St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-03-28

Percy and We're, to Ssckvillc and Bruce
he leaves the glory of Calais sands and
Park. III he be weak on the
score of dress and pomp; if he dotc like a
young girl on flowers or scents, on gay
,olors. on the strappings Of a horse, the
inns and outs of garden. the furniture
Of room; he neither drinks nor games.
nor runs wild and loose in love. Armed
with the most winning ways. the most
closing lip at court he hurts no husbands :
peace. he drags no woman's name int,
the mire. He seeks no victories like
those of Essex; he burns ne shame like
Raleigh into the cheek of one he loves
No Lady Rich. as in Sydney's Immortal
line. has cause
"ro blush when he is named"
When the passions fan out in most men,
poetry flowers out in him. Old When
q child, he seems to grow younger as
he grows in years. Yet with all his
wisdom he is not too wise to be dream.
or of dreams; for while busy with his
books in Paris he gives ear to ghost.
ly intimation of his fathers death. AL
his pores lie open to external nature -
Birds and flowers delight his eye; hi,
pulse beats quick At the sight of fine
horso, ship in full sail. soft sweep OF
everything holy. ianocent and
gay, acts on his spirits like wine on Il
strong mans blood. Joyous, swift to dc
good. slow to think evil, he leaves or
every one who meets him sense o
friendliness. Of peace and power. The
serenity Of his spirit keeps his intellect
bright, his affections warm; and just as
he had left the halls Of Trinity with his
mind unwarped, so he now. when duty
calls him from France. quits the gale
ries of the Louvre and St. Cloud with
his morals pure.
BAcoN's MOTHER.
Lady Ann is deep in Greek aud in
her translation Of Jcwelrs
Apology" is praised by the best critics,
aud has been printed for public use, BY
urders from the Archbishop of Canterbury;
yet the good mother is not more at
home with Plato aud Gregory than
among her herbs, her game, her stew
pans aud her watts Of ale. Nathaniel
Bacon, with hearty humor aud play
upon her name aud habits, has made a
portrait of her. dressed as a cook, and
iu litter Of dead game She
is very pious; in the words Of her son
"a saint Of God" Not quite a Puritan
herself. she feels n soft and wo,nanisll
sympathy for mcn who live the gospel
they proclaim; brings up her sons il,
charity with all Protestant creeds heas.
protection toward them, speaks the
preachers with profit; and, without any
air of patronage and Of her great kinsman,
the Lord Treasurer. the word which
spoken in season, is quick to save.
\ bright, keen, mothcrly lady; apt. as
good woman arc. to give advice. To-
her, her famous children are always two
little boys. WAC need to be corrected, phys
ieked, and fed; when they are forty years
old and filed with all knowledge of
men and books. she not nnly sends them
game from her own larIer, aud strong
beer from her own casks, having no
great faith iu other peoples work. Lu,
lectures them on what they shall cat
and drink, when they shall purge or let
blood. how far they may ride or walk.
Or drive in coach, when they may
safely eat supper, and at what hour in
he morning they shall rise from bed.
THE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD.
Lady Bacon and her sous are poor
Anthony the loving and beloved. with whom
Francis had been bred ut Catnbridgc, and
n France, has now come home. His
,ealth, bad at the best, has broken in the
south; so he lies for long time in bed
,r on couch at his brothers rooms iu
iray's Inn Square. The two yeung fcl-
ows have little money and expensive ways.
Anthony, as the elder brother, owns n
'eat at Rcdburn, in Hertfordshire, with
iew farms lying round it. Gorhambury.
90. will be his when Lady Bacon dies
But the rents fall far below his needs, not
70 speak Of the needs of his brother, who
o now prominent at court, leader in the
House Of Commons, and q candidate for
he glory of representing in parliament the
metropolitan shire Their half-broth-
n, Sir Nicholas. who inherits Redgrave
md the broad Suffolk acres left by the
Lord Keeper, man with peuurious hab-
is and swarm Of children. deems his own
line sons and three daughters burthen
'nough. without having to pinch for the
'fspring Of Lady Ann. When he mar
les a daughter they naay get an invitation
o Redgrave but hls brotherly hospitalitics
ud with the feast. Nathaniel may paint
heir portraits and present them with
,amc on canvass. but the artist can do
Iothing to fill their mouths. Edward has
lease from the crown of Twickenham
Park. delightful place on the river. of
shieh Francis makes home. Lady Aun
tarves herself at Gorhambury that she
nay send to Gray's I'm ale from her GEL
ar, pidgeons from her dovecote, fowls
rom her farm-yard; gifts which she sea-
ons with good deal Of motherly love aud
lot little Of her best motherly advice
The young men take thc love aud leave