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POETRY.
•"—With streeteSt flowers earielet). •
From 'various &Tacos ettlPfl with tare."
For ilia CarUde lI raIJ,F9 Eipoetior
•
, • Stant;as:
Give me that leaf, by thine own liar 1
Plucked from its' native tree ;
'Twill_ teach me-in some &heel land •
Still-to remember thee.:._ •
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Aye, give .= flint fading,lenf,_ • .
Fresh frotwits - tendee'bough ; -
..trwill cheer nic when old wrinkled grief
glits , i3rntiding on my brow.
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--- its`tvithered forth shall . greet . tny eyes,
Still welemne - tu my sight;
And thoughts of thee as oft shall, rise,.
Replete with.oliastedeljght...
--Then give it i askno more: - -• • -
Ere I from thee shall - port;
let give me what wits mine before—
Give back to me my heart. • • •
Xovem Ler, 1838. •
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roc the Carlisle Hen;hl Sr. FAiresitor
Stanzas.
Originally dell:vied fpr a better jaurpos'e
''Tis well ;--I letive-witlt no regret,
• • Though friends remain MIMI' met
The heart - of love mid friendship yet;
• 'Mid bther S ' CCIICS, inay find me.
_
I fain wonld linger yet awhile
Where friend! 'voices rect. me
Anti woo affection's wideonie smile•
Where e'er ihat smile should meet me
Tut 'Fortune rears her ample • crest
• And spreads her waving pinion;
- 1 - yielirme - tolier stern I➢hliest;
Anayiel'd myself her minion.
Ambition- marks a lofty track, • •
And fancy gilds it over;
But coming years may bring and back
. A elieerleps,.friendless roser, -
...Wirtrember, 1838.
•Prom the Xezo rqrfre?l,
• Staitz'asi
ate meg v'eu if this be 'only
As a I.ightlyspOken , yord, • •
'Wherefore should this heart be lonely
'As a matt-forsaken bird ? • - •
If its meaning be not•deeper
'Than its simple sound would 'seem,
Wherefore should it haunt the sleopen,
-Like•s‘ murmur in Ids dream ? •
* Lowly was the cohl•wer4 spoken,
Witlie pule aril trembling lip,.
'When the chance of earth had br6ken
'On our early fellowship.: • •
pale the stars were bendia.
- Enable!* of thy rarer• charms,
And atheamlet ran before us
:With the moonlight 'nits arms i
',With the brilliant tear-diopitartitig
'----
Fiom thy fringiag eye-lid forth,
Like a summoned angel parting
With a weary son of earth—
inalumber I behold thee,
:Elicit as we parted, there -6 •
- I<3ut the arras that woald.enfoltt thee
CiasPthe'cold and yavant air
;`Quiet in thy`Placplf Sleeping,
1K a Arigliter clirne than ours,
Where the islaniivalm is keeping
'Watch aitcnie thy, funeral floWers;
And,the tan INiagnolialiugers r
,blear thee ,
.with its anoisl blossom, •
.I'hat the breeze, like terse!s.Own fingers,
•Scattel'irceertliyaleepitigbneetn.
_ : rare thee well !=my heart is near then,
its icive it atilt aa.fleep, " • '
. .Witile the spill ean.see,arl,lime thee,
'-- hour'of, aleep; ,
IBenr.one thy blessin; o'er me.
Antl:tikk..9otospsourgiven,
Leading opwaivl unto
I am :out of humanitei rraolt i
'illa foilikfay
Never Irar t h e sw . cet.inisio of spre
• I start at the sound of my Own. • :
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A MILY NEWSPAPER:-DEyOTE
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91d•.age-!wasindeedliono-te-d'irtninlirei4and
public homage
.paid ' it in the - Phiditia or
•Gorusia, - but it- was deemed an unwelcome
` guest at the 'convivial 'party, and only tole
,' rated•in .private; for corruption' had made
troth - and 'rebuke . synonymoas.: - Restraint
had grown: irksome, and the aged had gra
: dually withdrawn_
froni those halls,. once
the_oraeles-of-Wisdom--to to Aid,
plorethe - glory -- that - had - departed; -- As
When - the Holy 'of'Holies was!scorchect by .
' the Roman faggot, arid the blaze of Judah's
. gorgeous temples lighted. tile rapine of the
- wes tern-legfp nary,- a -voice -was --heard-fro ni,-;
the precinct:
,"Let us 'go hence!" so, here;
too, was a - desertion that foreboded ill.-,7
Th ere,,, : are,- perhaps,' few - who' know - hrivv - to --
grew old well, to maintainAminripaired' the'
blameless • dignity, which
.*as a 'Andy
among u the ancients: - Pew know how- to
blend the experience of years with the bland
teaching:which!delightsw_hile it-instructs, ;
-_........ . . . ; . instead of repelling attention and - regard: 7 -
Did we ahj,de by the Vaunted precedents'. Severity. and giddiness unctamine - th - e - stane-'
1
of Antiquity, did we admire institutions tity of old age—and its imprudence,. while
as we cherish the classic lore 'of its poets it robs youth of the respect, which . it Will
-and-scholars;-w. ere-we :gn idea-4)y,-; her-teaoh--•.1
1-0-11-6-ddritriet-tll---vnift,take's-aw-ay-tlic=sal
ings a its .politi c al creeds, Africa. had been 1 utary-iscipline of vikuons' restraint. I
said-they had retired.. . A sense of delicacy:
spared the horrors of - the' slave-trade,-aud
had. dictated this Movement', and instead of
America had
. one atonement less -. to mike
-to injured.harrianity .--- • •... :'• s-, the sage anddisciple, the-frivolous sciotist,
- - ,:p or _ her r 42* . sinfaiims ,„,,_„H_,.- . o . r-tho-y-oting,sopirist r -therd-aspirect-to!-dis-2,
•• , • - ''.! - • . . _ .
