Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-23
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[ From Trelawny's :" Reeelt eetions of Shelley
aud Byron. y In Press by I'1sknoF s. Fields,
Boston, Di9 sg9R ES1sFu sl1 la Raplifgsl lta
Itwasl at the IRE PalAzzi. on the lung
Aruo. .as Pisa, that Mr.. pfelawny first
saw ShelIsy. s9g1 q sa3 sssfl w gFii 2
On first visiting the dwelling ofE'the
poet, Mr Trelawny was received Fby MIS-.
Williams. the wife of the gentleman who
was drowned with Shelley tIeWas dusk,
and looking through he open door of the
room, the visitor saw d pair Of glittefiGg
eyes steadily fixed upon his oMf. Go.
ing to- the door, Mrs Williams said.
laughingly. Come 10 Shelley. igts oniy
our friend IRE. Just arrived Instantly
afterwards the poet giided in tsbiushing
like a giFlS" and holding out both his
hands. d i4eahad the appearanee'0f tall,
thin STRIPPING land 'swas habitedt Ike a
boy, in blue jacket and trousers. which
he seemed toehaSe outgfoWn. !" He had a
book with him, aud Mrs. Williams asked
what it was. He answered quickly, and
with Frightening facey g SGdtdsg0a's S
MGgico frodigicso ;aaI ram stTanslatiug
some passages in it, Being asked TO
read a few Of them, he, instead of doing
so. made an extempore rendering Of va
rious parts. turning the one language I'm
to the other with marvellous ease and rs-
pidity. analy Sing the egenius of the author
with subtle power, and interpreting those
portions of the story which 'heqdid not
read. Abruptly chasing. he suddenly
vanished; for Mr.. TrelaWny, looking iup'
from the wrapped abstraction into which
he had been thrown, found that the en-
chanter was no longer in his presence,i
"Where is he 2" he asked. Mrs. Viii.
.Iams rejoined, "Who2 Shelley 2! Oh,
he comes aud goes 'like'a spirit, no one
knows when or Where:" Presently here.
turned with his wife. who asked eagerly
forAthe, last observation-disclosures from Lions
don and Paris. Mrs. Shelley, indeed,
though woman of faculty and of sen.
sitive nature, loved society as much as
her husband abhorred it; and this diver
sity Of taste was sometimes embarrassing
to hoth. Shelley, as Mr.. Trelawny re-.
la,es, said one day. with rueful express
sion of face, "Mary (his wife, has
threatened me-" He asked in some SUR
prise, "With what ?Y ,a1"Mary says she
will have a party" He replied. oh.
the horror, it will kill me. - Mr.. Wills
liams undertook TO obtain. if possible. o
reversal Of this sentence ; but he could
only procure communication. The par.
" was simply to include old friends in
stead Of strangers, as FIRST Of allproposed.
One morning Mr.. Trelswny discovered
the poet in dreamy trance beside dark
pool Of water in the heart Of pine forest.
he was told thathis wife had been look
ing about for. him disconsolsteIy, unable
to bear her solitude any longer. On
hearing thiso he Immediately snatched
up his books and papers, exc!aiming
"Poor Mary hers is sad fate. She
can't bear soIitude.i nor society-the
quick coupled with the dead r. They
soon met with the lady, her clear gray eye
and thoughtful brow expressing the Low,
she could not speak. To stop Shelley
selfreproaches, or to hide her own emo
ton, she began in a banteripg tone, chi
ding and coaxing him. d ~ 1jijf
For some few months Mr.. IrelawneJ
was in constant intercourse with Shelley
and he has given delightful picture %
the poets character and habits-his swee
self>sacrifciDg disposition, his purity, hi
tendency to believe in whatever is exalt
ed and ennobIing. his devotion to study
his wild outbursts Of spirit, alternating
/ With deep despondency. his shyness o
strangers, his .ehild.hke cOnteutmen
with simple pleasures, his light. serephi'
movements and inspired face, and hi
passionate love Of the waters aud the
trees, and the flowers. and the mountains
and the glorious shows and changes ol
the elements in the bright country of hi
adoption. The building Of the BOAT
Don Juan ("4hat fatal apd per6diou
bark" in which, like another .Lycidas
he perished. Was source of keen de
light to him but unfortunately the YES
sci was constructed on model whicI
{ Mr.. Williams bad taken aefancy to. blu
Of which better judges did not think 8
highly. Some English sailors WHO wen
out iu her for trial. reported /" that sh
was a ticklish boat to manage - perhaps
had she been less SO, Shelley might stl
1 have been alive. l7GE M aHI
4 MIRACLE OF HOSEsTY.-aAt party, sew
eIal contested the hopor7 Of having don
i onA