Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 August 1807 — Page 4

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POETICAL ASYLUM-

for fr.c fawthat the hint war, taken iroin one of Mr. 1 otter's beauti fill novelettes, of whrch flic wa; fond to a degree of enthuliafm ; in compliment there lore to Mifs MntitU ki, permit tnc occalionally

,to make u(c of his infeription.

The weeping willow Hood a few

paces before (lie temple ; a mytle

had iprcici its branches oer the front of the building; and a jaflamine which was taught to wind up tiie fluted columns of the portico, lumg.down in leitoons on each fide. On a marble frieze was this infcription from Sterne : TEMPLE or SENSIBILITY. " Dear fenlibilitv ! fourec ine:;-

iAitUhCA 1URY L1NLS ON A TY1J A VT'P

Jr r ; ftai,1ct' f iU that's precious in

Black fufp'cion HaHe awaj : Itiic Rollers and tct-J your prey, Give his waking lums to care, Stetph: (lumbers in difpair. "When fatigue (hall feat his eye3; SUadcs of martyred chiefs arife ; Let hit troubled confeience feel The indignant victims Heel Haunt him at the fplenued fcaH : Let him pine yetdread to mile : Whifprr poifon in his bowl i B! nih his cheek r.nd rack his foul, H:iio" Vengeance in his ers I h?kr him with inceflfant tears ; Let him hear in every wind, The affaflins llrp behind, lay and fociat pleafme fly t rem his dark ai d hallow eye : Let ins wild d. fordcrtd mien bncadilmay on every icene. Worfliiped on his golacn throne, Winly fnall the tyrant ?;roan : All his fi-ry paiiions ionic ; j!ft thehuJif! on his brows : IVep beneath the spr.il ot Kings, Vlant your keen envenonud Uir&s , liumors d.'.ik, and plots impart ; G:'.vr,rd t"irhi$ trembling heart : J -ahiufy aiivl hate arife ; f-ui Jr all his kindicd ties : Liother t4iu(l kruthcr bend ; ,ct him never kr.ow a frit id : )n his Iccret tcuncils wait : .'over him with foul defeat : riakipg1 holy Irarurs o peace ; Let him war 2nd rerp difraee."

iubfidecK he otdcrcd Ch.i!es 5iiti,jS:r her rrcafeil I.';PPne,s condie raniancwho L.djull tlu.e to f.lied in P-iuhng thufe favontc cntrullaline with the old houfe- pulfages v. hole beauties her hau

MISCELLANY.

7 be Tanple cf Sensibility fCcncluihd jtcm cur hist. J

Towrrds thr m;pcr pnrt of Wef-r-rvillc' : laxo-j'e icti -at wivs a lit. tie plantation of ews and cj'prtf-L-6 fj lituated, that it commanded ;. : of Uic whole Lndleape, in

V.v; tnidil w hich was a clear plot of m c i;i herbi-.ve ; iae cme pocjr f..!iarv willow whole weeping

Lrati- Ikt, pcniivcly fw't ptthe fw -ardpimcft experiencing all thofe eclla-

rhou chains't 'thy martyr down

upon his bed of itraw ; and 'tis

thou who iifts.him cipto heaveneternal fountain cf our feelings 1 'Tis here I trace thee !" Within was a neat bookcafe, which contained a judicious felectionofthe moft elteemed works, put up inelegant bindings : on a broad marble column, which Itemed to fupport it, were thefe w ords : . ifc Sweet pliability of manfs fpi-

1 its, can at once furrrender itfelf to

illufions which cheat expectation and forrow of their weary moments !"