.But the jubilee. of restoration is -approach-- ,
ing, and when the word shalt conic, ." Le, - 4 9 .4 • tenon.
lien v iMinerva Nemesis, Apollo,-and the
e, had reigned. triumphantly, there Ve-
jmy people go,". there will be fiend aMoses -
nos, Eris,' Mercury, the . _rates, sgrd Nye
to direct the ExOtlus of tlid,4lUrkbrowesl ea
teiian,:were courted with as cordial honors. I
ptiv.esi and national policy, instructed from '-'
" ;Instead of disiertations on the law - s,_.Orpss-.I
the page of history and revelation, may find
Sag - 6e froin the Sublitha, Homer, the old•I
it prudent to acquiesce. The spirit
.of en- '
with - theftevelry rif<Jlrefeeraon - - I
, quiry - nbroad is not the
. leaSt Walls—ran gaugirry'cif - T:
sal,. to which liberal quotations •firom.Splien-
emmicipation,,..and-the Aligh - generosity 'of .
don geve a.cnibidzest; instead:M.oe pure
'the Smith forbids the 'thought: that when -:
strains of :patriptie fervor,-were - heard. the
that •appeat shall come,- it wilt be in vain.
licentious gong, the -hardy boast,. which 1 Were slavery under an 'us- .
Would • have.stramedt very :Aja:s. - ---- I
:titahle;lligre !Were Specious reason's for its •
st
e such a. eorrinumion _Pausanias lyil - s
existence in ancient thirds, whieh
.pitilisibi- -- : - --;`l' -d -
- i t hastening, and as he passed along the si,: --- ,
lily_ cats never obtain in advocaeN•Taf modern
leaf-:streets,- the--last--Words' of- his - :sister
the spoil of vi
Slavery. :The captive was 'then a- part of .-
came like a reproach, and, he Surrendered victory, purchased purchased by blood, or .
then', himself to hat thoughtful mood, Which- is
decimated- froin Subjugated -provinces;
often the imnen - of good in the prodigal,. and
'the Serf of feudalism'or the subject of N;tiS-- -.
guardian of tempted iiniocence.-±He
sal, Reparliznientos Which Spain establish- I the
t •
ed as u boldpioneer to a more fearful o i_th i enght, and' at the verithresliDld - lie pa - rts• -
p-
How often has the word M monition,
; pression. Such is the consistency of-rnao; I e `" •
the' serious prompting : of memory, forestall--
while with one hand he signs the charter I
ed,prefligacy!,,liow often has even the jest„
of-his own 'rights; he affixes with theother',
when its attendant circumstances and asso
'•the-seal of despotism to those of ids fellow•
are gone, recurred like a warning
The Helotsid,,Sparta occupied, a station in, ' Liatittit§
as {r) -lure us "front the peril of our.purpose.—
termetliateiMiNveen slaves. and citizens,
the d.eep pathos
:, of a Mother's , persuasion,
they wer6. prisoners of war taken at the as,
-- 'r - thef &Add. not WM usover when Present ;
•sault, of lielos, a Laeonian town., Although I
the7 ,- 1 her admonitions so often slighted, her tears
"statehey wer, - ; •the • property - oflndividtint%
6c/torten disregarded, - pnrebiffice, have stirr
itterved -tti - ' itself the right of menu='
mining or deposing of them.. Not "only -ed • w " l ." us'
and wrun g :eve " from the bar ':
clihood-of our 'nature the reluctant resolve
were they, but their posterity were doomed ..
to be worthy of that love, whose calm so- -
: to perpetual Slavery. Their gar b was fixed
'enmity breaks in_upon us'like a vision -of Fiy law, and only when freed were. they al
awe, and we start as if we heard' die.tones
lowed to chang,e it. - Farming the lands of
of.the•sleeper; Pansaniasliarrseen his fa
the state, they furnished the city with pre- !
. .ther.lirne to the . grave, and there . be had
visions. conducted the mechanical employ
l obedience and amendment. - He
meats-of-those-days; ent s-o 1--titose-days i -an (1 7 i t i-war i --se rril-at—P- 1
the' side of the Hoplitcs and iii the galleys.
If any distingoished. himself liy -a That of
-hardy bravery, the gift of freedom, with the
fright or suffrage, Was-his reward, and A
` deed - it - was -- an -- honor -- but-few- received - . - --
flier'. turbUlence was -perhaps a cense
aitiettee of -the barbarity and contumely with '
which they were treated, for many of them
were murdered' without cense, and cons , .
:pellet] to ,drink to intoxication, that the
youth of Sparta might be deterred-from a
_similar transg - ressitin, • -- - ,
rs • . 1
nest go to the I.:6Slie_ , tdmiglit,,rantan . 1
iaS:?" 'said Circe to hevbrother, as' lie rose
from the, repastl.of_ theievening, -and -then!
without waiting for ail! answer, she play- '
Tully--whispered him, AT-wollltl-I-luid--the
ting of Gyges to listenunseen to the wis-
dons of Lacedminon." - • • ' •
~.i
"Thou-art better equipped with - the at, !
die of Cytherea, sister, and: if report be
- trne—liut more of that elSewhere--7yet if
thou hest an errand for the favored, right
'gladly will I be..thy Mercury."' • , .
- A deep blush-suffused the cheek of the
Spartan - maiden, yet - quickly recovering, .
she ansivered, ". Go,! we t Can spare .thee
.rikht_well, for-the aged Alemene-is a-better- .
