The ladies' garland. [volume], April 08, 1826, Page 35, Image 3

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tin' fot linys excited by the yrandcur of the
•■"'•’lie. I >hll ]>rol(inu.<‘«i my walk, and insensi
Idy wandered on. The silence of niyht was
unbroken, save by an oeeasional distant sound
arising from the busiest ijuarb r of the ritv, or
I rum time to lime bv the s. my ut the niyh(inhale.
hieh reached me from the rich and beautiful
yard' ns that skirt the walls of [■ lurenee. recall
iny t i my mind tin- voice of that sweet bird, as I
!o"trd it when detained in the narrow \alh-v id'
Ihe trloomy Arco. I reineinber how its little
* >ny thrilled through the 1 mtj melaneludv t.f
d1'1 niyht. a lens the tied oil repeated note, u hieli
"id! ''nine tloafmy on the air like a liyht sleep.—
Involved in these musinys of hilled and idle
thought, 1 suddenly heheld in the distance. is,ii
my front the portals of the hi rye eddiee. forms
invested in black, heariny torches. which, east
deepened shadow jiroiiiitl, i-rmli'H il their I
daik fiyures only dimly \i-iitli*. Sliil inm-asmy
ii! nuhiln rs. as they cnirryed from tint hniidiiiy.
tiny adyanc fil it li almost i tut lit i i I >1 ■ - stops;—
;Jidil)£ aloliy with slow and oi|oal pace. lik. hr
n,„-, of another world. and lrrailiny to mind all
that ik had hoard or road of Italy . in tin- dark
■'lies "I mystery and su]>cj'^titiiiti. A' tiny
approached. low ami !rnylln*m*d tones ltd] upon
fho oar; when tin- nnntrnliil rhantiny of tin1
'or'.irool the d< aid told tin or nndanohoK and
‘.nwod < j i; i; • e. lint llanio ol tin* fnrtdios, scarce- |
H lanncd by tin* still air. ilnny a sloadv liyht on !
tin* birr U'llirli tiny burr, yleaminy with partial
y lari on the ylittel iny*ornaments, that. arrtmliny*
to tin* maniHT of this count rv. rove it'd tin* pall. :
“1 I'lnkrtl with a limy; fixed ya/t* nil the so
lemn serin*, till pasdny on in lln* distance, it
disiipjHaired, leaviny a. stream of liylil, which,
i *s| by dry'toi'm tin* darkness ot niyiit. s. **med
"! kr a t i-h •!. Tin* iniHyrs piv-eni d to tin* mind
ieoi in them a yraml atid impres ivi -iniplieity.
a mild and nn ianchnlv repose, w hit’ll as-in.dated
w 111 w ith tin* hopes of a hot ter world.'
SKI'. I l II.
1 dime In my little village. I s.it down In t!ie
fountain- uliere I 1:h. 1 -.it in childhood. Tlie wind
whistled in bleak murmurs through the prove ; ami
rnv heart was sail ! I drank of the water of its f.mi*’
tains, hut its a\t ectness hail flown—and the stealing
tear dropped from my dim cj e. I beheld a maiden
—she was level) —hut I could not hi1 glad. ‘ Where
; -aid 1; is Mary o! the dark and smiling eve ' ‘ She
who once glided throilgn these valhes 1 She was
fair. Dark was her hair as the plumage of the ra
i en's wina-, ai!tl floated on the morning- breeze, as
yon wild waving trees nod to the winds.”—<• Mare
was lair, (-aidthe maiden,) hut she sleeps hem. nth
yon s'deltt mound, where the dark gru-s waves. fen
Autumn winds have scattered the promise of fair
Spring upon her tomb. The cvpre-s shades tin
place of lu-r re-t—hut she went to the earth alone ;
no kind hand scattered flown rs upon In r low h bed.
Her lover went forth to war, and -he failed hi d.- ith.
I lis name appeared first and brightest among' the
warriors ol ins country—he toiled in the buttle front,
and was dear to his kinsmen—his name was dread
ed by his h ' s—hut she was at rest ! The clarion
of war sounded victory—he left the clamor of battle,
and came to the grove where they pledged their
v°ws. Peace and honor had gilded his banner—
hut the dreams of his early love had vanished as the
unseen wind. Soon did he sleep in the arms of
d> nth. i ne thistle nods over lea resting-place, and
his ear (.hanks not the sound of the trumpet, or the
clattering* ot the war-hoof. Peace is with his ashes
—he hath passed away, and mv soul is sad !”
[*inlturn i'rw /Yea*.
FHMAI.K IMI’.TV.
\N liy i- it that woman is nmrt* pious in her j
In huv lour mid actions than that sr\ who arm ;
liati* to themselves tin1 titli' ot Ion! and masters';* i
t *1 tin' tart that slm is so. there are ample proof-.
Ill the churches of every city, we can find the
greater proportion of the devout u m shipper- to
consist ot the lemule sex. The <mtcrpri/.e of
woman lias erected houses of devotion, ulna
the hand of man was pal-ied towards tin' deed.
Her persuasive voice, ami her interested de
nieanoiir, have prevailed upon worhliv minded
loisliands to eontriliute tln'ii- mite towards tiie
ereetion ot houses consecrated to tin- purposes
of salvation. The. truth of it is. that true rrli
v.ion consists more ot' love and affection, than of
proud demonstration orhau ditv urtemm at. Tin
constitution of the female heart is turned to
wards the "eutlesl aileeiion. and when tiie oh
,i-"et is presented to lu-r she priticipulh consults
tliat laithiu! rmmitoi to a'ood. a' neroiis and pi j
on- deeds—u ynmau'x hrntsl.
