Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-01
The Iores or Anna serard.

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the love affair Of Nal jor Andre and HO-
nora SOeyd, who after wards married Me
Edgeworth; but Of Anna Seward, who
sung their misfOrtuEes, less is known.
In Mr.. AbneT's forthcoming work,
"Frisndships Of Women" we bsNe the
suhjOined glimpse:
| Anna Seward, considerably admired in
/ her own generation as a beauty aind as a
/ wrlter-though the great faultsi of her
/ judgment aud style are fast bringing
/ oblivion over her pages-wa5 q devoted
/ friend of that beautiful HOn0Ha Sneyd,
of whom Major Andre was th rejected
! lover. It was profound sympathy with
/ ooth the parties which prompted the
/ com position OF her once fsmOfls Mono
/ dy on Major Andre.n One 70 sorry to
! learn that on the marriage tof HOnora
| with Mr.. E1geworth and her removal to
/ Ireland, her friendship FOR anna, as
/ often happens in such cases died of
/ a slow consumption But, ont the other
/ side. the early affection never ceased to
/ glow. Miss Seward writes tQ|one OF her
! lady friends "YVhen my attachment to
7 Cornet V - sunk in thB snOW-drifts
/ Of his altered conduct, H9nora 5neyd,
/ educated in our family fr2tn five years
! old. was commencing woman, and only
/ eight yeers younger tbA myself, more
! lovely, more anlia6le, aore interesting
! than anything / ever %Aw in the female
/ form Death had Gprived me of my
/ beloved and only fster, who bad shared
I with me in the delightful task OF In
/ structing cur angelic pupil; and, when
/ disappointed lQfge threw all the energies
| Of my s0al inA the channel OF friendship
HonOra was Schief subject. The charms
! Of her societyswhen her advancing youth
gave equality to our connection, made
Lichtleld AZ Edenic scene to me. Ah,
how deeP& was | a fellow sufferer with
Msj. A9Sdre on her marriage! We both
lost ~ forever"
h90ney, in his fancy picture II Serena
I1egs&iEg ty candle light, accidentally
P1Sy3uced an accurate likeness Of this lost
isnd Of Miss Stewards heart. Draw
Hng bis abstract idea OF perfect l9vsliness,
the form and the face of HOU0Ta Snsyd
rose beneath his pencil" This beauteOus
resem blancs Anna hung IN her room,
and made her constant companion. 1t
contributes TO endear, as the bright real
ity endeared, in times long psst, this
pleasant mansion to my affections. Thus
are those dear lineaments ever present to
my sight, retoucbing the traits of mem
ory over which indistinctness is apt to
steal" Again she ssys, The luxury of
mournful delight with which [ continu-
ally gaze upon that form, Is one Of the
most precious comforts OF my lifeH
Years after, in giving TO lady Eleanor
Butler and Miss POIs0nby an account of
g recent journey fte hsd made, Miss
Seward writes "The stars glimmered
in the lake Of Weston, as we Travelled by
It's side; bus their light did DOT enable
me to distinguish the church, beneath
the floor of whose porch Ie~ts the mOul-
dered form Of my heart, dear Honors.
Yet OF our approach to that eOnsseTated
spot my spirit felt al the moGrnful con-
sciousness."
IL her poem on the death Of her inti-
mate friend, Andre, Miss Seward had
written:
Nor Knew bny Sern thirst tor kGilllsSs cl0O1
severe to uss tue power that Fortune gave,
Thou cOOi, determiL ed murderer Of the brave
Il is interesting 10 read ia letter
written by her long afterwards to the
ladies OF Llangglien, A few years after
peace was sigued between this country
and America, an officer introduced him
self, commissioned by Washington ~
call upon me, and TO assure me from the
General himself that 10 circumstance of
his life bad been so mortiiying as to be
eansured 10 the MonOdy on Andre as
ths pitiless author OF his ignOmiHious
fate;.that he had laboreG.tO save him; that
he requested my attention to papers on
the subject, which he had sent by this
officer TOR my perusai. On examining
them, l found they entirely acquitted
the General. They 1iiled me with con
triton for the rash injustice OF my cen
sure"
An extraordinary instance Of feminine
frieneship, Of the courage and sacrifice
the affections will prompt in woman,
was afforded in the relation OF Anna
Seward to the Countess Of AOTthesk.
The Countess sffi ,cted by q mslady
which bad bsffied the most skillfJl phy-
sicians in London, was drawn to Litcn-
field by the fame OF DR.. Darwin. She
stsid for some time at his house, and
awakened the deepest interest IN his
family and friends. Miss Seward was
especially attracted by Ter engaging
manners and disposition, as well as
by sympathy for her peril, and for
the distress of heF husband aud
children. She wss unwearied in ef-
forts to alleviate the sufieFings
and the weary hours Of the Countess,
whose fervent gratitude reacted to en-
hance to enthusiasm the interest of tbs
fair miDistrant. One dSy, DIR Darwin
suggested the possibility Of effecting Q
cure of his patient by tTansfusing iutO
her veins supply OF vital blood, freshly
taken from some healthy person. Anna,
then in the full bloom Of youth, instantly
offered her own veins. The project was
abandoned from want Of sufficiently
delicate instruments. But the Countess
was deeply affected by the generous offer
Of her friend, and repaid it with the
most atfectionRtR attachment. Shs was
restored &c health; and, on returning,
home, sent Miss Seward the gift OF set
of jewels, in token OF her love They
continued to correspond with each other
until the tragic death OF the Countess By
the accidental burning of her dress.