-companion-that=-theffhaughty T Ephor - . ) " -- "0:i 7
-a handsome, Archon," -continued :the - bro. •
tlmer, smiling at the'tebuke with that reck.!!
less
_glee, whieh --- the - emifidenee - irtnis sis; ---
fers - s affectionfiiiiiiiiiiiiip - i red ; anti yet he
ventured allance'towerds:her as lie•left the
apartment, as if he- thonght she inig,htmis--
construe 'the motive. She read-sits mean- I
Mg, and passing him, .bid' him tarry a
,me- I
- ment,• while she hastened to- the wardrobe-I
to procure his Mantle. : "With. it or upon i
it,"
.-she Said .jestingly, lor,'ltlie• youth- of
Sparta were- sornotimes, borne- home from
Fthe banqueting hall by their' HeloiS. -
The -state 'had' departed , finin the.sitrinpli
tity:of her ancient customs;-and inxury had
driven frugality from:the 'phones .Of the. ;
Wealthy aristocracyand nrho . .spetit:-theit• I
time in. dancing, feasting, ;hunting, or at-
Lesche, though there vas still im.appear='. l
Mice of : Moderation and ecortility. 'kept up in'''
-.- Pansanias . iiliderStooff the- ily . allusion,
..
anti reiterating her words, lid - bestowed a
Warm .salute upon-the-lips of the - lilitliiiiA7
.nlaiden : and Strode._away. The tesehe . .of
Sparta
. rony birve furnished 'the' hint to the
fashionable
.conversation - and !Wistrit Parties
•of ont:day; and the rieb, and itrible - ; oi0J1 , ••..
pa - not any' note to he instrueteil •. - 5 ..,
-
.Iyltor.: - cotripitnion'Aiii7 - ::.' 7 ' l
_-. ii ,
. out inere 7 ,
degeneracy Of -!••„! -.:!, - „,. : Pinilire, for the
upon tan F .. r a ' s •'"'Cl'iOrrititi•eirlia - dly,
..
.. .. proverbial.inedestyof th h •
n - , e yout El
, ..1 4 4 needtemon. -. No more . ' • • ' •
"Thp yettag:ksep;ollOnce while the Ohl, men'tpeice,
. .
A_PI:bowi"S":001' fitting i,i.e • i , y'lleant,: ..
Hovered ttOlykidorn that doth wait, on tame." • '
'" '
%VA IA IP4 C AlLi
Prom the ifilleeebarre Farmer. -
TIDE PAUSAMAS 01/{
EPI-1011 Or' §PAUTA.
IVY J. K. SItWERS .
—thirHozn---Priend-have-nr
Your next step may be fatal
man--away, away
llEni —l've heard thee darkly speak elan *ei , ent:
• Which happened hereabouts _by_ this same
towel.
thy hand ?
•
Mitorit.—Not with my hand, but heart-- -
711. a zeirmimiiic ' nndwitlideew.
Oh, she was changed.
by"the siCknesSme her soul—her mind •
I-Tad'Wan4red from its dwelling.
My-dream was past, it had no farther, change.
Ela
Bvitorr.'
had broken the vow, and . now for the first
time did the pr9mise come back like a me
mory menacing his peace. There was re
joicing. within; he recognized the
fidangh—he heard. the ..poet'_.s. weaknes,s
made a spell of. strength, and for once he
turned away. - .How weak is Pride ! and
yet„how strong to bind us - vlteti we waver.
lle fe:irectto'ineet,the featly glee of 'Circe,
whose sportive words had Made so deepan
:impression. "With it or upon it," he repea- .
r ted slowly, as he dwelt upon every ".So sai44.lle Laconian to 'Wet patriot son
' —for glory - then was purchased .cheaply
with . life, aye; even with that of the only '.7"T - ... .
. •
He —leaned` against
WhOse marble columns, massy and cum - -
j broils, exhibited the unadorned attempts of
incipient architecture. lii bold relief were
represented thnturliult of the camp, and the
ogres tie I.l4kTs, of the Helots... His.,ltrow
-101,0-ot 010Ot suggested a ready 'denounc
h nicht o - (the . stirring scene. His eye glanc
ed-from the lofty brow of Agamemnon to'
the , cloud eompellineJosie ' in ctiuncil
with
. the
_peern of .Heaven:- There was a
briglitglare.from .interior,of—the-hitil'
_ .
.... -- --!enhave..livcil to see ihinitirtrrgues - well
_ .
- nrg --- ,116t gave the features of: grouped war- to hear . the daughter of a'. Prentrinniee
riors-aiviiir,..of life,,While - the varying - light Conn - set:thus. wisely..." - Pausatiias .. .was .a.
that played on them, often wrought a change bashed, and before .he replied, the shadow
which- to ightbe-d eemed sudden-exiimationL .ofthe-patriarchintsseilio,mae,_
Immediately' before him was 'that beautiful .Circe?...-By teus,J, Might deem ... him the
seenc; so like the jephthatragedy of the , shade of 'the Ithacan, or "the laiv-giVer of
Bible,. where: Agamemnon is - about sacrV Sparta; but fcir theliindling of eyes that-age- 1
ficing his daughter to:Diana at Anlici.
.- hatileft undimmed,"', "t knoW not, though
Parting 'from the last. embrace, the de- rnethinkS I 'have seen-him . oft,".sakl . Cite; voted Iphigenia.`stecut with clasped hands', gliting . after the. , receding pasSengeri'and
and, instinctively . advancing, Pausanias wa'A then . turningswiftly- she repeated the words
:
in . their. Very presence, and so complete im=` come. away!".',."But
was. dip (illusion; that he bent • eagerly for- [have proinisedl"..„"Thou - .hastl" ..."So,
: ward, as if to ,catch the titusic..Ofthat.voice leinnlY.' - '."At our father's .'grave?"." No
whose, silt Cr., tones of tilial.pathes, -- searce answer calne to - that, enquiry but, yielding
-moved a musele• upon the hatiglity,reler. to the iiiipulse-of his - SiSter's l eft,:
Suddenly it -step startled - him,' ana'his sister lie • walked' ortli, subdued and •utlresisting,,
glided - into his arms, ..- Yet - se SpellAloutici 011ie '- knew ' too% well what :passed' in his
was he, that he Clasped het a moment, mid'. inind,..to'-ask';to - ..Shlire his '''hielitigs'; - The
as the tears burst without.control from his plo(len..rirei.isilie,. the penec,,pe raphi . sten i ,
eyes, :he exclaimedi' " NO 1... by the' waves the,,abstraction,..ait the compresseo'l4 ) ,•-b q . I
ill 51Y , X.:060 SliAlt.'not diel",; !4 - llen as silk tped the' varying,.tiottiens.of hiq 'or• es tc.