A \ IA TK At
" For my If. I can pass In the t .mh of a \
man with somewhat ot a calm indifference; h it !
when I survey the a'rave ot a lem.de. a -iah til ‘
voluntarily escapes me. With the Indv name !
I unman I associate every -yvl’t. fender and di
Irate alfeetion. I think of her as tin' vomit;
and Iis|ifu 1 \ iry.it!. with eves sparkling'. and
cheeks eritnsoned '.v illi each impassioned feel
1 na’ ot her heart' asthe kind and alleetionate
wile, ahsorhed in tin- exercise of her domestic. |
duties; as the chaste and virtuous matron, tired
with the lollies ot the world, and preparing; for
that rave into which she must so soon descend.
Oh! there is something in contemplatina: the
diameter (il a woman, that raises tin- soul tar,
tar above the vulgar level of suci<‘ty. Sin- is
formed to adorn and humanize mankind, to
- mthe Ins earns, and strew his oath with flow
''I-. Jn tin- hour of distress slftis the rock on
winch In: leans for 'import, and when fate calls
him trout existence, her tears Itedew Ins grave.
( an I look down upon her tomh then without
enioti a ’ Man has alw a\s justice done to hi'
memory--—woman nea r. The. pages of history
he open to the one , hut the meek and unohlril
site excellencies of the other sleep with her, un
nutinni in tiic <;ravr. (n her may haw1 shone
(lir genius of the j u >< • t. w it It tin1 \irtui's of 111<
saint—(lie ( : it^v of tin' man. with tin- tender
soilness ut (lie unman. She Inn may have
passed unheeded a!,.n-c the sterile pathway "I
her rxistenee, ami >• 1 i fur nlhers as l now feel
lor her." —.
W ! '. 1)1)1.1) |.(i\ ! .
( urious anccdol. ir mi a correspondent in
11 amp.-mirr:— Same 1 imtr ince :i packet
fh; t had several [»:».' s<-n;r<T-> rn heard, iruek
upon a rock. and was in - ah ;;r* at danu< r «»t
sinking, that all who \v< re on hoard «• i».]• i\or* <1
t » save llc nis* Ives in (Ik* he>| manm r they
rouhi. tiinu ;li only (.aw • who could sw im w« 11
had any Hiiincr of succeedin',!;. Anions the
passen^vt> l!n {■•* were two women of fashion.
"1“). in tln'ii* <!«• 'pair, entreated their liushund"
nut to Iravp tin in. (hie ot the ^enllemen chose
rathrn- { > die with his w ife than forsake her; th*
other un> moved with compassion lor hw chi;
4hen, ;»:n| t<'!*l hi> Wile. '* tii.it lor the <;'ood et
tln ir chddi :i. it wa> latter one ol them should
h\e tliail h'th j >e i j - h. I>\ a piece ol ^t»o*i In
tune, next to a miracle, when one oj’ our »od
men had taken what he thouj»’h« his ew rl » 'tiur
farewell ol Ins wile, in older to save hiuise]i,
and the olhoi held in his arms the woman that
wa- dearer to hum than hie. die ship was >ud
deid\ >a\ ed. Alter this occurrence, the faith
lul pair. ho were ready to have died in modi
others arms, took s;,nie trifling; disgust, cold
ness and indifference followed, and tin haw
(inrted iorcvrr. I lie other couple live to^eth*!
in uninterrupted fiienddjip and l*« licit\.
licantifrl I (inaoJif ~—()n<‘ of the pupils oj the
f< lehiateil AI »}•(• ile l luppr*. |>< . in;c asked !w a
distinguished person who \ i-il< d the deaf and
(iumh institution ;tl Paris, wliat was the mean
ii'm1' > ■ I tue w om (i rut.I;utr, muuediatelv took his
|-ui and wrote •• 77a .Vw/cm./ (ft/ir II:ur/.‘
^ »1 *1 ri I tn-.tr (no p.,1, ill!'-- malanc: ;t nfr-■ ;iI
‘! 1 '>1 iioi'.i; liii points vi-ty • u111ii•. and tin iv
bun i v Worth].- >. | r;lii compart- thon'i to no
tbintc lull two sour ap|mi■-> i-u:t-liny; In-fmo a
kilt'livn fill1—tli.'it is a constant spill ter hr In ecu
1111‘111 ; it soonis as if tiny were <11• hatina. about
soiiirtliinu,'. while all tin- noisr proio-nds I'roiii the
stitin: caiisi'—aoidilv anil brat.
I,mil Krsliinr having inttilr a most brilliant
sprrrii on somr occasion. at tin- Cnmn ami An
rhoi', was nipt, till.' Iirxl ilny bv a I. arm'd Urn
liter, who. altrr 1‘onifilinn-ritintc liim on hi> sue
cm-ss. obsiTM-il. that tliouirb ilrli^litni. i'iir:iptnr
nl. by tbr spr.rcli. i) liro lisIriiiilK to il, yet,
str.inr'1’ to sa\ . In tin- atiiblor bail not carrii-il
olf a sinyb- iib-a ; In- coiil.l not rvrii call to
mind wliat it wits about.'’ Ki'kii.r, tlirn Inc;
bints'll into an attitmlr i-xpr.-s-iv.- of admira
tion. roplii.!, Nor, to b II v n il . trulli. do 1
retain a trace oi it: t. u tin- fra. ranee ol the
rosr. lost as soon as shell."