her whose '"rit,al'' hath
made
sEseh sschv hsishs
A. slsas, ssd sseA eosssge hosss the haunt
OSPsssy."
] was met at the door by sweet little girl
about eight or nine years Of age, and invited
IN, and in few minutes after, the "American
Hemans" entered the room.
The embarrassment with which expected
to be filed on thus vcnturing without even
the formal.tics of an introduction, was in
siantly dissipated by the frankncss and cor.
duality with which was welcomed. Lead
ing me TO a seat near . venetian door which
opened into a flower-entwincd porch, she
babe me be seated, and in few minutes
felt as though conversing with friend Of ma
turned principally upon American scenery,
institutions, and literature, and assure you,
i'll had taken delight before in reading her
beautifully spiritual poetry, was COM
pletely taken by surprise with the chaste and
natural eloqucnco which distinguishes her
conversation.
She described scene which she witness
cd in the beautiful Valley Of Wyoming a
place rendered doubIy classic by
THAT high harp which struck il Eoglasd's halls,
Hath made The same Of Gertrude, and e>aless
N said wyenicg's cb'valry, part
" classic sosg;"
and by that Tyre upon whose "string Of beau
~" stones Of melancholy sweetness" have
''died away" like the soft breathing Of theI
wind harp when swept by the night breeze
mean her own. The scene was the burial
81 . child among the Moravians. ! wish II
r0uld give you her looks while describing it.,
Or could give you her words a. they fell with
, holy eloquence from herlips.
She described the procession Of children
vending their measured way to the cemete-
ry-the low sad wall Of voices chanting inI
Inc deep toned music Of the Germans, the i
hymn for the dead; tho mOurniul symphonies
of wind instruments; their strains family \
breathing upon the ear, wavering, linger-
ing, rising, bursting in rich and most unearth-
y melody, filling the cemetery with its spir- |
tual echoes till every eye seemed upturned,
the flight Of the infants freed spirit
% its heavenly home.
In speaking of the Falls Of Niagara, she
Idvised me TO visit them when the moon was
ull, at which time the glory and sublimity Of
hat mighty wonder Of men and angels would
70 heightened by the lnaar bosc. +,
She spoke enthusiastically of our venera-
ed Madison, at whose residence, Montpe-|
Ter, she spent several weeks some few years L
60. II;
] took my leave after spending the most
atellectual hour Of my life, determined that
st this ~bank note world think and saw
whatsoever pleaseth it, would forthwith
roo the MUSES.. algaest believing l had caught
'sP'aSee Tom one Of their most gifted vo- j
res. |,
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