denly recollecting himself, he laughed, wihi.-- nm,l',-'silently-'," . ,'S'llentlY entered '''..eir - mlinsiony ! : - -''
lY!its he' encountered:the ?Wondering„:„crazz ;
..of elite. ',- --• '--- - '...' -, '•'• ' , . • -
-. :.Thre'wing hin'. / ..nit.ott " a
noneli ; . be re
". Ar- .. , ' , signed himself ' te i i•Osibricii and so absorlied
•. thou. the .itispireA , - i.. - i i. tI ;- • : 1 ,, : ...'-, • . that. • . lie,-'• '• .no n it ,- .60 t, ( ,' - ‘ •. en ,
thou? or .....a. wol,:en a charm around 1 her Whom..he cidled Mother. .."Son,"„.said
'has' - '11,1.- . . , - . -- -r , - . ' °. e p .tis.,..?yo• ~was: h e; recognized,. ,
~ ,
; thee; to - 1. • • '.' • •--..-. - -.- I, ' ' ''' , --'" ' --' - --- d - . takingll•
- . ~-wor. nu miscnief. with thy senseet I:Monroe, haynacing..ar)
. I . is Mind,
.v - If ani 'Caqs•idri . I wilt return 'ill "W ild !lilt' Nits-Mies rethreetr,thes•.early
. WI
caniplimen,t l , and yet
_I Mayhold that life as • every night 'front th.d.Lesche,:te ghttlileu the,
ti gift . fromithee,' ';‘"Then would I, never ,:hailsOf - :liis ',Mice - F.(os . ; . for, - circe -- is - n - 'Sad'
belieVe thee, thou Might speak the truth, I girl,. 0 , (1.-111oili,h' ako ,ikoafs":a 'smile. Wien
.thr the Trojno. , in abject . : was tinheeded."- , -. I volt go; she.. weeps • when y,iiii . tarry, so
"As 4. am ever, by thy Prond heart,'PeuS 7 ; long.": Circe burst. 4.9 tic
.room, as. the
nines I but ' come 'away, 'it , Tend genius „last .Uterds'•:yere sp4i . e,iifind.,Witl)nat. wait- .
virAtelles.o'eritlice, Or then had"st not tarried i tug to infterpret, the luridness, tltat,beamed
without the hall 0 . the Lesche; hililay
.4.11 ippon' her, she -'exclaiiii&i. -- eit..;•erly, - ",'rho
POLITICS, LITERATURE, - THE. ARTS AND
TO, N
T U.E S lOUP erFTEITXO Jor
.0.,V JIM E R 0, , L838.
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ollo;=; - Our - •sirtHiath-. - - , taltl-us7often r there- ged4;tranger,eomeshaste.„w,will,plaee,a
was' aTime when Wisdom - counselled there - bright lamp at the Janice,- and- stindWith:-
•---when the black broth aventround." . out to scrutinize him." z* All-three 'were at
"Circe," said'
.the brother, temptingly, the, scot proposed when, the old man.pass- •
and delaying her,—!'Art not these orgies ed. . An enquiring glance fell bpon . .the
inviting? hark! dost here the Archon utter lamp, and for a moment there was` a mani
the - drivellings of the bachanal? .let us enter fest indiciiion in his manner : that escaped
and chide him. Eveirnow his-Jove to thee none of the trio; and heaiings deep:sigh, lie
is_made_the_derision'_of..the_av_holeSy_tripos.; passed on.
~...,."?Tis • the Helot, Paiisaniaal
- iumlhark 'to your name!" - A - burst of - dosithou: not know the ol&slave ofitliy_fa- ..
merriment followed, and the Srehon' a ther, that purchased his freedom by his-da
laugh-died away at last. - "By, the bowl of ring prowess at Missini, at'the price of his
slicide#," said' a-. voice in, answer, "he three. sons, Many . years since." "How ?
Would. beguile_us_of-the__evidenee of eyes what has beautiful, Hermione,. who. knelt
and ears. Art not thou as drunk of love with him at - thesteiriple of Nemesis, when
as of wine; Lysander?' Why bandy wards the. state bestoived upon him the gift of li
la-awake --mistrust.---Could-the--keeper-of •-berty---and-•-citizenship?---His-altered . garb_ .
Hades. resist the spell of. Circe, -with his deceived me. • 0; 1 mind me . of that affect
hundred heads; and . Lysander, with but ing scene, and the glance with Which the
one, hope to escape the witching charms fair Helot 'received the boon from my_fa-
of her Spartmicalls her fairest? And - yetthe ther, and the myrtle garland froni- these
•effece r. on ye, ; .both has been ..different,..for hands... That simple act levelled the' prond
while one-has been lulled to Sleep - , theather est •of Sparta with the franchised slave.. - --
I has Wolightsleepleasfiess—while it stayed
_Yes, It ememberit ell-1 verilY believe the
bath mouth and foot of the one, 'it has husk city could clairla none mare' lovely." '
ellboth in the .other ;"--- - and the speaker • .You''r are as.' disdainful as romantic,
1 -laughed-at-his , --osim-enneeit i .:in -Which-heL-Pausanias!---There-was-a-time-when-you - --
Iwas joined bp, the rest. Few, if any, in i .. ilionlit otherwise; say, was there not, tri
t derstood the, real meaning Ly-. fleftf and she crimsoned, for she was - eon:
jsander; however, was not so far gone as.tmt. scions of her own unrivalled - therms.: - .The
to-understand theinsinuation; but in a tone' memory of other days .came over. him,. and
-of--careless-gaietylie-. - Snewered—"--11y-the-lia-gaity-answeredi-7- - ' . • ____,_
thyrstis..pf Dionys,.thou:art the dupe.of thy
~" Yon yriay, Ihe_jnistaken,,Ciree.; _l.may
'own 'shallow sagacityl Thirsic Of Sparta! be, but report spoke of one not unlovely; as
but if thou woulilst kneel at that ahrine,— the loved of thy- brother. : You jest,sister,
by: Zeus! - thou art. more welcome. than 'to and yet,• with all your curiosity, yott
never
(this-goblet of Samian! I ,have set the . toil fathomed one secret----but I - must. follow
!and taken a noble' prey—but the game is liim---goed night;". and he was lost in•ltlie
..-- .'. .. .
