Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-12-02

Amy for she and Sir Christopher Blotht
epntr,ved to ppis0n thai Wholesale poi .oner
Leicester. The countess was then about
for weight years Of aye, aud vi hin twelve
| utontha after the d uth OF Leicester she
| married, BIouni, who was II young mon.
! Lpltice knOItys was lle vile OF one Of Eli
| zabettI's iavotIttes, unI the mother Of M.
| Other : tor her eldest sou by her first hus.
naaa was tic Z lebtaIed Etti ot ~i.s4ex.
Her dafl,ng SON kgbers was the pride Of
her old agc,--tot her light pature seems
mol to have been bent down hv the weight
Of htr crimes,-and she cpioyed like u
mother The brilliant repuiatjo OH Of her son.
Some Of her letters 10 him, given IL this
work, ure full If affection nv, and If piety,
100, strange as IL may seem thus 10 gather
grapes Vi thorns. But The hour Of retribu-
ton came, as it ever COMES. Truly spoke
The Great German p .rt, "AIle Schuid
rach SIGH all Erde.' Every crime IL
surely avenged on the cath, Is we knew
al. The punlshluent Of Leltpce Knollys
was signal. She los her third hush nd.
>Ir Christopher blount and the idol OF her
hear, her brilliant SON Essex, nj one blow.
Even Eliz beth could moi pardon thai wild
insane plot oil her favorite's dpvtsiug ngainst
herself aud the governmrnt: and the a&e
cut of us be- 0ved bead. Rash, hot.brain.
Essex Young, vigorous, the hope and
glory = fmauy BEATS H. died aud dfaIl
who mlOur1ed tVr him, ih,re were none
wto4e agony gould compare With thai a
those two proud women, Elizabeth and
Lrtt'ce. Agsd, dcsoIatc, with Ilfr's last
star set, the NV" cousins couie beftre the
minds "ye as pictures Of The most awful
misery The haugh Y Old queen was hr"rt.
brok II her last Elitt, in human graft udr
and affection wns .! altered, and she died
The old Countess of leicester was tads
u more elastic mud less passionate matrrt
al. She lived yet many years; lived toset
another trag dy in Ter family the nntap
py marriage Of he grandson, The Earl o
Essex (son Of EIiz ,beth's Iavoritt J. hi
aivorce, and the tiiai Of his wicked wit
aud hci pa amou subsequently, be- lus-
band (Ca,r, EatI Of Somerset, fr The mar
der Of Sir Thomas Oyerbury.' Strange a
it may seem, this Letlice knolIys was es.
tecued II good and pious lady for the gr"a
Ter put Of her life, aud died full 6r honor Il
the u Of %, . D.. 1884. She lived /
sre the grandchildren Of her ~grandchIli
tenl She died nj Drayton Basset, al PIE
sent The seat Of sir pobert Peel, 'wbet
she bad lived during more than fifty ye"f
Of her eventuI lie.
These ar. the main facts in the life
Lptlicc knol ys' connected with il IL tba
OF her no less beautiful daughter by he
first hush, nd, Lady Penelope Dev"f"u'
the friend aud political assistant Of he
brother Essex, and the object of Sir Phil
Sidnry's love. She was married early
nj the age Of fifteen or sizteer--to Lot
Il icD. whom she hated. 1t was lhtruJ
some fatal and inrxpIlcabe mistake tn
she was NOT married to Sidney. Side
has glven the world a yelled but very IN
teiIigibIe account OF tie prtg'ess OF b
passl.n. IN his "As,ropheI and Stella.
n. Craik has dunk derpIy Of "the puf
well If English undeiiled;" and he dwell
willingly ~ THIS part Of bis work, Gor l.
rates nIdney's poetry very high. For re
Gnement Of thought, and grace ami fms
in tue execution, few # our some "ftei
can compare with the author Of The lar
cadll. We hope our readers will than
rs Tor quoting The fol oYrnE from "Astro
phcl and StelIa," in hich be shows pIainI
. That The lady OF his love IS Penelope, Lad
Rich.
/ MY mouth. doth water, and my breath doth swell
My tongue DOH itch, my Thoughts III labor he:
!" Listen Lnen, lOrdhnRs, with god car 10 me-
v, For Of my life / must ii riddle tell.
Toward Aurora court Il nymph doth dwell,
Rich in ali beautics which man y eye ran rec;
i Beauties so far from reach Of WORKS, That We
T. Abase her praise saying she doth GECGi:
Knh in the treaSrue 0t deserved reno"nt
,e Run IN the riches d n Toyai heart,
- Run in those gifts which glgc the heavenly crown
Who, though most run IN these aud every part
- Which makes tie patents Of true worldly b,iss,
Z Hath no misfortune but that RICH she Is"
Sir Philip SiIney IN spite ot bis rasslo
is for l. .dy Rich married tie daughter OF ,
d, Francis Watsingham. aud she, liter b
IS lament, d death oI Zulphen, married agaI'
IL aud married kssex, the brother Ut Lad
d, Rich, So that she and Stella were no
y sisters. 4 year or two after that ever
Is E1muud openser published IA p EN- ent'tlt
1t .A.trophcl =; Il Pastoral EIeey upon III
N d. alli OF Tie Most Noble and Nalorot
+. Knight, Dir Phitp . dnry,' which rs "a
le ltlIl 4 else thaU All elaborate Celeb alton
d the loves 81 Sidney aud otcIia,' a"d Is oe
10 d cattd-lo whom does Tue LEA or guess
- Sldney's widow whO, BY the way, IS neFt
10 once mentioned in the po=m. iir. Cfath
- rem ,rks upon thi, are worth quoting
de ..Hrra tuen is ii ate oE tulugs spinc
L. What perplexIng {" modern notsOns
o., . lii. .t,,,.. aI .f.atE..4Ft14tt ,s,azF Hr1tg
IF. bty M r.IeI al tne ttuIs, has passionate
We loved and been beloved ~ a lady Who ";
in thet, aud still is, atnlHcT mans vile al
l. the pabtishea celrbrat.on ii bun and BE
he III 4, alns 81 the most enthusiastic admir-,
ia t,ou, nn thai account IS respectfully deutc
led 10 his wiaow! 1t is "a sIl.e III soct
lr. moranty thai Is noW quse gone out. Il
IN age, DoIeoveF, Was emlnently Il rel1in
il Onc,-one not Of religious profession on
ms DuG bryo d all dtspu t, also at re!ist"
H. belief. Tie pIiDcit al parties to tbe III
mt sent tIansactIon were distinguished as (
". ng,ous characters. Sidney had died
ei- mosl piJus aud ed.fying death. Lady kic
ire d. we nave : Ell, is laH!ed as, arnoag b
pr. o,hef gifts and grlces, rich In those 81
ar wtIl,h give the eterual cfowp.' Sidnel
IL. sister, LAZY Pembroke aud III con unctI
IRIS - h het 40, be. composed a mutual versI
he Ut the Psalms. op"ftser was Il most re
,n, gtoo, poet. A singular plril OF " hat IN
P ~ iernIed pialollc F~GrAaBlsm run thF1u
IT. all his poetry. Lady Essex was probai
a not heDl.d her n~eIghbo.s III this respect
at. "It was a strarge, set contraaIcte
1t. time, difficult TO De Ii d.. stood or imagin