New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-26

u il <iF<E se1fs siIsca Nathaniel Hawthorne last
Ss8 III tlse public rs an author. His new
xissSk II Y ,iek Hionos y Fields promise soon, is
cA1lSd 4 xhs Marble Fswn; d, the Romance Of
1l6HS Mid Ii IN Itaiian Inspiration. He says
oIss ii assIizl md pleasant preface, that he has
III hins6lf stcry and not pors
3rsllxrc u lz13ian manners and character. Italy,
= iii iii. III iii was seliehy valuable TO him
6InE Sas4 ii postac 81 tsir5 precinct where
III IA 81 terribly insisted upon
~ ~ u TsSe fol owing il an extract:
1sssxNB Or THE FOUNTAIN.
|sq Ne yeung s0nat narrated myth Of one Of
y ~ 1r9g6fi might have lived century ago,
q Thousand years or before the Christian epoch,
1f &Hyt hln9 MI n0natAilo knew tn The contrary
10 lid Inndt acquaintance with fair creature
@sl2nziag Nj shis ienntal hether Tom ns q
&11tCt &kS f9x 1ile md sonl were somehow inter-
4 lS1& a6t4&8hoot tie gushing water. She was q
\ fl.ii{E sunny And shadowy, full
Il; EIS<1i3< Htl1e mIaehiefe, fffnl and changeable
+ NH {he 8hjzS ok f moment but yet Us constant
~ kSr AS55yx SAxs1Sfs, which kept the same gush
&iid doE {ofex AZ while marble erumbied over and
y Ell W feaas9llo cailsd KirIs4for, according
4As 1egsnd, his face was akin 10 hers At least
Il 6e&lief kin 0x no, taeFe had been friendship and
y yl1paxRy w I'D BetNzxt an ancestor Of his, with
9yy $Efs, nnd flis long lived lady at the fountain
NH 3h0Ae ages, s1ia Mas stall ns young as
- UHy morning and d. fFoiicson1e az bird npon
Il afees g q breeze fhat makes merry with the
~ txugh Hin hcs 10 oalI her ION Her pebbiy
: 443ke CA fisy spent many happy hour
&YE z16fS ssNe claIly Id the ferYor Of the sum
oftsia " ha tut waiting for her BY
3sa she s.lsi,1S ne weald suddenly fall
4aMn Ax0a8d bin A j sh0pser of Rnny ain-drops,
M5sh fain4pN S3anSing through them, and forth
!A Rp a tSthe likeness Of beauti-
~ W ! s soa Hsse.s & a. ~
3A78, klFe nz<a6Hn HAT she wac, The hot asznos-
Bs6t15r asli copi Eand fr5granf for
ss 8 assE 5as e 6e sssg stn sa Ms BE-
s dsSs' sid ' t d sRi Iii iia ossh s wit
(. a 4 4, ssol dsFsy kiss
observed the sculptor at this |
y NSI5lN ljas fAs department of the water lady |
IND aa0sf chilling intaence id midwin- /
tsf 4! lover would ind II very literally cold
asppose, sasd Donaseslo, rashsr sulkily syou
m m4kfnS fun Of the story. But see nothing
in the thing itself noe IN what Won say
went Oh to relate that for long while the
kn16ht f0nhd infinite pleasure and comfort In the
nasl1ip af the fountain nymph. Iii Bis nierriest
3 ~ HYHr he M'Ms annoyed with earthly trouble she
H Hell NaolSt haifd upon bis broW and charmed
The net and fefef quite away.
kNk anH ding *pBe fatni noontide- the Young
opIps ssshing witls hasty and irregular steps
N nv acsasf9assd fountain. He called the nymph 4
Nt h8o&ts6 there was H0mething I'M
ss1lal aad ~ YIN tore Vie aid not appear,
Il Mi hAuls and batisod his fsvsrish brow I'LL
4ES xUo}s pure W2ker And then there was s1nnd
9s s1e q might have been womanss voice it
II asys 6ssss ey tlas sghing Of the brock over
yeat laazalla aad lei bis brow as dry and fever
1aaSssslle here came b u dead panas
& N tY did the water shrink from this lluIhanpv
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