g rl ki ston vol 12 t chronicle nec rege nec populo sed utroque saturday jitjly 3 1830 no 1 from the literary gazette stanzas my heart is not as oner it was gone are its proud and early flowers j- and nought is left me but to pass on earth a few dark weary hours my hopes are gone like april blooms that died and left no fruit behind my feelings tost like rich perfumes flung on the careless summer wind j yet i have one hope still remaining one that shall be a certainty difference so i takes the plays mrs margery aod here they be surely aod hows poor judy fearsome shell oot be over the night ipm alhinking 11 veil ill track up the dancers so saying dummie ascended a doorless staircase across the entrance of which a blanket stretched angularly from the wall to the chimney afforded a kind of screen aod presently he stood within a chamber j which the dark aod painful geoiua of crabbe might have delighted to portray to die to die when i am in the festal throng the gay the young the proud the vile when 1 think how to them belong the hollow tear the heartless smile- when 1 behold the morning light stealing upon them unawares and see how ill the mirth of nijzht the searching glare of sunshine hears i think their hearts are like their faces- all false all shrinking from truths eye- again the wish my spirit traces to die to die when i with nature am alone at the sweet birth of mornings hour or when the bright sun from his throne looks hotly on my fresh green bower when 1 reflect though i may love the summer shine the summer bloom that theres a language in each grove which says a wintry hour shall come and when i think these two are fading the flowers will fall the birds will fly i feel again the wish pervading to die to die and more than all when in my heart i feel the longing to be free from earthly bondage to depart and know my immortality- when i feel certain of the bliss that waits me in those realms abov a world that hath no stain of thi no cruel scorn no faithless love when i remember clouds of sorrow there there shall never dim the eye i feci that i could wish tomorrow to die to difl literary the walls were whitewashed aod at sun dry places strange figures aod grotesque characters had been traced by somo mirth- til iuraate in such sable outline as the end of a smoked stick or the edge of a piece of charcoal is wont to produce the wan aod flickering light afforded by a farthing ciodle gave a sort of grimness and me- koto these achievements of pictorial art specially as they more than once received embellishment from portraits of satan such as he is accustomed to be drawn a ion fnc buroed gloomily iu the sooty grate aod on the hob hissed the still small viice of an iron kettle ou a round deal- tabli were two vials a cracked cup a bro ken spoon of some dull metal aod upon titoir three mutilated chairs were scatter ed various articles of female attire on aootler table placed below a high nar row shutterless casement athwart which instead of a curtain a checked apron had beeoloosely hung and now waved fitfully to aid fro in the gusts of wind that made easyiogress through many a chiok aod craniy werea lookingglass sundry ap- pliaiccs of the toilet a box of coarse rouge a fev ornaments of more show than va lue and a watch tho regular aod calm cliol of which produced that indescribably pailful feeling which we fear many of ou leaden who have beard tbe sound in a sick chamber cau easily recall a large testerbed stood opposite to this table anhn took incl ass partially reflocted urn us of a faded stripe and ever and ioiq as the positioo of the sufferer follow ed rjo restless emotion of a disordered pall clifford chtfter i say ye opprcssd by me fantastic woes some jarring nerve thit baffles your repose who press the downyiouch while slaves adv with timid eye to real the distant glance who with sad prayers the weary doctor teaz to name the namelesi evernew disease niin glimpses of the face of one on whom death was rapidly hastening boside this bed now stood dummie a tall thin man llresied in a tattered plush jerkin from hich tho raindrops slowly dripped and iiha thin yellow cunning physiognomy rotesqnely hideous in feature but not po- itirely villainous io expression on the ther side of the bed stood a little boy of who with mock palieiccdire complaintscndj three vea oll dressed as if belong- which real pain andlhat alone can cure sg to the better classes although the garb how would you bear n real pain to lie vas somewhat tattered and discoloured despisd neglected l alone to die ihe poor child trembled violently and evi- how would voubearto draw your latest bluntly looked with the feeling of relief on where a tnata watched paves the wa entrance ofdummie and now there towly and with many a phthisical sigh it was a dark andstormy night the raeaved towards the foot of the bed the fell in torrents exept at occasional intpavy frame of the woman who had ac- vals whenit was decked by a violent gisted dummie below and had followed of wind which sweriup the streets fomn hand passibus ttquis to the room of is in london ithat air scene lies ruttluje sufferer she stood with a bottle of me- aloog the housetop and fiercely agitatiiciae in her hand shaking its contents the scanty flame ofhe lamps thatstrup and down