Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-07-27
LITERARY EXTRACTS.


tory, romance has delighted 10 fling giuering
veil, fatal to the Interests of truth The sparkling
Of spears the neighng Of warehouses, the banner
ed lists, the heroic chants Of wande ring t1ouba-
dours, are made TO shine & glow in the foreground,
perpexing the obserysnt eye, and distractng It's
attention from the gloomier recesses OF the PIC
,ure from cities RACED, nations dIspoiled, and
above all, from the suffering Of the people, the
squalid scourged, disprited people, ground into
dus, by the iron hand of oppression.
Such was the reign Of Richard 'CGur de Llonl'
the most splendid name bcqueathed TO the annals
of chivalry Yet what tale Of repine and ty-
ranny is Included in the life Of this unnatural son
and unpa,riotc sovereign, from the period when,
approaching the dead body Of his father IN the
solemn aisles of Fonevrault, blood gushed forth
| from the nostris of the deceased Henry, in token
that his murderer stood beside him: 10 that when,
attempting TO wrcst from the hands oil vassai ms
lawful treasure he fell by an obscure hand, the
victim CT pitiful cupidity True 10 his darling
vice. this prince-whose first measure on his ac.
cesson was to sell ofthe feofs towns, villages, and
movcubles Of the crown, in order TO put money III
to his purse'-at length gave up the ghost IN be-
seging the chateau de Cbalus for the sake oil a
few miserable sacks Of silver crownsl Nay ten
years before, while Europe rang with the chIvai'
rous feats Of the crusading King OF England, the
royal plunderer had a narrow escape from lapida'
ton in the island of Sicily where, having car
ried off falcon, in the environs oil MessRa, from
the house of peasant, TO whom he refused pay
men, for his bird, the multitude pursued, with
sticks and stones, the thievlsh prince VINO
so summarly levied contributions upon the loyal
subjects of King Tancredl
Nevertheless, Cmur de Lion, LEVER OF take:
a crayer of henevolences a grinder Of the peo
Piles bones to make his bread, is aled to live IN
story as the Black Knight the jolly boon compan
!, ion of Robin of Sherwood, the brother poet o
Bertrand de Born, the generous antagonis, OF Sal
din. the hapless prisoner of Linz, the 'Rtehard
o Mon Roi = of Blondel the minstrel Wha, .
he tortured and despoled the Rothschilds OF hr
reign what if he hanged on gibbet the brave
defenders Of Nottingham Castle; what il he engag
ed the Dauphn of Auvergne 10 rebel against hi
ege lord, King Philip and then fed from France
leaving his unhappy ally to fight at uneven odds
and fall into the hands ofhis enemy2 BE II remem
!, bered that be excelledbothAuvergne and his gal
liant cousin, the County Guy in the composition
of sirpente; and that not troubadour OF Pro
:, vence could linke lutte more woolngly thar
!, Richard of England Mrs. C. Corr.
MARX ANroNy.-The character Of Antony
next to that Of Sylla, was the most singular IN tn
. annals Of Rome, and in some Of its features bor
striking resemblance TO that Of fortune Dictator
q Both were possessed Of uncommon military tai
ents-bo,h were Imbued with cruelty which make
human nature shudder-both were inordinatc !,
: addicted to luxury and pleasure--and both, To-
men of their powers Of mind and habits, had ap
parently, at least, strange sopersiltlous reane
: on destiny, portents, and omens Yet there wer'
strong shades Of distinction in those parts Q
> other characters in which we trace the closest re
: semblance The cruelty OF Sylla was more Dc
, l,berate and remorseless-that Of Antony NOR
= regardless and unlhinking--and amid all the a
rociiies OF the latter, there burst iouh occaslona
: CLEANS OF generosity and feeling. But then Syli
II was a man Of greater dscernment and penetration
y "a much more profound and successful dIssen
d bler--and he was possessed Of many refined an
elegant accomplishments, OF which the coarse
u Antony was destitute, Sylla gratited hs yoluplu
= business but Antony was ruled by IT. The ioTfnf
7" INDUCED 10 pleasure when within his grasp, bt
= case, power and revenge were bis groo, and ult
e mate object. The chief ann Of the latter, va
d sensual pleasure to which he was subsergen
n SyIla would never have been the slave Of Cleopa
ira. or the dupe OF Ociayius Hence the wld
difference between the destiny Of the lfumphai
D Dictator. whose chariot rolled on the wheels
Fortune 10 the close Of his career, and the sad IA
Of Antony Yet that very fate has mitigs,ed III
,, abhorrenee Of poSieri,y, and weakness hayin
Al been adled to wekedness, has unaeeouniobly pail
v aled, in our eyes, the faults Of the soft IIiumsl
D. now more remembered as the devoted lover
= Cleopatra, than as the chief promoter OF the Pr
- serpGions --DHaioP.
NJ MASLius CAPIroLisus-M Manlus, u
d preserver Of the Capitol Of whom the lRomal
!. Chronicle: rels;e in birth and valor be ~as seeol
10 nOns and hH personal beauty, exploits, el