The ladies' garland. [volume], December 16, 1826, Page 180, Image 4

About The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828

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\ Mir "11*i.»*•.i11 in (lie v.oi j<J. than \ > ir until
liil di-p >Mh*>n<
•• ll \»u won! I In* truly '■*! rahle, esteem not
youi'« |\ «• s <• 111• 11 v :utonline to \ our mon\ ami
lands, liut mi ll»** nrace « I \mn prr-on ami ■
inmds ; n nl a 1111!*• iiimiv; ir.ol i!i\inii\. mo |
r ilily • history. innoee;,t p >• ; i v, ami tin iivi■*» * I’
{p*m nui" !o vr i ".
“ \ -ill dp "s \\. 11 ami 11.i\ r flu hi II. air :;ml
mind. In* as politen. vmn 1 11. j : u • * asm your
ill i ss, au«| Irani to u rit»* a mat *-?y I• *. I mean s,i
to In* ahli* to write on ad or, .e-ions. not ;r>
sell * 1.*i's hot as ^'iilli'Uiiiiirii. A- \ oil a!»•
nioiis. a little application bo ms \ mi ynnil hon ■
wires. !>111 to iinpiov tin* beauties oi tin* mim!
ami carn;i;i \m!1 cost no mop* III* mi }•• ih
accompli'linn r t- to^rl lm. am! do not. as s<>me,
be mules ami statues, m . nr as other-,
perpetual drum" No lm.<p r he \\*«n b\ t iers
with brainless innl> to tin in, or -ilk stockings
with Pin i\v.i\ spiiwilr j, beneath them ; .m i
tiler liir-take a low how tor pup* p.ml liillliiiM's,
nor a powdered In id I•»r enable. nor a laced
coat toi an estate : si r\ d»* t i I'.i^tn^ lor trim love,
nor a smooth tonin'' 1 <»r sense. Above all, do
uot mistake v. it tor wisdom, and ra-t a tender
rye on him who has steady manly \iitm\ and
prudence m hm eon duct. and ^ri\ es Ian hopes ol
his mending at Ik.uI - tin* mam chance. ’
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The food wife »s none ot \our «!;tmlv ilaiiir.',
who love to appear m a um< {\ of suits even
• lay new ; as il a food fown, hke a stratagem
.[l war, were to he U'«d hut onee Ihit our
food wile **ets up a -ail areurdmf t*» the k« * 1 of
her html ami's r-!af< , ami, if of hi fit pan utajrr,
she dnc^ lint -a roimunh*t what she was hv
hirtli, tlial sin foiyo t- what si ie \ •» hy match.
F ii>!r /> ' \ lady of genius will five a a
feel a;: to her whole chess h\ a we !i timca I suit ( r
is" >♦,«, as a judicious writer fives a spisil to the !
!m :•* sentence by a sin;;le expression. As words
r\uw cal, and new oik ^ enrich the lantp lap*, so
■la m is a constant sure, s-ann of clies^, the fringe i
'Ko.ihI- tile lace, the s!a\s shorten or extern! the
•va: *, i ,'obt n undergoes divers variations, and the ;
nc.isl-oress l ect‘w es t ises and tails even year: and, 1
!i she:"', tin* whole woman throughout, as curious
i.Sserw is have remarked, .s changed tiorn top to i
toe, in the ;n.;md < * fixe \cnr-.
1 __ !
A coffer wi’hout a lock, shows that it contains no
treasure ; as a mouth always open, denotes an emp* |
?\ brain.
At tlu- late marriage of Mss*; Ihnhschil.l, in l.ng
lantl, 1110 compans hresklustid at two in the after
noon, dint'd at eight in the evening— and probably
tupped, at a suspension of the ball, about two in
• ic morning.
Mow seldom is generosity perfect and pure \
Floit often do men give, because it throws a
certain inferiority on those who receive, and a
*np. riority oti themselves. j
Better to he moved by false glorv, than not !
sieved at a!)