The walls were painted a paic

green, and taltefuily ornamented

with fmall marble bufts "of Richardfon, Jtoufleau. Stern, and Zimmerman. In a niche w as placed a marble urn, in which grew a fenfitive plant, a beautiful emblem

of the divinity of the place, con

tracTmg its leaves at the' flighell

touch, and thinking from the foft ell breath of air. . -

Her tender hreast with pity seems to p&nU

And shrinks ct ev ry shrinking of the plant, To this enchanting retreat Wef-

terville would retire with his dear

Louifa, where taking all the de

lights of a refined and mutual af

fection, they feemed but to live in

each others company.They would fpend the whole days alter

nately perufing their favoriteauthors, and anticipating the fcenes cf future happineis ; or, as fancy led, would 11 ray along the ale inducing the feelings of reciprocal affection. Oh ! hapy Hate of heart-felt rapture! Secure of each others affections, they lived free from thofe

eoroding paflions which difhirb mank ind in an intercourse w ith the world. Their tender hearts were equally fufceptible to the rapturous emotions of that refined paffion and fupcrlativcly happy in each other's preienee, they paifed their

Ik; z Lii-i: u s ci--termined to e

ican octivion temple in eompiinuT.t to mii. Muiiiiehl, as tiie

place w s not onty peculiarly a-j

i!:ipud f :r meditation; but hkcv ite a w ,lk of w htch fhe was cxI:o.;;'v i' v.c. A ccoi - In rly he ap-

1 lie ti to i.):r,L- workmen, and at tlieifame has aire ; y n ported the

! itiu ni:i ' .-rote to a Iricnd, for idreadful tic!i:;;;s Ui olti W eitervillc.

inch ; ! tM-,is as he thought

1 ect ilaiy im r t-orup't ion ol liis

tic kiiations w lucii a tiuiy irtu (jusioecan infpirc. In tiiis re tiied fituaticn they faw few .' the mifeiles (;i mankind. Hut fooii, loud c(iopir, lhall ye experience

fortune's keenell adverfities : for.

know, that the ofiieiens tongue o!

keeper, wheiein he mentioned his

unhappy fate, and vowed eternal fidelity. In a moment they were out of fight ; and on their arrival in town, Charles was immediately lent on board a veflel, with a pack-

et of w ritten infirucTions to direct

him to a merchantile affair of importance. The ihip on board of which Wcllervillc had embarked, was driven b.v a temped into the north seas, and compelled to leek anchorage not far from the pbjedt of his aA-aions. Though the captain had received pollitive injunctions not to fufler Charles to land

until they had reached the dellined nort. vet by appealing to the feel

ings of even the rough failor, he was fo far prevailed on by the lan

guage of natural affection, as to put

him on lhore for a few hours. JBut

firli pointed out to her. From the iimiiitude between he own huiaiicn and Anna's in Falkr.ei's kk Shipwreck," to which fhe kneyr.? VVcflerville's . attachment, Jt .beJ came her Vontlant companion. How often on perilling this charming poem, would lhe exclaim " Oh ! that my head were waters,, and mine eyes a f ountain of tears, that I might weep day and night 1 When accumulated misfortunes preis upon us, and we are abandoned by thofe who in the days of onr prolpcrity profelled the moil dillinterelled iricndlhip, then irz

the charms of literature a iblace indeed, and a good book becomes the bell of friends. ' 5

One evening towards the latter

end of the year, as Mr. Manfield

was endeavoring to difnel bv in..

nocent aivernon, a more than or-

what were VVellervilles fenfations dinary gloom which pervaded the

when he found himfelf beneath

the valley, on whofe bank he had fo often wandered with his beloyed Louifa ! -Love increafed agility, and brought him in a little time to his favorite Temple. He entered hallily but found it unoc

cupied ; though from the frefhnefs of a line which was fcarcely dry

drawn under thefe words, in

Sterne's Maria, " Godt tempers the wind-to the fhorn lamb." He

For a whhe rage .and contempt al-terr:ate-v' lacked his fmdid bolni ;

i'7n. L: a little time he had the at length he let out, vowing ie-

p!c .-lure, of ie -t avuy anTiouucuig the it!'., a, but .ilfj f eomniunicat4ii the pit Jim; intelligence to Mifs Manlield, t, ho to(k the full rpporUmity to ?lit her intended Vcluli'jii, for w hi- h lhe inid aireaclt conceived an u ufoal p eclilic-

iiiger,n a Ion, w ho could bring as he confidered it, fuch contempt tipon his. famiiy.IIe reached Chark isV jull as the latter was returning from the " Temple of Seidibily," w here h' had left mils Manfield in order to fetch hisfkit . Alter the old irv n .:::v l'-.l fjmethir.g

fenfibility had been perufing that exquifitely pathetic tale. The re

mark affetSed him exceedingly fc?

he thought it had touched Louifa,

for he fancied there was a tear

here and there upon the page. In

afcending the hill towards Mr.

