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The grave, the coquette and the prude, From stately Melinda to fidgetting Bet

"I know it-I would if I could.'

See Clara-sweet model of feminine
grace!

How can you behold her unmov'd?
A temper more sweet, or a lovelier face,
Might be worshipped but could not be
lov'd

Will sighing and wishing e'er bring to
your armis,

On Mira's blue eyes could an anchorate gaze,

Nor kindle amain at the view? With calmness to glance on so 'witching a face,

Was reserved for a puppy like you.

The rose and the lily bloom bright on her cheek,

Her lips! how with nectar imbued! You monster of dullness! and why dont you speak?

'Why hang ye!—I would if I could.

Have Julia's attractions no longer a charm

Or what can have rendered them less?

Can sweetness so touching and good-,

ness so warm,

Excite not a wish to possess?

Your sense of her merit you oft' have avowed

By heaven you deserve a rattan— Go-whine, like a school-boy, 'I would if I could ;'

'God help me!—I will if I can.

"FRAILTY, thy name is WOMAN." Shakspeare.

It Frailty's name is Woman's self,

A name which nature gave,
Sure MAN must be the weaker elf,
Still to be Frailty's SLAVE!

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fervescence of a warm climate increased that disposition I had received from nature, and perhaps the worst of my torments was, that I was obliged to restrain those fires which consumed me. Often, while indulging my ardent reveries among the shady grores, I perGeived a shepherd, seated under the shade of a beech tree, with a young village maiden. The sight filled my heart with sorrow, and my eyes with tears. I wandered alone through the thick groves, reflecting that if my cruel hand had spared my lover, I might have tasted the same pleasures as these shepherds.

"It was about this period when an old woman, who furnished the Castle with cream and cheese, requested my permission to present her niece to me, whom she intended should succeed to her business : I willingly consented; and one

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morning as I sat at my toilet, I saw the good Genova, followed by a young country lass, whorn, she told me was her relation, and beg ged to recommend her to my protection.- She is a poor orphan," said she, who has nothing to depend upon but her innocence and your kindness, Sigrora." 1 promised it to her, and the young person said she would do all in her power to merit it.

"If I was struck with the uncommon beauty, the decent, yet noble air, and the captivating of the niece of Genova, I graces was still more surprised when some days after I conversed with her: she not only expressed herself in the most polished and elegant language, but the subjects on which she spoke, evinced an understanding far above the vulgar.

"One time in particular, when I was contemplating her, whilst with her delicate fingers she was pressing the teats of a cow, and was filling a large bowl with milk not more white than her own bosom, on a sudden she started from her work, and attentively examined the milk. By the suffusion which covered her countenance, I

perceived she was agitated by a
secret emotion. I asked her the
cause Alas, she exclaimed, "if
:
this animal is not speedily relieved,
in an hour or two at farthest she
must die.' This was not the time
to enquire further; but when, by
a decoction of balsamic herbs,
which she herself culled, she had
stopped the progress of the disor-
der she had observed, I asked her
what symptoms had discovered it
to her? She answered That it
was the livid colour and mottled.
streaks in the milk.' Pursuing
afterwards this proposition, she
entered into a chemical analysis of
the nature, qualities, and proper-
ties of that liquor, the causes that
might alter it, and the inductions
to be drawn by that means relative
to the health of the animal that had
produced it.

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"This frank confession made me desirous of learning further details. Zanetta (for I need not conceal her name) answered me without reserve; and the following is the substance of what I learned from her. She thus addressed me:

The venerable Chrysostome, Curate of Peschia, is an old man, equally pious and benevolent: his whole life is divided between the service of the altar, and the relief of the wretched. Incapable himself of those fralities which dishonour human nature, yet is he compassionate to those of others: he is indulgent to his fellow-creatures as severe to himself. He regards the peasantry, whose spiritual minister he is, as his own family, and on all occasions shares his slender In short,

"My astonishment and admiration increased at hearing such scientific observations from one whom I should have supposed only capable of speaking the rustic idiom of her native village. Explain,' said I,' by what miracle you possess such information; if Genova had not assured me you were her niece, I should have thought you a divini-patrimony with them. ty disguised in sylvan habits: your appearance and your knowledge would justify such an opinion.

It is doubtless,' she replied, to your partiality I am indebted for the favourable comparison you have made between the little knowledge I possess, and the ex

he possesses every virtue that can adorn a priest, without those defects which degrade the man.I should not think it necessary to describe his character to you, if it were not to convince you how worthy he is of that confidence which the first Lords of Italy reposed in him.

'One day a splendid carriage, drawn by a set of beautiful horses, and accompanied by a numerous and superb retinue, stopped at the parsonage-house of Peschia. A young man got out, whose countenance more distinguished him than the richness of his apparel, and proved him to be a Nobleman of the first rank. Having introduced himself to Signor Chryostome, he remained with him above two hours; after which he returned to his carriage, and took the road to Venice, having previously bestowed on the good Curate every testimony of esteem and friendship. I have since learned what passed at this interview, and will inform you.

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'At one of those assemblies which have rendered the Carnival of Venice so famous and attractive, the young Lorenzi, the only son of Prince Feducci Cornaro, and last of one of the most noble families of the Republic, became enamoured of a young and beautiful girl, of the province of BergaThe charms of her features and the graces of her manners were characteristic of the endowments of her mind. Lorenzi, who knew not before what love was, now felt that passion in its utmost excess. His mistress did not discourage his addresses; she allowed him to hope, and when she left him, consented to encourage his future attentions.

'The young lover delayed not

to profit by her condescension; but he found that Fortune had not. been so favourable as Nature to the idol of his heart. Florina (for so she was called) was the daughter of a tradesman of Bergama, who through the recommendation of one of the officers of the Senate of Venice, had obtained a situation under that Assembly, and had been dead about five years. His widow had retired to the country, and lived upon the produce of her labour, which consisted in making silken fillets, with which most of the Italians confine their hair, in the same manner as the Spaniards of Andalusia. Florina assisted her mother. She seldom went out-saw no one, but lived a modest and recluse life.Once a year, in Carnival time, her mother took her to the Ridotto; but, as her age and infirmities did not allow her to mix in the diversions, she entrusted her daughter to one of the inferior conductors of the festival, with whom she was acquainted.

"It was thus she became acquainted with Lorenzi.. Her young and inexperienced heart beat in unison with the one she had captivated: a second inter view completed her defeat.

'From that time an intimate, though imprudent and disproportioned, connection was formed be tween them, which was the sourc of many a bitter regret. Lorenz. and Florina, abandoned to an amo

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Six months after she gave birth to a child, the care and education of which Lorenzi entrusted to Chrysostome. Florina, as I afterwards learned, took the veil in a monastery distinguished for the severity of its regulations; and a few years after, her mother died.

The son of Lorenzi was brought up by the Curate of Peschia as his nephew, under the name of Antoni. I am nearly of his age; he was constantly at my mother's house, where I was always with him; we passed our earliest years together, and scarce ever quitted each other.

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Chrysostome was informed of our attachment. To an heart truly amiable, he added an understanding perfectly cultivated. Among the different branches of science with which he was acquainted, that of botany delighted him most. He wished to inspire Antoni with a taste for it; but the study of the mineral chemistry engaged his attention, and he obtained a high reputation for his excellence in it. He had not however neglected the fine arts for the study of the profound and useful ones: he was equally skilled in celebrating the praises of Heaven upon the majestic harp, or attuning his mandolin to the soft strains of love.To the most captivating manners he added a good character, a spotless soul, and a genius equally

brilliant and solid.

Chrysostome, who was guided

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