Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-07-17
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THE STUDENTS.

10 SOul Il iNbj uhp "b'
angry with myself that j; is So"
"Tho state of the heart, they say, is
often beyond the dominion of tho will
IIcnricb," replied his friend.
"Ayc, aye rctortcd Heinrich" but q
man may relnquisb his rational maste-
ry in this affair: he may pampor him.
self with dreams of coming happiness,
while each day warns him of the peril
of the proceeding; he may cast kind
of sironlium sunshine round his life,
and wilfully shut his eyes TO the fac,
that it is mcrc strontium. | have done
30; and now that the glare is gone !
find mpself, as it were, upon the stage
of q theatre as the day dawns, inspect
ing by The gray twilight the pictures
which enchanted me last night, and
finding them oil daub and dcformity."
In room in the Wittergasse, Car.
burg, sat two students, who carried on
the foregoing dialogue. 1t was winter,
but tho atmosphere Of the room was
rendered genial by the radiation from
a black stove which reared itself in one
corner TO height Of six or seven feet.
Both students were smoking, and upon
the pipe of cach-a pipe, by the way,
the supplying of which in England
wonld lie heavier upon man than the
window tox-wes q portrait of the 9th
cr.
"Only think of my attempt to make
poetry. .Frcdw pursued Heinrich.
"Tbc thing would seem ridiculous.
, perhaps, were not so very common" !"
answered Fred. "But people in your
state have kind of music awokc with.
} in them which rejects the common law
D of uttcranco. The lover has as good a
righ, 10 sing as the lurk-high feelings
, demand high expression
O This music of life would be very
0 delightful" returned Heinrich. "did il
0 no, require two to produce il, the will
u or caprice of either being able to con
vert it for the other into most drcary
'S wall. Six months ago had other me!
u odies'to cheer me. ! had my worl
first of all, and retiring from this viii
the consciousness that / had done it,
was receptive of many delightful intlu
, ences. Sun, moon and stars were sour
- ces of pleasure to me. Alone in th'
!, forest | did not feel lonely; the tree
leaves spoke and sung to me. fsl
,r that q common life penetrated me an'
or nature. and / rejoiced in thc relation
3, ship. But have forsaken those pleas
urcs TO pursue an ignis Jatuus; ha'
&c bartercd the forest for the ballroom
Of and the stars for maiden's eyes;
n have abandoned the changeess and tn
to true, and based my happiness upon
be mass of tinted vapour which is no,
melted and gone. have been foo
MS but certain prof, may be derived eve
',e from folly-ihc experience shall be lai
'e to heart. and turned TO some account.
''" The last sentence was uttered b
" Heinrich with bitter energy, as it II
" individual had become dual, and on
half was cnacting the part OF
cxusperatcd schoolmastor, towards Il
other. Heinrich No. l,--he of the'su
19t and the stars and the forest and Il
work, nourishcd his merciless thon
over Heinrich No. 2,-him of the pc
,o,s ;Ue Try, ball. room, and bright eyes.
D The ludy--for lady was the orig
-. of it all-who caused Heinrich so mu
S " trouble, was not one calculated TO gu
" : due a man at a glance. Her beau
was no, of that triumphant cast whi
=. suddenly facinatcs the beholder.-
Sa. When Heinrich first saw her, she
~, s,cS pcarcd TO him TO be gentle, timed
~,rs ~ ing--a weak snowdroP, which shook
pale petals in the slightest breeze.
s IT'S saw her again, and imagined that
,imidily had subsided little. Th
was, indeed, an honesty and earn'
Low ness about Heinrich himself which
calculated TO effect this. He soon {
duce covered, however, that behind this P
-, sical timidi,y rcposed courage wh
nobody would have calculated on,
of which the possessor seemed pe'i'
No " unconscious. Heinrich was Sol
es OF what of psychologist, and this
nroe, H. uy,,c