?0 ETaY,
111.I IM \ I'D \i uiv
\\C 11.4\ -• Jw,« \ <:.t iliu! there was a (!• fi
r e n < ■ \ in this (j. | .rg |i is n »vv putdish- d
Vv ’’Ii an lilt : \ i. ■ .. ;.| nil :«t !<! it :< •!*.»! stae/ t I ...
Il l • S.t\ l!ll\ 111 ! j • • \I It. lilt • "i g.llt lit slf* llld !
be I iW 111 Hint tils .} lli.s kind, < “*. j • i i:. 1 i \ u ! rii |
tlit-\ play ami v nr n-i!, and li.«>e lu arts (as .il! j
should have*) to a, .j • < • 111- Hie led.eg? ui cavil ‘
otlu r —' .M vy-} ork jl.-rr ./.
“ ( ome ti II ii.i . 'dij(• -( \ oii stmt v -r,
Alt ! w!iithri < 11 >**t 111on roam
(>Yr this u wit* u '.rid a rang* r 1
1 last tli .ti no }■ .ends, no iionic *”
I In \ rallt i! it t-hlur i \ : d Man-,
iifii frit nils and foitune smiled
lint all ! how t .turns van—
1 now am sim i jw’s child.
“ Young \\ illiam was rnv lover,
I thought our lit-ai ts w ere joined,
Util ait 1 In. ’s proved a rover,
Am! Mai \ It f« !h Imul.
\\ it 11 tlu se hempieta (;i posies
1 low pen-iv. 1\ I slrav,
And riy, ‘ \\ l»o il ht,\ mv roses ’
Xml cheer im weary
4‘ ( ome here— Til buy thy flowers—
To ease thv hapf ss lot —
All wet with morning showers-—
I’ll !>u\—forget me noi.”
“ kind sir, then take these roses
rhey’re fading like mv vnutli—
Hut never, like tin se posit s,
shall w tther Man *•> ti mh.”
Then ga/ed at her the stranger,
Anil clasped hei to his breast—
“ No more 1 11 he a ranger,
l or W illiam now is blest.’* j
The } outh was kno\vn to Mary —
She then in rapture smiled.,
And .-awl, “ How fortunes vary —
No more l’in sorrow’s child.'
'NV c insert with much pK*asurc, (say the Ihovi- j
dci • I.i’orary (iazette,N the following p*>.'.ic:d :
production, us it was written tor this paper, in the
talented Mrs. Mi z/.v, a lady who is a nati\e nf this
town, and who has, (hiring >c\eral years* re-idence
in New York, by the productions of her pt n, gain
ed tur herself a ikuuc, aiu! ailded, in no small de
force, to the reputation of American poetry. Wc i
have, on one or tv.o c. ca-ion-, indulged ourselves j
in speaking in terms of commendation of this justly .
eelehiatcd lady—and m lining so, have called forth 1
the following compliment fur Mr. Muzzy, from the
New York Mirror, wluc.ii we copy with cheerful- ;
ness : “ We are very much gratified with the no
tice that the Kditor of ilmt popular Journal, the :
Literary ( add, takes of the productions of Mrs. i
Muzzy. With a sweeter poetess, or a more aniia
hle lady, wc never had the honor of an acquain
tance; and we trust she will pardon us f »r thus
publicly expressing our admiration for her gt nius, i
and esteem h«r he r character. Rhode-Islaud mav |
well be proud of her brightest daughter. It is un- I
necessary, perhaps, to say, that Mrs. M. is our pen- i
s,\e correspondent, Harriet, whose fugitive pieces
are not inferior to those of the celebrated Mrs. 11c- 1
mans.”
(fly Mrs. M„;.: ,
Homo of my early youth—tor thee
I'll tunc mv hre’s untutored song
For all ! its sweetest minstrelsy
Was heard thy simple scenes among
Home of my youth 1 fate bids me roam
From scenes, where others might he blest; j
The Jluaits of care still rise—but “ Home.”
I’resents no “.Irkno place of rest.
