The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-02-02
MOST PATHETIC STORY
OF TRUE LOVE

Il
? realities 70 This world. Sickness m
sorrow meet us az every turn, and bra
! Ken hears are AZ plenty az blackherr;e.
Lovers sigh AMI weep without conso
lation, and thestory ofdisaDDointed lov
. constantly told. Men are gay decei
vers and women are more variable an,
'ncons'ant thanthe vapors Of morning
Alas thai it should be so Verify. :;
= better to weep than to laugh--neyer
tneless, laugh we must occasionally
Diogenes would have fouat It diflicnl
10 preserve the sobriely OF his coun,e.
nance, had he been an editor.
Queef are the COMMUNICATIONS viii
which we are not unfrequently favored,
mostly, they GO 60 the sssomb of she
Capuiets, without an epitaph, but,
ever and anon, some particular tale.
writer or poet petitioneth for informa
ton OF the fate of his effnsion. Now
here follows something of the sort, tina,
Is unique in its way /; it's, as the editor
OF the New York Mirror would saw.
s'thrilling'-a dreadful warming to youn Q
men not to /" let concealment. like a
worm i the bud, prey on their damask
cheeks" For our own part, we must
confess that we do not hold 10 this per-
ishing by the tender passion. If any
wo-begone individual, con6des to US
the secret that he intends, for love. in
his own person to die, we e5claim with
radiant Rosalind. ''No, faith, die by
attorney. The poor world is almost six
thousand years old, and in all this
time, there was not any man died in
his own person, Uideticet in love cause
Troilus had his brains dashed out with
Greclan club; yet he did what he
could TO die before; and he is one of
the patterns Of love. Leander, he wnrlld
have lived many fair year, though
Hero had turned nun, If it had not
been for hot midsummer's NIGHT: for.
good youth, he went but fort. 20 wash
him in the Hellespont, and, being
taken with the cramp, was drowned;
and the foolish chroniclers, (coroners?)
of that age found il was-Hero of
Sestos. But these are all lies: men
have died from time to time, and have
been eaten by worms;but not for love-"
Bot reader, we will not be so cruel
as 20 detain thee longer from tale.
which, though brief as hope, is fflied
with horrors enough for a FIVE act irag
edy. For the qualification of the GU
rious and literary lore, we give it, or
biography end all, just as il came TO
hand.
| CAN NEVER HAVE HER.!
SUCH were the words that passed
from the mouth Of EcBEEr CLINroN
as he sat musing one evening on the
qualitys of the Ladys with whom he
was more than partially acquainted.
The one of whom be was thinking at
that time more particular was e.
beautiful as N0i1ye her self; with jet
black hair, blue eyes, and a skin as
white as the drifted snow. Cor sake Of
distinction we shall call her Miss CARO-
LING. Her figure was most beautiful. |
her carriage was erect, and there was
something in it that implied boldness.
She was the daughter ola wealthy mer-
chant, who resided in the town of R.
Long Island. Egbert Clinton was the
son OF respectable bur poor MecL0Dtc; |
he had early been sent To boarding |
school, and no pains had been spared
in his education. At the time to which |
we refer, he was twenty years Of age.
He was tall and erect, oil manly and
bold appearance: but on close exami-
nation, you would perceive something |
in his manners leading TO bashfulness.
One, day while conversing with a friend
of his about Miss Cerolisse, he said that
The would marry her, or shoot hin
himself" He would most probably have
accomplished his desire, had it not
have been forthe little tipssd;iy of which
we were speaking. He could wait upon
her with all poIiteness, but still dare
not make his peculiar feelings known
to her.
oh! wretched man; if you could
have read the love that was inscribed
on the heart Of her you love most dear
lev. ven would have flown to her arms
and told her all! He was asked by |
his friend why he did MOI make pro-
posaIs, he replied, 81 can neDer hare
hsy!'' O nIbeingaske for an explanation
he said that her Father wasrich and
his waspoo-. Time passed rapidly on
he grew quite thin and pale. Every
nerson who saw him remarked that
thew thought that Eg6crs CbtatOn
had the consumption, months passed
bv be excluded himself from all soci-
ety and IL the mean time Miss Caroline
had proposals Uf marriage from Mr..
Clifi Of Philadelphia "a I1c0togsaa)
after being pursnaded leaght OF time
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