Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-05-01

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! regrct 10 announce the death OF Robert
Spdthcy, on ruc.i day, March 2lSt, az
| his residence in kesWtck For Ibis g
vent his friends mus; have kcen lonr
prepared. For the last three years he
had been IN a state OF mental darkness.
md twelve.mOnth ago,he was not able
tn recognize those who had been his
ompanrOns from ms youth Scarcely
could It's wife cpG so'e herself with the
/ poor hope that he recognIz ii even her.
I excess II mental labor IN every deparl.
/ ment OF literature -pneiry. history, bi.
'SfaPhy, Criticism, aud philosoph con
'nucd from year To year without cessa
uon-5owed his strong Split at lasr,and
oOScured the genius which had SO long
cast glory upon the literature of the
age. In early life, when his powerful
and brilliant Imagination was plumins
It's wing Tor the daring fights that it al
forwards took, he formed The most cxal.
'ed nouons OF the perfect !bil,y of man
induIsed ~ the most generous aspira
lions ibr the welfare ald Improvement
o! the human race and seriously IN jarht.
with other kindred spirits, of founding
4 cololy ~ the bIckwoulS Of Amer.ca.
whc!e guI ana sorrow should be an
known, anfperfect equality, freedom
aud happiness should reign forever. A
better knowledge of the world soon dis
stPaied these Utopian reycrics. As a
poet, with al cXu5erance Of in1pina
non seldom eluai'ci, anJ "A mastery of
verSihcaiion never sJrpaSscd-his name
WIZ endIre rs iCng as the language i'm
which hc wrote. he wild aud won
/ droJS tale of'rhalaba.' and the almos,
equally wordrouS Curse OF Kehama,'
are the poetIcIl pieces on which his
lame VIII principally rest As Il prose
writer he was perfect model OF ST, le-
easy but not feeble stately but not cum
! brouS, and learned bat not pcdanjic.-
! Besides lnnumcrabic articles in the
! Quarterly Review, 10 which he was
principal contributor, we be ieve for
nearly thirty years, his chief prose
works are Life Of Nelson THE Book
| OF the Church > y History II the Pc
n'nsula War Letters from Spain aud
Portugal, Essays on The Progress and
Prospects OF Society," ~ History of Bra
Ill Lives Of the Admirals.' &c. lie
also wrote biographies Of Kirk While
and Chattcrton, and edited their works.
besides editing collections both Of the
principal and minor English poets.
lie was appointed poe, laureate in
: 1919 lie was twice married; first in
very ca 'iy life, and .ain but few
years before the mournruiov ,r.clouding
Of his intellect, 10 Miss Caroline Bow!es
a lady whose name as n poetress had
been long and lIvora5ly known t the
public, and who in the last and bland
years Of his life watched over him with
the tenderest solicilude, and did all that
the most devoted affection could do 10
Tighten the heavy load Of his existence
In all the relations Of life DR.. SoIth
ely was universally allowed, by those
who knew hIm best, 10 be truly exem-
plary, by his own family he was a
dored; and we have always understood
that the blrthen OF maintaining the
family of a man Of genius. whose irregu
lar habits Ill qualified ham for the dis
charge Of the ordinary duties Of life
chiefly devO'voI on DR. Soulhy. AID
vantage, we fear, was bat too often IA
kei OF the kind and amiable disposition
Southey by those who we've less provi
dent or less industrious than himself
III his mind was unhinged, he retained
his hablturi kindness Of disposition; and
the accomplished gentleman who accom-.
panied him, yrar or two ago, on a con-
ttnental tour, undertaken for the sake of
his health, dwelt with fond affection on
The many amiable traits Of his charac
ter which broke forth amid all his suC
iering.
DR.. Southey was a gentleman in the
best sense OF the word. Ills House al
the Lakes was ever open TO al! who pre-
sented themselves with suitable intro
duction, and there are but few persons
oil any distinction who passed through
that picturesque region who have MOI
Partaken oil his hospitality.
The following poetic tribute il pub
llshed in the London Examiner. and is
from one oil the most devoted OF Sou.
they's personal friends, for whom nc
long bore warm affection, and by
which both will be continued to be asso-
cIateJ in far distant times:
ON THE DERTH OF SOUTuEY.
NOT The last struggles Of the Sun.
frecipiiaied from ms golden throne,
Hold darklIng MORALS m sublime suspense
But the calm exOd Of a man.
Never tho high above. who ran
The race we run when Heaven recalls him hence
Thus, o thon pure Of earthly taInt!
Thus. Omy SoUruEY! Poet Sage and Saint,
Thou, after saddest silence, ART removed.
What voice in anguish we raisei
Thee would we, need we, dare we, praise;
Gnd now does that-ihe God thy whole hearI loved
; March 70. WALTER SAVAGE LANDER.