Manfield's, he caught a trancient

glance of Louifa palling through

the wicket, which caufed him to

oroceed with redoubled energy;

infomuch that on entering the well known door he was quite exhaull -ed w ith the exertion and the anticipated pleafure of meeting Mifs Manfield. 1 thall flightly pafs over a reparation that I can inadequately defcribe. Mifs Manfield accompanied WellervilJe to the boat, w here their emotions w ere clifcovered by the rough failors ; and albeit unufed to the melting mood' yet it operated fo powerfully upon their feelings, that their hearts overflowed with tendernefs whilll the generous fouls freely offered to leave Wefterville in the arms of his dear Louifa- j But the lovely girl aware of the

confequencts that mull inevitably enfue, prcfered Wellcrvillc's wel

fare to her own ; and fooner than he fhould incur the difpleafure oi

an already incenled parent, poli-

tively infilled on being left to her

ate, which be it wnat it would, was joy, was cc(luc when com

pared to his unhappinefs. She-

law the boat which contained her

Mil in this world, fine her lather, r ... 1

move trom the land ; ar.il purluug with a frantic pleafure, law hciakvL on board, in order to jhrfue a oyage w hich foon pro vcdiolau.l to her peace, 'i i.e. mind of fenlibiiity takes a

p'e:.!'ure in brooding over forrows

diat flows from a worthy objeel ; and Mils Mai. field had a penfivc fatisn cVion inet ry idea that iccidled the thought of Wcllervillc. She wa , never abfent from the 4k Temple of Senlibility" when herpefence was uncelfiuy at heme

countenance of his dear child,- a fudden and violent tempeft; arole in the call, which (w elled the fea tq an amaling height : a dismal darki

nefs encompafscd the earth, favc

that the Irequent flakes of vivid lightning now and then illumined the mountains, and difcovered feveral large black cloulds which prefaged an impending ftorm. Louix retired to her room, but

the dreadful idea of Wefterville's

was convinced that fome one of enduring the tempeft infpired lini

utterable anguifii. Her bir: heart

throbbed with incredible violenceagainft a tender bofom much too fmall for fuch an agitated inhabitant. She flew to her favorite fc Snipwreck.' and indulging a kind of melancholy w oe, her wild ih agination prefented the crew of the much wifhedfor velfel experien. cing all the fuflcrings which thb poet fo moving defcribes. .Mr. and Mifs Manfield the next morning dircled their walk towards the fea (hore, for the hui mancpurpofe of renderimr a fli ft.

ante to any objeft that they might and in'diflrefs; but more particuiar to prevent the inhabitants of the neighboring parifhes from plun. dering thofe unhappy fellow creatures, who have fuffered far from home a wartcry death: twas a fweet morning, and fuch as often fucceed a llorm. They reach the flrand : but what arc Louifa's fenfations on discovering a lifelefs body upon the water, which the furf immediately throws at her

feet! Her natural humanity foon collccls fortitude to examine

the corpfe : her heart beats with unufuai palpitations as the gazes on fonicthing half concealed in the lh angers bofom Good Heavens ! 'tis the portrait of Louifa Manfield preft clofe to the clay cold bread of Charles Wefterville ! She falls apparently lifelefson the body! Her fences alas ! arc flown forever!

A Judge being atked for his advice in regard to a man taken in adultery; 44 Replied, I think he was fomew hat floihiul."

rOM TM PRISS Of STOUT U S MOO T, PRINTERS TO THL 1 X L J A JV A T&ARlTOIir.