Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-12-01
GlOryina.

and had been but two or three days in
Dublin, when called 10 present it, and
took my seat III her boudoir, after TIE usual
prelimnaries, with some such remark as
the above.
The right key was touched, and the van
ity, or more properly. the pride of author
ship responded to my appeal Beauty was
not there, to reward me with her smile. nor
Was there the graceful attempt to conceal
the pleasurable emotion my compliment oc-
casioned. The lips fastened to convey the
satisfaction the eyes had already indicated,
and the countenance grew bright with IN
tellectual qualification; as expressive, and
as engaging as the blush which well timed
flattery brings to the cheek of conscious love-
illness. Then too, it was sincere, and the
party on whom it was conferred was aware
of il. was young-of an age when poe
try and romance were not, as now, matters
of light concern to me, land those were days
In which productions of merit, in these de-
partments, came but seldom,-days long
SINCE gone by, when authors were rare and
wondered at and the announcement of a
new novel or new poem held expectation
on tiptoe. When the dit of her Ladyship,
but one Sydney Owensen, and one Tommy
Moore"
had it proceeded from other lips than her
own, would have met response and approx
al from numerous and intelligent class
OF readers, who revelled in her romance,
while they affected to ridicule it.
"Ah! MIR, b., was the animated reply,
"the world, indeed but then, you Ameri-
cans are so gallant; so apt at agreeable
compliment, They tell me too, she con-
tnued, "my works appear almost as soon
IN your country as in our own, and are
read -"
"With at least equal delight, my lady,"
fastened to interpolate.
My fortune was made in This quarter, and
an invitation to q small party at her lady
ships, for the evening was the commence
ment of practical acknowledgment Of a
word spoken in season.
The party was not numerous, nor was II
what the fashionable world would call bril-
liant. Her ladyshp's establishment was
small, aud its appointments on moderate
scale of expense-she owed little to birth,
or fortune, and her title, derived from her
husband, Sir Charles Morgan, brought with
it no emoument. He had been created a
Knight of ST. Patrick, by the Marquis OF
Abercorn, in whose family he was employ
ed as a tutor, while his Lordship was Vice
roy of Ireland, aud in which Lady Nor
gan, then Miss Owensen, held the situation
of governess. But the evening passed of
delightfully."-. Among the guests, were some
rising stars, Just beginning to shed their lus-
tire on the hemisphere Of talent. Philips,
who had become conspicuous for eXhuber-
ance in Irish rhetoric adding another hue
to the rainbow" eulogy on Wash
ing.ou, and tribute to Napoleon had found
admirers among the lovers of ornate elocu-
ton, was present, but was evidently declin-
ing from his zenith, to make room for "a
Mr.. North" pointed out TO me as his SUI
per;or in genius, and promise. Both, how
ever, were charming men, and only en-
deavored, on this occasion, to rival each
otherin promoting the delights of the even
ing.
But our hostess, and her sister, Lady
Clarke, whose husband, Sir James, also ow'
ed his title to the Vice Royal accolade
were the divinities of this social temple,
and, despite some little conceits, at which
the precieur might have smiled, were evil
IDENTITY regarded by their worshippers with
pride and affection. and the stranger, my
self willingly united in approval of exer-
tions IN which talent, wit, and animation
could not fail of entertainment.
Lady Nj. was not tall, and might have
been pretty, but for little too much healtl
in figure and complexion, and cast in one
of her dark eyes, which had the usual eff
feet of impairing the expression of wha
would otherwise have been lively and agree
able. She fitted from guest TO guest, distribu
ting amusing trifes where graver subjects
would have been out Of place while hel
sisters blonde, in whom the genius of mer
riment prevailed, sparkling from. her laugh
ter-loving eyes, land irradiating features new.
er sufficiently in repose to admit of descrip
ton, presided at the piano, RECALLING u:
with music and songs of Irish character ant
humor, as if intent to
'Send the soul, upon jig, to heaven"
There was about Lady NJ, as she ther
appeared, none of the personal character
istics of Glorvina, and few of the moral
Had she drawn from self, in any of the
portraits Of her heroines, that of the Dutch
ess Of Belmont, in ODonnell, would have
been more like the original; more truthful
IN resemblance, than the wild Irish girl, y
which Lady Clark might have looked. but
was too full OF Enforcement, to personate
for, be it remembered, the wild, in that in.
stance, applied rather to the condition and
circumstances, than to the disposition and
department of the heroine. There was
nothing retiring, nothing of tim,di!y. In
oeu trop manieree, she has been accused OF
affectation, and not without reason bui
then we should distinguish between that
which is venial and occasional In genius,
and the constant and intolerable pretention
Of irivolity. There are womea Ia WHOM!
there is just enough of it to be charming
but it is something more thaR the tlmsy
artificial Of Miss ia her teens, or ofthe Lydia
Languish of the season, Ia both of whom il
is rather corSoreal than sentimental. The
heart the mind, and the sensibilities are
engaged in the playful coquetry; and the
loves and graces take part in the delicate
fnesse with which accomplished beauty
spreads her tolls. Languor without inanify
emotion without effort, fancifal illusions
agreeable concerts, and woman's pure i'm.
ssipipgs are in this alliance, and envy
NOT him who could be insensible TO its IN
6uence, or who would censure its lovely
Inconsistencies. They offend no virtue,
and violate no rule, but such as the cold