The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-07-21

At length Swift left London-his am
bition disappointed in not having been
made bishop--and he was pcnsoned
off for life with tho dcanery of Dublin.
whittier he removed Vancssa remained
behind, with the deadly shaft fixed in her
bosom Nothing but correspondence
remained, and letters few across the
channel The rumor of the deans ill
ness produced in her the most intense
anxiety, and she wrote to him in q strain
of the deepest affection.
Swift resided for about year in Ire
land at this time, bringing Stella and
Mrs Dingley to Dublin, and placing
them "in lodgings near the deanery."
Poor Stella had now been in Ireland
some thirteen years Waiting, oh how
patiently but still hopelcssly She
was now woman of thirty, and Swift
had reached the mature age Of forty-six
The happiness of Stella's life was staked
on Swift's fulfilment of his promises to
her but i'll health, from hope deferred,
and the heart preying on ITSELF fell upon
her, and she seems like one sinking a
live into the tomb We must confess
there was want of womanliness in Stel-
las conduct throughout but rcmem-
bcring Swift's great infacnce over her,
his sacred professions, and his ofi-re-
pcatcd declarations of devotion and love.
shall we not find excuses enough for
poor Stellar Why did not Dean Swift,
now that his sources ofincomc were large
fulfil his promises to this woman2 We
need not invent any far-fetchcd theory
to answer this question. The Short au-
swer is-vancssa was in England.
And to England the dean returned in
June, l7lf Thorc his intet course and
correspondence with Vanessa was re-
sumcd, and increased in warmth-on her
part perhaps more than his But he
never told her the truth-that he had
engaged himself to another While in
England on this visit, he wrote his poem
entitled C0nlcnus 10 TdncSSd, in which
he gives an apologize history of the rise
and progress of the maldens love for
him, in the frigid artificial style of the
day. Yet, it is obvious from that pcem,
that Swift, though he attributed all the
ardor to her side, loved TO lingcr over
thapicture which he drew He is far
from giving her any discouragemcnt, for
he says -
But what success Vancssa met
Is to the world secret yet
Whether I've at last desccnds
To act with less scraphic ends,
Or to compound the I'm usiupss whether
They temper books and love together,
Must never to the world be told,
Nor shall the conscious muse unfold.
He also addresses lines . To Love-
which he sends to her about this time
lines which she treasures next to her
heart, and they are only brought to life
after her death, when they are found in
a concealed place in her writing desk.
But he must retnrn to Ireland again,
whithtr Vancssa promises to follow him.
He writes to dissuadc her he says, " If
you arc in Ireland when | am there, |
shall see you very seldom it is not a
place for any freedom but it is where
everything is known in week, and mag
niicd hundred degrees. God Alnigh-
ty bless you I would not answer your
questions for million; nor can ] think
of them with any case of mind" But
Miss Vanhomrigh did follow Swift to
Ireland, whittier she went to take pos
session of a small estate left to her on
the death of her father. She took up
her residence beside the dean, and saw
him oftcn.--Poor Stella-the faithful,
devoted Stella, now growing old-her
position was more hopeless than ever
The dean would break into fits Of rage
against Vancssa, telling her he would
not haye gone TO see her at Cellbridge
(where her estate was, and whittier she
soon removcd) " for all the world !" that
! she wanted discretion" ending one of
his letters to her with a fig for all our
letters and messages w Vanessa replies
in strain of grief and love, bordering
on despair, and the dean is molificd
again, and now he "will see her in a day
or two assuring her that " it goes to
his soul that he does not SEQ her oftencr,
and that he would give his whole for
tune,n to remove her difficulties
Vanesso replies" know it is quito i'm
possible for you to burn my letters with
out reading them. Once
more | advise you, if you have regard
for your own quiet, to alter your hehav-
ior, for | do assure you | have too much
spirit to sit down contented with this
| treatment"
But poor Vanessa was in the tolls, and
had no help but to fret and veX herself,
until her sufferings became quite agoni-
zing. She knew now of her rival, Stella,
and the pangs of jealousy were added to
her suifcrings his intercourse with Stel-
la, though as guarded and concealed as
the dean could contriye it, yet became
known to her Stella. too, knew of
the deans intimacy with Vanessa, and
she secretly sorrowed and suffered. We
can now pity the lamentable dean in his
, miserable predicament, though we can
find no excuse for the imprudence, if not
the villany, which had placed him tlsere.
If you continue 70 treat me as you
do,n wrote the imploring Vanessa to
him, "you will not be made uneasy by
me long 1t is impossible to describe
what have suffered since | saw you
last.-I could have borne the rack k bet
ter than those killing, killing words of
yours Sometimes ] have resolved to
die without seeing you more, but the re-
solves, to your misfortune, did not last
long-I must beg you to see me, and
speak kindly to me, for | am sure you
would not condemn any ono to suffer
what l have done could you but know it,
When complain, then you are angry
and there is something awful in your
looks that strikes me dumb Oh that