I not my_ coveting.":' "N_O,rlJysanifer, thou darkness.
. •
I haSt.escheived hooting, lately,.and - art be;. • It-Aps•not long-before he jellied the -He
! eome,:aftiagnanimaus fowler-,-tlion.w.otildSt _tat, and sainting, him hindly_ r _lie lingered at
entanglkthe mountain bird of ,Tbormoii,• hip side in .silence, waiting . an - opportunity
and rob, the eyrie .of the parent bird; but of add ressing, him. Once only, did the aged
. .
,bs.plumes
. are
_ruffled,' its - Piiiiriiii, (troop - freediiiatt turn , to gaze-upon. his fellow-tra--
; f will he an easy capture." ~ tiM, 'Z'Zi us ty. Yeller,it was
.too dark to. distiugiliali fee
shouted, the Archon, dashing the goblet from tures, and he went on 'in - eilence. -,Pausan
him, . " what -dost-thou mean?":. " 'Phis,
' - -..cither,lealmly, islialting. , an ' 11
1 hour - •glass-befere hini, whose sands-liad.ab. ins 'Was weary, but-the old Titan seemed to
this!" Said_ the
eSsess the vigor of - manhood. He , never
Paused, nor did lie slaClZeti his . pace; till he
I
Imost run. mit-!!Another croak, and stood, before a . hamlet at the borders' of the'
thou shalt hoot amid - the blackness' of Tar- city, for
_Sparta was net yet •surrounded by
tame' A wilder scream - _would ririgiri: thy
_walls. The youth' stepped,, and, his corn;
ears than the onientif the tesche—e deeper Peniou. said -- . , , ,
• • . .
- - '
wail. answer,than an echo. from the moan- "Perhaps,. young man; thou hast•mista
tainL I have warned thee of' the truth."---
ken Inc."
'At once • the •,. passicnis of Lv s sandes. were "If. may•..be;"_returned thel3plior, "but
quelled, and, spite of his 'bewildered state, your name may undeceive me.". •
he read.the hidden meaning. , "I ain'Gobrias,lthe franchised of Sparta.
Pausaniaa's indignation yielded to sus- None can need me at this hour but one, and
Picion_and - stirmise, and as the tears of Circe she_may . notlong !"._,..,- .____.1.„.... .... _ _..:._ ..
Ifelltipon.his hand, lie, chisped her silently-- "and Who is she, venerable man?" .
Ito his bosom, and. then - descended the por- There was a patiaO. .
I tico. The jeer of theArchon again revived" Were I any other, and - .elsewhere than
—and his . hand was upon the, dagger hilt. .
in 'Sparta,' should qpery- much, .in this
• "My brother, be -.- enlm,J.cliarge,...you;"--. darkness, whether I Ought to answer that
for Pausanias. trembled with passion; and question, but
_it can concern none, and-it
she threw, her. arms around him to 'detain may hinder delay. My.. daughter is dying:
lany ; , , for she knew the temper that was 'I have - been in the - city; to purchase some'
'stirred, and the 'violence -of his feelings drugs, and,offer an humble gift at the shrine
riiight demand a retribution that might make of Eseulapius—good night." • The qld
both unhappy. "'The trtachery of th i man turned rapidly away, before Pausanius'
7 -- eauld — i - n - ake - 11 - iinselrithaVli, and-disap
pointed, he returned home.
• " How. now, Circe ? you vigil like a sen,
tinel. I have heard it.said that the Lace
dtrnion hulks . are as implisitive as fair, but
till now have I doubted."-
." What said they wile teseliet" archly
replied the laughing girl?' for shemore than
half deemed his departure a stroke_of poli
cy to return to the symposium. • '' -
' • '‘"Circe, do you doubt me; dolyonlovemer,.
-" Can 'I help either?" . .
• " Could you saeriOde a.little" .vanity. for
wie P . •-- , -
. , . . ..
"Yes, and all else.'' s -
. .'
:---"-All - else ; maiden ?-,reeollect that were'
alseve-re_monopoly-t" ' ----. . -- - --- ---
--" I have spoken." - - , - .
',"Then ,hear me—can I - trust thee im
plicitly ?". •. , .
_".As thy own soul," . • •
• •
"Then, listen; Years mast be forgotten.
Sparta was a pageant: There:Was-a-pro
ceiSiOnl. saW . ..but one—the daughter of
aobrla! I lore() her, hut the .pride•ot a
fattier, and the :high - genie of Pansanias
were barriers ; I dared then not pass. Soon
after,:, they :left the-city,.and -I- heard,- :the
- country. -- 7So-thia - Arelmn Old- ine -- With - liii
own lips. - -Report said 'they wore bound
for gialehia.,...The were poor•-;.-I made
theni_ yealthy4A bade ;them farewell at
This . very --- p - ortal - .7, -- Let'this - be.a-Secret—
Alamene -must 'not - 'know - it now.' - .Even
thy_ love most Mir to, reveal:it-4m is , tlY,'
big; and wants immediate aitl!
~':,:,•'.'
