New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
SACHA RISSA.
TIE STORY OF An OLD-wORLD LOVE.

Countess Of sunderland; Her Family and fr Iirmry
I6I1-Ic@4. Ey Julia Car,wrnsn, 'T ny tharts
Adyl svo. PIP VIII ON r
Scribner', SONS.
I, s positivcly refreshing once In awhile 10 Ior'ah'
Tho t,wdry ncwmc,s Of modcrnity ana 10 P""E' 'n'
such n scene OF antique romano" ana slater. '"N"''
- Constitutes the action and atmosphere OF th" h'or'
admirably and sympaihctically told IN ms V"'"m''
r, yorv nam. "Sachari ssa' recalls lt'riod wh''
,orm and stress, Just lowering upon oiS hhp'anu'
,oro .hou, 10 convulse the realm when many h"hc'
,ow ombolmed in history were beginning 10 Dc
lannon's: when the cause OF III" WHIT" h'"e ""' -"
listing thc sympaihies Of some OF me loSa'S' o'' "
he kingdom: when the great glorious name 81 s'o
uey WI, beginning to l~ brn'd abr"Hu i"' wal
and FOR woe 10 most Of those who Dor" H.
Those who recall aud that perhaps not "i'h"" "''"
lie n. origin and the significance Of the love
name .achsris.a Will remember that II w'S gwen I"
Doroily sidney. later countess 81 ennh'rnh" w
certain writer II poetry whose court T"puaA" S'"'
Itch and whose name WAS Waller. This young man
belonged 10 an old Kcnlish family who's" iAmy h'"'
was froombrdgc. They had for many e'h'r''""'
done GOOD service 10 The state. 30 Tar BACK 10 NV
h,,le Of Arncourt a waller made captive Charles
t,,p NJ Orleans and held him captive II ''roo'hrde
r., .c..u,v voerS in default Of 'hc payment oi
0.,inr ransom. Since then the ancestral nan Ia"
crown Nv gradual accr"ii"n Int" s'A''N '".
,nonslon md tlerc the family held :ll'r principa'
seat Young Waller began LIS career 10y 'ih"''S
GOV with and marrying an hcrc.s destined by The
,ycrn.cn for anothcr Fate. and hence he hN' Wv
ROYAL favor for time and consequently retired To
Lrs country Estates and lived IN peace ana ooh'""'
nent "fsr from the madinc crowd.'
pu, his happiness WAS OF bri"i dnra'ioh' b"t Nv"
yeors Lad ei1p,od when his Young WIG "'"' INV
.uod. and q, tScniy four Waller was wh""''
For a tlnl"-somc two yeIrS-hc WIS ncoNHon'" "'"'
led ,lc NE Of a reclu-e ny degrees his 'h''''
III fsalfl
ne once more Joined th" world IL was ."'h .'"'
III, ,b,, be encountered the lovely Dorothy sidney
aud n once fell under her srcll. Waller ~ u P''
las long since ceased 10 bear hiSh RAM wv" y"
speak frankly there is In LIS vers" in"c" '''S'''
INT he conrcd his dear sachnrSSa IN verse nv" Wv
hcs ne has rrl'cn Is incrbcd 10 h"r. ana as r''''
raficd her nane and The fame u her beauty "'Fo''
a. o,,,,Jcs And no; few ~ Walters N"rscs l"
ch,,iseo orc ,ic trlc,t poetry. and snch poetry ~
avon lorcr. in tc,c degenerate days have lost Inc
secret 81. ,,,
rolo for example that "srng TO the Rose" (which
Mrs Adv praise, none 900 hiGliy) MS an '""'u"'""
~ grace aud hcauy 1h"r" ar" iew p"''f """.r VI
yonnrcr lima Its auhor who can sufpa'S 'ho'e nn'
Mrs. ADV ,,nks tina, "no lie Of sschaf'NFa "o"id DC
coo,n,ctc rlilou, .hrn." and may take I'ai
from her ro,c,ook ly following her example:
go, lovely RISE.
1AI her tlnt wastes her tim" and mo
That now she knows
Whcc ! ro.tfnlic Lei 10 thcc
Hoy sweet and fair she seems - Do.
Tel her t.'at's Young :,
AMI sLi.i., TO Law. her sraocs spy'd.
That had'i ,hou sprung
In deserts, where 10 nicu abide"
Thon must have urcommchu'd hi'o'
or lca.ty from the Night re'ird;
Suffer herself 10 he d'sc:icd.
AID not Inch 20 70 BE- hdmlr'N.
Than dic, ilut sln
Tho common fat. Of all ilines rare
Nav read IN thee
How small q part Of time they share
That vondrois sweet AMI fh'r>
Grho,o rorsos, says Mrs ADV recall q charm
,rg mlnatnre a, P,rehmrs where she Is painted In
n lsuc gown. wearing white ro'e In her hair. 80
she appeared In the eyes OF her lover some bright
Juno morning, when the br'clcs were d"ckcd IN
brilliant verdurc. and the nightingale sang from every
l,,rch Then the poet. stirred a. the sight q her
kvoliners pnclcd n io"obud from the garden ana
gave II 10 her with these verses. II Is pretty T.
..irk So nj Al, events: but tho truth Is ri bless I
sediment aud alas there is no ground ior b"I"v-
ing that the beautiful Dorothy rally returned the
arrciipn Of heT pact lover. lie sang md 'niln1ei
to sing Tu she Iemiincd, 5" Tor Is can l.. kr 'Sh.
fancy free We 10 not even know the exact peri
81 tho ;acharissa porrns IL j. cpnjcc ture 20 have
rcci b.twcrn 1894 and I6.I, that Is to say. from
a,nn, p,-1,hyc seventeenth yer nntii shortly be
i,rs her marriage with tnc Earl 81 sunderland.
whch NATURALLY put an end TO Tie ILLUSIONS OF the
poo poet.
IL did not b'enk III. heart over The d'sappo'nt-
| meat. Few levers even though They are poets.
DO TO- I,rr II dertencd hs Ne Tor s-mc years. and
donLiicns made hi'n all the eager - seeh In the
polica excitement o. ho-e stormy Hays the forget
fnlnrs moi The peace OF mind. he had lost th' nigh
sachrrissn As tn her, the chronicle Years her far
a~ay irc con:i.ne and vers" making n few years.
She OF sirsarls beautiful and agreeable
.aararer. yan charmed all with VII she was
| broari. n contact and si.r made sunderland
l0yal ara devoted vie. Eni di1a.tcrs tmcksncd
around her family nnc In .h- coming dnys she was
destined e. ioar fist and hen another 81 her
r"iriiycs and fhcHds They fell az The sclfDld
and ppon NE field ~ hattie. Their no longer
any certainty about NE ~ fortune. TIE beautiful
Countess ch her Lest {, follow he. or1 H. his prrs
Int fate took him AID sne was L'f.
sachsrissa was In her later year a name no longer
applicable {, her. she had become woman Of many
sorrows. ana acquainted with grief and she went
slowly down To her grave. holding ont brnve!y ~ the
last stdney's sister through everything and "a meet
spouse for her honorable sort. rhps, ytn-s
full Of ssdpcas In many. my. In almost all ways bat
they were noby borne and the present chronicle has
M with sufficient discretion