Home of my youth ! Does one remain,
Of those so dear in early days !
One heart which vibrates to this strain,
And thinks, perchance, of earlier lays " I
Lives there \ ot un(t wiidic i' irc!< ss hui'ts
\' ere pa^sV, with n.e, in ‘.rnini^y real’
V ho roved w i*!i rue \ on hnr' yov,
Or vaich’d ll. -e iu Kir, t'Cgar.ai d- sweet '
I - s theie one fV;e1111 of voting romance.
* hie ll- »r <-Tillin'- st, w ho, w nii Hi.-,
I nh< < ding, tiared 1 t’e’s rnerrv daeee
l ioiii thought ot future anguish tree !
Liv i s there yet one, who loved me still,
\\ In n !•'[*• r \e:us their shadows t lire \v,
\ l.d pens Vr th'/ It if ft t ! 'OLf a n to chill
'1 mi U .iil so waiin, uhenhk was new
‘ l is \ aiii to ask —h>r 7 .< has swept
OYr all, \\:‘h dai k o'; d \ ions n\ mg !
Of those who s!i sit* d, and those who wept
\\ .’li in* —no- ( needs the sung1 I v.ng".
! hen cta-'C, n.v hen:?. thy w ild notes cease
\\ h\ thus the !:■. aU ss strain prolong *
1'or in that eal !\ heim of peace,
I'w ill onl\ s< i hi a S', <■ :<istry!t Soft"
A'ru-}V', .V ruder 1
tut. mo mi its i.kw f
“ Ami that s.*;nr dixv \\ Inch sonutime on the bud*
Was \ out to s;u !l, like r«»uiid an.I mit nt pearl*.
Stood now within thu p:clt\ infant's exes
In tears.'* sn \ ksfuii i
Took, sifter sweet, upon that hall1 \\ M stum
We stand upon a spot <>t luxe and F ar;
For then* i.-> laid a heal*, tin ti»mh -t one,
i hat ever It ft its. cluhhen weeping* here
There sleeps our mother in the silent dust,
I*\ all our soriow, all our luxe unmoved ,
Sleep*, till the solemn summons of the just
Bids her awake, to meet the (iod she lux t
I -»w 1 ier fainting’ on hi 1 hed of pain ;
l -aw her like the leaves of autumn lie ,
I saw her strive to smile, hut strive in xain—
Ami then l — no, 1 dated nut see her die '
Then came the hitter pageant of the grave—
The fearTill hearse, the tolloxving, x\ t oping cruxx..
I saw—*tx\as but one look—the plumage waxe,
And long’d to slumber with her in her shioud.
Thou King of king-, who on the babes did smile,
And take the httle ones upon thx knee,
Guide us through earth, and all its snare-, awhile—
Then take u-, innocent, to rest w ith thee 1
Sweet raster, bend no more on earth; thine exes,
No more weep idly on that silent -tone ;
But fix illy g'a/e, thy smil, upon tliose sk:t s—
There shall we go—for there our n.other’s gone
VROM TIIF. > A'l'IIlN \ I. * - A / l.'I T t..
M\ chosen ami m\ fairest !
Iti sunshine and in gloom
Th\ kindling e\e shall cheer m\ path?.
Thy gentle smile illume ;
And hand in hand we’ll onward walk
Amid life’s busy crowd,
\\ bile love shall cast a golden hue.
On every passing cloud.
I’ll cherish thee, n.v su ed one,
>o fondly from all ill,
That time shall win its silent v»<•>>
Hut leave w ith thee no chill ,
And thus undimm’tl when \ ears have f. .;«>
AfFection’s star shall shine,
\s when I breath’d my earliest vows.
\nd blushes spake thee miue.
My best beloved, thus together,
We’ll watch life’s changing* tide.
And gather all the fairest flowers.
Th#t On the surface glide
And gpief shall he an nil- name,
And sorrow ing thought* unknovri
For love in darkest hours can fuiin
A bright world of its own.