, , •
There Was.a struggle in -- •that virtuous
bosaiialoy're,• ancestral Pride;*il;•. 'fiiiter
nal-- alleCtio ' T.h.i'_e: viA . P‘_a'`iiliKifffeted,
Silently,' firmly.%"-Theat srnitatiO, :to :the
Archon' a stranger!;;, HO has': bßivieil'. My '
loonntlence 'and' thy Joie; 'and' if -we meet
'he 81 10 1- py,its . rio," ..In -the `wildness
or, the 00mm she auswered *hither teirs,
as She - , elniig for 'lttiinriart:.tiiian :the 'OM of
- her brother. ~' -,
.. Y9P ''.,eeni . ',',Tp.hp z irt of..woiriau,„tre4Ulier . ;• - '
0 ik72.7 O. Y.oll' itipo,Optit V- r ,yOu .:that dee - M.ller .
1 mind the'cliangling,, of erniribe, the. 'captive j
4:ptiSaion,; time•frail. reeq - that" can - beat' no
lierdeli. - ' ". : .There have been theee.ivbe,have,
stterificed more than' Man ever dare f0reg0. , ... - :
than dared . 'Peril—nothte , ;;pai;zid4 j ,
. .. , -. .
'virtue,. and..coinpassfame, but to'llrivel„ - • in
Secret; blighted; and .'vet • strinTalinAafilily
againsithe feerfttlneis of the, heart's despair: - ..1
_never- liaii..- seen the- betrayer 'of .10-
,Maii's Nth prosper:'
From _that. moment
he li c as s .:StortiritoFivon,Liw .- o , i&ihthintlois.i'f
till rsll 0 ft,. ling tilted; iv reiehJed, .-:rilio 1 , 6 is
registered ferever. It -WhispOrs . in -the si•:.
1.0110. n of soliiinle, ,it speaks the'Aiirest Jots
tronbled 'dreams: ;.'eenseiencie isthe'Sceiirge .
ef`• the presents ' rtieinari:of Alio ' past •••.-and .
re ra OrS„q, 0 1. i the StitUte.: '. `....
'
Bachtmal may - yet be the faltlia an—Ar
chon, should an idle word make my bror
tiler an Assassin! obey me this once-- 7 11i I
not love thee better than all else--,-hp that
love .t. conjure thee:to-bc.collected.".: tqlnt
ter!" repeated he, gazing op her with a
fearful-expression. "fly the sacred altec
tion'of onr Mother!--:-by the name - of Pan
saniaS! glut yony . dagger in this defenceless
bosom--but spare him!hard! hold! .ravel"
and-she struggled to drag. him away. --"A
way ! -. leave..meH4iCi , er ... more shalt your
name issue in scorn from those lips."
! that motnent advancing footsteps Were
1 hoary, and Circe resumed her pleading---
"come !„.hark_honr the hushes; 'Eurotas
4 . loi•s_its-fertil i zingblessl
profane the sanctuary of Minerva. Could
that statute . speak its- indignation, how
Would it shake its spear, and pour forth the
bitter taunt at their apostacy of
Sparta? she. speak well;' - .said a•voice.a
his side, and both were silent. was
hoary man, and the placid kindness that
'Fibone frOm his open countenance, furrowed
and !weather-beaten,' robbed tbe youth of
his indigifation.nt the . interruption. .
lENCES, .2iG . l4Cirtal[YßE t Eltik*T 3 &C.
___Little:did_theintither know the priceless'
jewell he gathered to his bosoM;• littleeonld
he divine the - cause of that wild emotion.
"Prepare to follOw me, I Will-await you,
here."• They *ere soon on their way.
Punting the cabin on the outskirts-of town,
where - he • had - partediwith the 'Helot, he
- enquired of the residence of the freeman,
and after.obtairthig all the information -the
- ttag - s give him, he providEd - liiiii 2
self 'with a torch and joined Citce.' :Pro;
dente had dictated the, expediency of a
weapon, • mid -with a halberd . , at his. girdle,
he deemed himself perfectly -secure from
gny- contingence... The light betrayed_ the
paleness of Circe, and he eagerly enguited
the cause. "I will follow; lead on," said
she, and taking his arm, they quitted the
spot..
°`A
-• .
-
A weary lway befere us, and the
- dwellingof • Cohrias is awong the crags of
Mount Thortiax." Gloomily did that sum
mit eave its brow - to the titerless - sky, and'
no guiding light-shone out to beadon their
Way. ""I fear thee; - gentlest;
'orour home• are not • more yieldinglY soft
iltait_themosiies_Of-the---mountain,...2lnttfthe
deethave left little -uppit'the track; - and .the
hunters, are not over careftil in-their-'jour=
neyings; Much - I marvel= - that -- I have 'so
often struck across this . , path . , .Without
Jowirrgitupithe riteutitain;_but
pilgimage; and arocky, and I have hunted
the fierce; boar but yesterday amid these
solitudes." .Often did Pausitnias stop to
lift her from - crag to crag; and the path seem
ed purposely Aelected for diflicalty r :
over fallen trees, whose yielding mould"
formed an - .insecure stepping-_place;
.often,
leading them to the very edge Of a preci
pice,_.and theft almost= losing itself amid .
tangled underwood . and lacerating ; 'tkerns.
Nothing broke the stillness, save the foot
falls - . of_ the.adventureral-lhe_platili-Orwater
over head, and:the low 'murmur ora stream
sweeping. away among the - olives at the
bottom - . NottrAnd therri - stotie fell front
its precarious hold, and rumbled down the.
it - thin - t - din, 'Waking, seemingly,
lives in" its descent.."
" This is a noble tribute tieto.hllttrota - s!"
said,Pausania4, hording the . torch before .
hitth -whilst its . light 'glanced, over ti - Eiked .
of f alling water, issuing froth a dark ravine,,.
and was reflected from, a Tmot at their feet.
