New-York daily tribune., 1849-02-21

ss,erward az Rome. He hal been brought tAe's !
bv a relative of his father IA copy manuscript"
with him a, the library Of the Vatican. lie had
been seized with passion for the language and
genius Of Italy and spoke Italian better than his
native tongue Sometimes at evening under 'he
mines ofthe Villa Pamphili, in the presence oi the
setting sun aud the skeleton OF Rome scattered
alonr the plain. he improviscd stanzss that made
me weep But he wrote nothing. Raphael
used to say to him why doyoa not write
Bah he answered does the wind write
what IL sings in these sonorous leaves above our
heads Does the sea write the meanings OF It's
shoresi Nothing that is written Is beautiful
what 10 dvaest in the heart of man. never comes
out Of t. The instrument is Of flesh. but the note
Of Gre. What then is possible Between what
one feels and what can be expressed he added
with sadness there is the same distance as be
tween the soul and the twenty -four letters Of an
alphabet tha. Is to say, the infinite wiz you Wy
TO render the harmony Of the spheres on mute o'
reed"
left him, and met him again at Pans. lie was
hen vainly seeking, with the and OF his mothers
relations. to find an active situation which should
relieve him Of the weight Of his soul and the op-
pression of his destiny. Young men OF the same
ags sought his company, women regarded him
with pleasure as he passed in the streets He
never MINGLED with fashionable society. or all
women. his mother was the only one he loved.
suddenly We lost sight OF him for three years
We heard anerward that he had been seen IN
Switzerland. in Germany. and in Savoy alter
ward. in Wister, spending part OF his nights
~ Pa
Indicated extreme destitution II was not tiu
many years atcrwSrd that We learned more
Though absent, We constantly thought OF him he
WAS one of those natures which defy you to iorgei
them.
Finally. twelve wears later, chance brought us
again together. !, happened as follows had re-
ceived legacy in bis province and had gone there
10 sell some land. inquired after Raphael
was told that he had lost his father his mother and
his wife at intervals Of few years; that caismi-
Ties Of fortune had followed the calsmi,ies Of the
heart and that Of the little domain Of his father
there only remained 10 him the dwelling consisting
of an old square, half dismantlcd tower on the
edge OF a ravinc. the garden, the orchard. the
meadow ia the ravipe. aud five or SIX acres oi
poor land. tie titled this little plot with PAIR OF
lean Kline. aud was distinguished irom tho peas
ans only Ny the books which he carried a-heid,
.sd which he often bore open in one hand while
he held the handle Of the plow in the other Bui
for several weeks he had not been seen to come
out of his hiding place. II was supposed that he
had perhaps set out on one Of the long voyages
which lasted for years That would be pity
they said. everybody in the neighborhood loved
him II he is poor man he does as much good as
rich one There are plenty o, handsome cover
lots in the region made of the wool Of his sheep
Al evening he teaches the little children Of neigh
boring hamlo,s 10 write. read and draw. tie
warns them at his fire, gives them his bread'
though God knows If any remains for himself
when the harvest is as bad ss j; Is this year
In this WAY the people spoke to me oi
Raphael. desired At less, to see the habitaiion
OF my cid friend and caused myself TO be guided
10 the foo, Of the hillock, the summit OF when
n,.c the hlsrkish tower. hsskcd by several low
stables Snd = clamp of box and hazel trees
crossed on the trunk Of tree the almost dry ohsn-
mel cf the torrent that flowed st the bottom oi the
raviue mOan,ed hy psihwsy Of lcose stones
two COWS and three sheep were pss'unns on
The p,rched sides Of the hillcck under the care Of
An oli ana nesrly blind serving man. who sat tell
ing his beads on an old scaptured escu'cheon that
had fallen from the arch oi the gate.
He s,oid me that RsrhSel was not gone. but that
bs h.a been in for two monihs and that he Was
.are he ~oald M; leave the tower except 10 so 20
the graveyard He showed me the graveyard GA
The opposite hill with bis wi,hered hand "Csn
R.rhael be seen - asked him. "ohyes ssd
the ga maa: 20 up the stairs and pull the latch
string OF the ercs, hall on the right Yea viii md
hia stretched On his he'd, IS gentle Ss an snsel, as
simple As a child he Sdded wiPing his eyes
with the back II bis hand.
climbed the steep. long snd ricke,y outside
stairway The steps. which crePi along the wall
az the sowcr terminated IN platform covered
with WOOD wcyk. and hrlc rsS whose tiles eS-
tenaea eescrd the nAirase. pulled the cord Of
ihe accr Gu the lcit and went IN shall never
k,rses the spectacle. TIE NON was vast. oocspy-
ias ,hs whole space between the walls OF the
tower. Il wSs 6ghied ~ two i&rSe windows, :,
with ,~O cr>sshArs. and with their dusty and
hrcken glasses enccsci IN loEenscs q lesd
The ccsins ~xs snrnci u great beams haekene'
Ay ssacke, the seov was paved with e7'oAs 8
hssh tire place. "a hose SnaAs were O. wosa c'Arse'
N aasea gave rsN,in Tor hook, 70 whlch hans :
~, filed with P0sssocs, uader which smoked .
srcen hoash barnlns 81 the hGit. Tbs oa,y iarri
rare in sAs rcOm wss two high backed cham q
carved ~e>.i. oaocei with ash coNcged stuff
whose cSssinsl hUs 1t Ma impossible 60 disiin
salsA; large table. hall ci " hsch ~Ss covered by
a cApsh ii anblesobeA hemp. II whloh ,he hrcss
Was wrapped the ether bali BY pAPers am
ecoks cast Pellmell aud haAlly eedssead' ~'t'
worm eaten pos,s, sroand which the curtains @
hsae serge wero fastened, "a order - give ire'
sa,rsnce IL the xlr through the open window ans
10 perm, the RAYS oi the san T. play "a the cover
ias os the bed
man siil yoGaS. eas siienassed BY eonsaaHP
ton sai misery, Was sistang sp On The edse o. 'n'
led, engaged when opened the dNoS IN eru"e.ia'
sosae pieces oi bread loS a acck q s~A allows an
spsrrows which were crow ding on the acoT 81 n
iset
AT the sound q my steps the binds h'w s"S a.
ana perchea on the oornice q the osA' S0d u
pOsts and testers q The bed lreSoSuized hsPhse
pale and wasted as he WAS HIS iessafcs IN ''sin
h.a u