, 1841-10-16
~ELEONORA.-sY rscAa A. pcE.

am of a race noted for ,iGor 81 fancy
and ardor OF passion. Pyrros Is my name.
Men have called me mad; bat the question is
mo- Yet settled whether madness be Or be 70;
the lu!.:cr in.c,liycnce-WtC;her much that
is glorious whether all that is prO.ounl-dn
MT spring from disease Of thought. from
moods of mind exalted a: the expense of the
general intellect. They WHO dcclm by day
arc co.aiz1nt Of many things which escape
the G~rclfncrS b. nirht. In their gray visions
they obtaining llmpscs OF eternity, and thrill.
in awakInr, to fad that they have been upon
the verge OF tho great secret. Ia suatches they
learn something OF the wisdom which is OF
good, aud more Of that mere knowledge
which is OF evil. They penctr!te. however
raGdcTicSs or composites. IGtp the Vast &C.
can az the high. Ineiiab'c.' ard again, like tie
afvrnturcrs Of the Nub!an geographer.
They are caught IN an ocean OF difficulties
because in that they would adventure 4 dis
c~ovcry.'
We will say :hcn tia, | am mad. ! grant
n least. that tt.ctc are two diStInctJ condI-
tons of my mental cxistenCc-t the condition
at 4 lucid reason. not TO be disputed, and be-
loacln. To the memory o! events forming he
first epoch OF nv lite; and condition OF shad
ow ana doubt appcrtainlug 10 the present,
and 20 the reco; lection Of what cun'ilutcs
the second grca, year of my being. There
fore, what | shall tell o: the carlier period,
believe. and to what | may relate of the lat
later tine. give only such credit rs may
seem due; or doubt 1t altogether; or. if doubt
if We dare no,. then play unto its riddle thr
Spyn1.
Sic uhom | loved in youth, and CT whom
| now pen calmly and distinctly these re-
membranes, was the sole daughter o. the
only sister OF my mother long DEPARTED
Eleonora was the name Of nv cousin
We had always dwclled together beneath a
topical sun. IN the Valley of Many-Color,
cd Grass No unguidcd foot step ever
came upon that vale; for il lay singularlv far
for away up among 4 range of "iant hills
that hung betting around upon II; shutting
nut TIE sunlight from its sNe"tes;s recesscs.
No path was trodden in lis vicinity, and TO
reach orr happy home there was need Of
putting back with force the foliage of many
thousands of forest trees. and OF crushing 10
death the glorious Of many n.:!i:onS Of ira
grant flowers. THUS i WIS ;lat VIC lived
all alonc. knowing nothing of the world
withort the Valley, and my cousin. and
Ter mother.
From tic dim regions beyond the noun
ta;ns at the upper end Of Our cncircled do
main, there crept ont narrow and deep rlv-
er, brighter than Ill save Eleonora's eyes;
and winding stealihily ia mczy courses, it pa
ssed away at length through Il shadowy
gorge among hills still DINNER than those
from which it had issued. We called it the
River of SiIence;' Cor there seemed to be
a hushing influence in its flow. No murmur
arose from its bed, and so gently It wander
ed along that the pearly pebbles upon which
we loved 10 gaze, far down within IFS bosom.
each in lis old station, shining g%loriously and
for ever.
And the margin Of the river. aud of the
manv dazzling r~ivule,s that Gid through de-
vious wavs inio its channel, and the space
that extended from the Drinks away down
into the depths Of the streams, until they
reached the bed Of pebbles at the bottom
these spots, not less than the whole surface
of the valley, from the river to the noun
,ains that girdle it in. were captured all by a
soft green grass, thick. short, perfectly even
and raail!u.perfumed, but 50 hesprinkled