The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-12

naDlH position IN her hedrt. lie could now place
his life and peace in her tender yet resolute keep
ing, and he could go confidently forth to wage his
battle in the world for her and happiness. There
fore her grief was a secret joy to his soul because
it was the guarantee of his dearest hopes and
thus triumphantly, in after day, in the words of
the following canzonet, he contemplated this
parting scene
"PoIo meu a~partamento
Sc arrazao" &c,
al whispered-her my last adieu,
Cold showers Of sorrow bathd her eyes,
And her poor heart was torn with signs;
Yet strange to ten-'twas then I knew
Most perfect bliss.
For love, at other times SUPPRESSED,
Was all betrayed at this
saw him weeping in her eyes,
heard him breathe amongst her signs,
And every sob which shook her breast
Thrild mine with bliss.
The sight which keen affection clears
How can it judge amiss!
To me, il picturd hope: and taught
My spirit this consoIng thought,
That loves sun, though 1t rise in tears,
THE MOTHERS APPEAL.
The poet found no doubt a comforter and at
the same time a prudent monitor in his faithful
mother. (5) He was only her only son and a
child of promise. She had striyen anxiously to
secure for him an education of a superior char
acter for a gentleman of those days. He had
been nurtured as he says in the 60 lap of science -
at Coimbra. No enlightened mother of our time
could do more for the culture and refinement of
her offspring than did this Portuguese matron
some three hundred wears ago. She belonged to
q race that was leading Europe in true progress,
when the great German stocks were solely occu-
pied with mutual butchery and priestly questions
of SUPPLIES and genufiexions. She had the Roman
spirit that counted her son in his manhood and
virtue as her true jewel. She had trained him to
be not only q gentleman, but a man of learning,
and a statesman. He was an accomplished class
ical scholar, a close student of exact science, and
a reader of wide range as bis noble epic the Lusiad
abundantly sets forth in its musical lines. There
fore, In view of all this, We must suppose that
the wise and thoughtful mother felt saddened to
behold her boy of promise, her hero, the last
representative of a noble line, driven away from
his proper field Of action, and sent home to her in
disgrace, solely on account, as she understood, of
q foolish and reckless love affair. He had offended
his King, and iown in the face of all the iniu-
ences that could help him to make a career in his
country and had done this for an impracticable
object, for o young lady whose position and cir
cumstances, and their different conditions made
it an intrusion, and an offensive impertinence on
his part to pretend to her hand. Then he was
reminded Of the honorable career of his brave
father, who had borne the flag of his country
through so many unknown seas and now should
he, the last standard bearer of the Camoens line,
that issued from the best blood of Spain, and
numbered only heroes in its files, should he bind
the grit Of his soul with q silken fllet? And should
he trample on his high training and the dignity of
his manhood, by watching around and wreaking
his hearts blood on a girl, whose friends scorned
him as an interloper?
THE SONS DEFENCE.
Though the parents voice was loud IN admoni-
ton, yet her omanly heart yearned for her son,
her brave Luis, as he told his story. He had
never been a t%rifer, as his mother and all his
associates well knew He had been a studious
boy, and had always done manful work in his
ripper days. He had delighted in the advanced
enquiries and research OF his country. He had
disciplined his soul for work, and had kept out of
the way of tenderness, He had scorned beauty
and repealed female attraction, And he was in
perfect peace, until God revealed to him, as he
felt, and in His own temple, that sweet counter
| part of his soul, which was to complete his being.
His passion was not the result Of merely idle
eyes seeking out a comedy attraction but it was
a vision which he had not sought, that revealed
to him a destiny. All his after life must be
blended With, and colored and affected by the
love that took such sudden and masterful posses
sion of him in the church of " Christ's Wounds"
This love was his inspiration to a better hone OF
life than he had ever felt before. And as she
whv gave the hope had hope in him too, and their
hearts Beat responsibility; should he set aside the
darling of his soul for some prudential calcutta
tions of existence? Should he fear contumely for
her sake? And should he shut up his heart, and
quench his sweet new hope of life, on account of
any Sights or scorns, or bitter hate, so long as
he could serve her, and he knew that his service
was accepted? No, he felt that fidelity to bis
love, was Edelity to his country, and to the honor
and courage of his race and he would devote his
life unto her, whom he felt had been given unto
him by God.
RETURN FROM R~ANIsHNEST. -
The prudence of the mother was overcome by
the sympathy OF the woman, and she sought in
every way TO bring to bear important influences
to restore her son to the capital, and to opportu-
mites for distinguishing service. Camoens evil
IDENTIFY had many friends, who interceded in his
behalf,-and after a time King John, who
was a great and generous nature, was inclined to
believe that the poet had been misrepresented; -
and as some pledges were made, though not By
CamOens, that he would not attempt auy indis-
cretions about the Palace, he was pardoned, and
permitted to return to Lisbon.
UNPRoFITABLE CANDoR.
Though Camoens was ~pardoned by his Sover-
eign, he was not by his enemies. And who were
his enemies and why should such e man have
any, They were not alone those who, for rea-
8. Faria y Sonsa Is the chief authority for the history fthe
circumstances leading 10 the Punishment Of the PoeE.
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