Washington telegraph., 1848-04-26
From As Louisville .Io,ra,L
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was alfhhhfH Night hal lhrlwn her
many grmmsd hhe over ihs Heavens.
mIrrofed IN all il baaul, by The slerping
s.a' At Irnsh,a a yet darker pal. lrgan
Ia uveI'pfeal lhe raah 'l'He clnutls. as
they slnell inse alayr the hprfiaun. pie
uPan PIle='ba lightning. ganrlns across
their llarh edges, and revealing ihrif mis.
/ sise lal0la-plainll leIakHned the approach.
iag s'arn. The wind swep in diiul grsl,
arfuss lie nnw hrayiag waters, nnlil thu
roar al sIHg's mng. HIlh lhs hawIng II
the slarm in aNlaI hafmny.
Such was the evening uf the l9h Of
April. l>2l. ,nl ON thai eve II was that
vi sanlonshi CONTAINED the dralh he'd oil
me whp.e name will i've unli the earth
shalI CEASE Ia rIl. ani The musie of The
spheres hr hushei. On low couch. sur.
reminded ht onn ur iva werpiag aud he-
wldrfrd fiirnd,, lai the paIr aud dyiug
sufferer. lie was a nrri Of England. auo
ia his veins llawrd The hIhni If some #
Tie y anissl NJ her afisaefAeY. lle hal
le,r.lel IN wealth. he bal daInrii the cup
/ II pleasure. br hau beluil uppu his lr ~
lie lalr,'i wreath Il lamr. aud now an r,ilr
in.m he and ii Ii. iaibrf.. wiibuui mnlh
rf. sisIrr. wife nr ftid Dc SUI h. hts IL M
/ pillow. be- was NtiihIus un,lri The hand III
'lsalh. H., had brrn ,anl uf nn uldina
- snmp Nut ennlenl Ia be knnWn h.
'.iu.r hI. ia'lrfs vrre' he bad aspfed In
l,.Ir tie tup al iumr fsf timsel aud Lad
fInIned 4 In IL di"as. Il uas nd he
h'tsa,I, Wlealhul The ualtIar lbai rnctnlrd
hi. htau; ihe siairslsans ei,ie enwb h.
had nascf warn; huI be had ssa,rd Il
puser il,al The suntd eau ncsrr win; hr
had reached an eminrrur where king.
m'ahl lr nfnnd In dn him homage In his
,'ai'h he had hern a dstnler al The shrine
IT the muses., anil, nh,n llr nerciiss. la.b
uf criticism lad hrru lad upnu hun. In.
qmilrd not he mel lusnl wilh in.illi. aud
.rnrn with srurl. unHl the naughty ~
vieWrls covered hrlane the dem II they
bud raisrd; aud hem as onr brilliant pro.
llneIiun alIer auphfr flashed ialIh from Il
miud lh5l "suapet Ia laueh The niiir-I
houslr. aud pruud', sio,p ped us lbmugh i
srnnrc deserved hls vrrse," the nations
gazrd. a. upon a mrlrar flashing alhnaH
lhn darkness ui night wilh splrndur lon
gluiinu, for mortal view. llm the hi lest
mark is ever lie mot rhpusrd. The tow
rfing mnunlaiu is hua3y and bare. while
lhr valr br.uw is green wih vcmufc. A.
,he ,iorm sweeps by. the lnrdy yak is
stripped aud shINrled shilr The weak zap
ling bIuuri nnsralhel. lhe nublr bard
rnld not e.capr the mced of grcalnrss.--
liis conduct was nul unrIcep innabIc. hul
the rbt.irc ,hat WAS presented in him wt,
% rd and u,rnuunng. A rmlrs Of CA
.uuuy nud r"pioarh wa, poIu'd upon his
'rv lrd head, an he. whn lad been lhp
ldul ul admlrrg myiamlds, was made a
.run aui a lN wuId. Dd lc qiail thru
a.. mighty mind mann a.. rnrtgie. f,f
a litcrrnpp,.illun, lie w'n 6rh from
,r auI ol I'd, hihrf, nnl llums hi. drli
in. ln the lrrihulA presenting WORLD
ihrn -nrrndring hu,rll la hr dominion
If in. dark snJ lrIrih.e pi ,,loH,--hls mud
ike srm N galA upu eb,rh lhr sIufm
lad ,"rpi, uullI e'cnlhlng hr GIN nni
beautiful had pls,,l aWal, sud nnlbug
wa. lrl, lat The massive Wals. srumLrd
and bwhrnrd lay The lighlnins's track =
be- poured hr'h up u The wnrd ibusr mum.
h-r>, the 'llspns Of his bitter uguuy
srurn. aud mlsanlnrupy. ....
Men lacked upon hun as they wnuld
upon rumel throwing Us bluuly lrrsse,
acru,s tie llrn'rns--ai onrn al war prs.
,lrnrr aud death. lii poeiry wns never
the picture Of heauy, innocence. and hap
pncss. Every portrayal ol luyrlines. was
.huduwed with the sonbre tint of misery nr
guilt Whenever landscupr. bright
with the guNiug colors oi beauty. meets
the eye, lowering ~ The distance are srrn
the dark Iurms 81 scowlng demons, eager
to blight and destroy. Nature he would
paint. but il was amid darkness and scurn
thai she seemed mo,l lovely. Man stands
forth upon his canvass 10 huld reliei, but IL
is the same demon form that we everywhere
behold, a being the sport of the dercest
passions, an rmbudcd ul intellectual paw
ers that grJs might envy ol high uncon
qurmblc pliie that the apo'IaIe arch angel
mgh copy, ol reckless daring and fearful
guil that Tie spirits Of the damned might
quail at
Woman TOO he pictured in his burning
lnrs. But the skeleton lorm uI death is
dimly seen under The mask uI branty, AMI
the dagger CLEANS AMID the i,Ids ol The
robe thai floats around naddenlng luvi.
ness.
In reading his works, the soul is often
carried iUa Startling elevation. hut il is
mi that lowering mgrsIlr sublimly which
rhamctelizes lh. glealesI batds OF Europe.
The poems ol lhe aler are like The cloud.
less Hcayens--lhcir clear b,uc depths gu.
lrriug with the lghl Of orbs rolling in un.
measured distance. The works of the Tor.
mcrare like those same Heavens shroudeJ
in The gloom Of the tempest, and illGmined
only by The lighmings blaze.
IA - L. T..