"A . Step beyond,' and life . 'would have
been Ta sorry boon," said Pausattias.—
"Stay, and I, will search the path. It can
mot stop here."
'Upon the other side of the basin the path
wound oit and upon the opposite rock, lay
the trunk of a young tree, still dripping,
'which had evidently just served as 'a eros-.
sing,,and then been drawn up to prevent
another. ---
'There may be' a narrower channel
above, and I will reconnoitre the, old.man's
eyrie,.for I caught a glinipse..of something,
a fen'. moments ago, that, lanekensa speedy
end _of our . wayfaring. Re t you upon this
bed Of -moss, and stir -as you love year
life—that-ravine -- were -- a - fiTarfil
While he yet spoke, a light flashed before
them, and the cabin of the hermit was hilt,
a stone's cast from theta. Meanwhile
Causanias had• left Circe, and she had lei
ilifeltirefleet upon the strangecliainiirtliiit
hati'broughther to‘that wild - 'retreat. • But
her - attention became, riveted :upon the old
man, between the light and the opposite
lattice!, and just enough - turned towardsjter
to betray the workings of his flute.:
" - There he stood - ! 'stricken and Solitaty,
at the bedside of his only child., Was he
thinking of .a of - javi -- or - a moment:lnt
bitter,bereavement? She heard a faint soh;
and the hoary•man knelt. MS hand- wiped
thestears froth - his - aged - Abeeks. - Oir-r - eati
agony taught his- tongue unwonted devo-
Aim or was It 6. ray of faith, vouchsafed
the' heathen in that fearful. hour, -writing
with the !leavings of despair, and shining
upon his wo, through thetnittsma Of doubt ?
Oceasionally-sheheard thernsdingofleaves
&et head, and saw .the flaring of torch-.
light upon thetrocks and tfees,.causing grim
shadows to fall around
,withevety change .
Of its motion, till slin almost-fancied them
- 2 -How_could she aid the
- dying Heriniliel. Itad • Allat tit - thes - far
to_see tier fail . ?._She thought of the Archon
---the treacherous LYstithler, and she gazed
away towards the. silent•eify. A dint light,
fell upon the spot - where she stocd',and She
shuddered with Tear, for a few paces „from
her stood a figure that seemed contempla
ting her, 'The 1010 .was' borne out Of ‘ the
sick chamber, end. the darkness:, was nitre
--
Roved. : - 'The torch of. her: brother - Was ex-.
tirct,.or,he,had „crossed 'the . glen and was .
in the AWE:of - the re - Chtse. ,Wai7.ltonV
a y shadow„ or an unreal ~iitockeryi. for. fir
can'exeite ot: Watt-it . :,what
she dreaded; Alone, at the dead-of night;
errs strange place, and upon the brew Of
„dark pte . cipice;with no proSpeet of re . irtiai,
s , -;-het.helpless•situatiop burst Upon 1ier,3011,1
all its her*, trembling rltdently:slic
grasped a
,tree, and clting-hreathlessly to it.
Again• the torch ametged.frOm *rock si
abOVe,•-,and threiti•n sickly light m:;ntontr.l
ong
the,
, s
wereinterlacedtinderg'to*thi witrst
wereemiiirtnedit'.was Outman be
fititiffflteti-
was-Irtidety4 'wh i rl
. o Zed ; by. the ,unkneWl).
114 ilit6ll.otllA•ibl:i. yout,:faithful',4san-i
der! the fuines of. .tritte
,Over;her - brow; - as he klijed . her a aid
: doubt -lily 0 , 9
y:pu Struggle, tp:threSt,me: from, yeti . ? tlareT
I not sacrificed: all for yOn4 . -fersirorn:the,
'love Of litot•SPu riled : the
thieittramPlad.upoit,!the '.lteart that was
*Yei sw,otii. No;
etiOndship - itintoOkety:Alia4M4 - I,ti:dee, - ei*
way. e.-. 10. 50:
all others ; and, win you.. Do I 'notlave
you' . madly`Away,.;haech - ftfOT' .. FT
claimed C irce, , struggling' to release herselff l / 4 :_ : „.
put he. heeded not her . efforts, recognizing
in. her. voice none . but the Chilling' . tone =of
.„
the affrighted recluse. Again he poured
.forth the treacheries of his, *MI, aad..uo.-.
masked his 'turpitude to one.wh.e.had.heard
ate. most 'solemn protestations...of .unaltero-,
tle.attachtnerft;-.The..reiterafed jthese••_yows ; .• _
unconscious- to whom - -s.poke,-. and.
fussed, as he thought,• to the' .gentle Her.:
mione, the malign. duplicity of a scherne, -
which would have made the noble recluse . •
his 'verieer,scorner.• •He had worn a mask .
so long, thathi•SVillaitiyha - d - gtowitfamiliar, -
and he had collected. every thought:of base
-started. ; the coldness of . her brow, and
relaxed limbs made him tremble for Iler
life; siuil. he Uttered a fearful shriek, as;-alfe—
thopped "senseless from his grasp. , •
- - The 'dash of advaneingl- footsteps only :
-broke .the appalling silence that..followe‘..
and Causnnia•s•' encountered thP,-staggering .
Archon: ,:Each reeogriiied
.the other by
the ..faint
lyildly did they grapple each
verge - of that frightful-chasm. The strug
gle was fierce._blit_gliort. NO. word was_
uttered', not even as they swayed',nyer the
deep descent. Circe had fallen. wit his•
the:AV6ter, spray-from above
revived -'her, •and she sprang-to - 11er
Hold.! lhei -grasping her
brotheYs form, halanced - over the abyss.
"It-Ciree; the - that glaitps
• a srespite. : Oh, - Lysander?" An exelama
tion"of bewildered surprise burst frone . the . . •
lips of the Archon', CaralYzed by the sud
den revelation, and his; - oWn conscious'
- treaeliery,ll6-relinOislfeAT - hiSTkold 7 O -- tiThis' "-
rival, and- with- it_his , chance. ; of life..
I
tnomenthe spurorottn4andsatehing at-his - • -
antagonist . as he reeled backward; he seized
the mantle-of Circe, at the very instant that
the lamp of the recluse. bufst upon them,
and dragged her with. him. • The,lilti fall .
- down - the - Seep clinging -
to a rock Midvay, while her screams' min- -
gled \Vitt\ di . v ild . . ercitn beneath,--'t Was ,
selfuttered knell.
.By• the aid of -
I •Gobrias she \vas - rescued froth a nthierable - •
fall, but not to a happy life.
. The three at at the bedside of tbedeath
stnitten. Oh! what a - contrast was there"
e boreal - T(1, - nthu rn lig, solitary, the pro di- • •
gal of Sparta,.the wild.and restless glaneeth, --
roving - vacantly from one to another, till
they-- rested where-- every -gaze was--fixed
upon tile soleann features- of -the-dead. .
• -Misery is not so tardy as' joy, it con
summates its purpcses,in a*moment, and
hailles the Apnviiie hope with sudden with
ering, quenches even the twilight ray of
despOdeneei in the • giccm of enduring
ark:less. . few --- moMents
o:raged the prospects of so maul An
hour of silence proceeded-each had a
theme' for sorrowing: reeollectioU—when
the old man addressed hiniself to
•
":I'o fills moment, I did not recogniZe
you.: I owe you much,
.. noble ...Spartan l.__
let me ask one ,more favor-thqt you will
tarry till the morning; for, if Gobrias has
- not - lost - ill penetration; -- you - : - came to aid -
we.--You were too inte.—twould -there .
were but one death to deplore.--A . fearful'
spell has bound the daughter of my ancient
master." , Causanias was silent; only once
did he raise his eyes io the listless equate=
nange of the silent-C4ree i -but- that - - - glance—;--
read the awful truth.. Betweewthe graves
_of_Ly.s.antler_ and ....llerm ion 6, . _ G obrias._ret.____.
lated his sad history. fie...had removed
(from Sparta. and " built .a cabin upon thp
l_mduotainr-at--thefoot-ofwitielrAeity-lari----- - -
I Lysander was aware of . their abode,- And ..
(often had lie 'been en inmate of their rude '
I dwelling. Of a noble.familrand of pleas-
. ing address, he had won the heart of Her.. • •
intone. By
. ehance; a hunter,' whom • the .
reader will remember as the - companion-or -
Lysander atTille.tese.lte, elifitt s - ille..dayAb-W—
-fore, !tithed for refreshmeni at the cottage,, - •
recognized the I-lelot,,nd .becn;eutrusted -<,
with the family Nanny. - Eretri . ... , him.--the _
gentle I-Timmons . learned,that.the .<4fcbon
was betrothed to__another,fniid_tlint2 4 . their----
nuptial§ were. at hand. The'' , .new,", - ovPri
,lieloyt her, and in theililipaiofAlie*o- , - -,--
ment,-shedrank the fatatilettioN:thei.- - hetri? ,
leek draught' of the -eondemfiedzofi-,:sPurti.;:,
-The immediate cause of ~lieideo4*ullokay
I revealed by the livid shadOWinge(o.Po!fher< .
corpse. ' . ' 7 ; .. .;::;;: -
.:r
At the Instal:lee of Cavegniktf+.;: , l,oo44o,:.•
returned to the .city; and .0.4*-pe v iiii#4,tle .
eniploYed AO • mitigate .. the'..o.4stheOMlC:ot...
-liis-peaceibut-hereftsed r alrgeinftir,k,Ao---
had no . tie to bind,him to, l 'ea,rtlii . ..fte.Vigil..
led - at :the-grave.-ofrhiw-departetVes44 ,, Mid „,-
there the last anguisliltear tninkledlvitliftlie . . .
damp§'of death., ' .Oiree r was, ilt . O:*l6,titu. : QC
inonemsnitti and teas - removed - i0.:4 ,- ; ; :terikVo' : , -
of Diana; where eht:offieiated:ta-prteinese, .-, ,
w.eaVing:the 'sorrows ofler..on4Ldark .spirit"-
I with this oraeje of the shrine.,
,:::-...'.‘, :?.
"That night ,was - lonetn
reenibered:iii -the
dusc;late Iszittge of, CanSiantis4.4yet-Sbe,.,the
hAfiljetEghnit)titpr t •• • • - .-•-. '- , -:. ':'nr-' ..... - ,I :-.- '•
• . -.'' "Though in her eye and fluted eheek,: : • ,-:., . , •
• . Is rend the gift she , ylll.ttif s t iettk,... :,_
,•,‘ ~.
••
its tit
tAn'ry er her tilled joys," , ' • t
, , • . -,. . I, , • ..
liVe (I , to-see:pleasure_tlyiker_only:Son%sepa
rating hiniSelf:to thebbppinets nf hiii'sitti. ,
...
i'iying_ptrietiLaiitl-the . intereats,ntl,do , eetni , . --
try; :attel Aleinene'filapt - . 44,B 7 ifere 'Waco. .
1W - .Nei - '*a'sAe Oxi • Oiple , loth :t . ipoigilie ---:
,y_OOtti_fir,.Spaio:;,:th'e Leephe - :agiiitre . int*M - 67.7 -,-- 7 --
the halt of acience.i whero, Caini,aniali moved,. -
the',ndirtired of all for his . .Virtilek - pi)d . 'hikii. . -' .
es'i'.ratiie:;_'iy hilti'm ot h 01.6 . ptiiiiketiV i titit' n'tit •
rto,:. their Sous, as . ..ivi :114 . of, theirAthititlen..: :
-,•••rand the licention lsaw , i, iihle- inittaneo ~.
6fAlfellinfiSSibility'a tlirloit or , Orpryw- , ', , -
MEE