and with a kindly yet timid gled against the dakoess through oqmpassion spread over a countenance of the obscurest quaters of london anjimsuned with habitual libations this among haunts little oved by the gentlemeade the sceuo savo that on tbe chair of the police a man evidently of the low the bedside lay a profusion of long est orders was wiodiig his solitary wayssy golden ringlets which bad been cut he stopped twice or orice at different shopfm the head of the sufferer when the fe- and ho ses of a desciption correspoodeni had begun tp mount upwards but with the appearance cthe quartier in whtclich with a jealousy that portrayed the they were siiuatedand tended inqutrjling littleness of a vain heart she had for some articlenr otbr which did not soealed and insisted on retaining near her easily to be met with all the answers be gave that by the fire perfectly iuat- received were cotichd in the negative ijve to the event about to take place io and as he turned from each door he raut- chamber aod to which jve of the bip- tered to himself in novery elegant phraseq attach so awful an importance lay ology his disappointmnt find discontent- cat curled in a ball and doz- arleugtb at one base the landlord afciih half shut eyes and cars that sturdy butcher after rendering the samel and then denoted by a gentle reply tbe inquirer hal hitherto received let ion the jar of a louder or nearer added butif ai 41 do as veil dura- id than usual upon her lethargic it is quite at yot sarvice paus- mie ing reflectively foramoment dummie responded that he thoght the thing prof fered might do as wll and thrusting it into his ample pockt he strode away with as rapid a rootioi as tho wind and the rain would allow he soon came to a nest of low and dinv buildings at the entrance to which in hlf- effaced cbarac- i tera was written jiames court halting at the most conpicuous of these buildings an inn or aleouse through the halfclosed windows ofwhich blazed out in ruddy comfort the beans of the hospita ble hearth he knocked hstily at the door he was admitted by a idy of a certain age and endowed with soroely rotundity of face aod person hat got it dumiie said she quickly as she closed to door on the guest noanoa not exactlbut 1 think as ow 7 pish you fool criecthe woman in terrupting him peevishly m vy it is no us desaving of me yoiknows you has only stepped from mybootig ken to ano ther aod you has jiot bel arter the book n jii so theres thepuocretur araving noda dying and you let i speak interrued dummie in his turo i tells you 1 yh first to mo ther busslbones who i tews chops the winners morning aod eveuj to the young ladies and 1 axes thero fota bible and she says says she i as jy a com panion to tho altar bi youll get a bible i thinks at mastertalkins the cobbler as preaches so goes to mas ter talkins and he says he i as no call for the bible cause v i as a call vitbout but mayhap youll agetting it i at the butchers hover the va vy the butcher ii be damned so i goes v- hover the vay and the butd says says be i as not a bible but h a book of apia bound for all the vorldvutlikeun nd mo y hap the poor crotur ny see tho the dying woman did not at first to the eatrance eitherof dummie or untie at the foot of the bed but she herself round towards the child and ing his arm fiercely she drew him to- her and gazed on his terrified fea- with a look in which exhaustion and ness of complexion were even horri- trasted by tho glare and energy of m you arc like him she muttered i angle you i will ay tremble ght to tremble when your mother you or when he is meotioned ve his yes you have out with ut the devil sits laughing in oh you weep do you little one w be still my love be hushed i ot harm thee harm o god he iflhild after all and at these words 9d the boy passionately to her br burst into tears imi now coom said dummie y take the stuff judith vell talk hover the hurchin other relaxed the grasp of the hoy ing towards the speaker gazed at me moments with a bewildered length sho appeared slowly to re- im and said as she raised herself nd and pointed the other towards n ioquiring gesture- hast brought the book answered by lifting up the myself off for its no worry comfortable like to those who be old to hear all that ere with this pious reflection the hostess of the mug so was the hosterly called heavily descended the creaking stairs now man said tbe sufferer sternly swear that you will never reveal swear i say and by the great god whose angels are tbout this night if ever you break the oath i will come back and haunt you to yourdyiug day dummied face grew pale for ho was superstitioudy affected by the vehemence and the language of the dying woman aud he answerei as he kissed the pretended bible thai he swore to keep the secret as much ashelnew of it which she must be sensible he said was very little as he spoke the wind swept with a loud aud sudden gustdown the chimney and shook the roof afcove tbem so violently as to loosen man5of the crumbliog tiles which fell one after the other with a crashing noise on the pavement below dummie started in affright and perhaps his con science s roone him for the trick he had played with regard to the false bible but the woman whose excited and unstruog nerves led br astray from one subject to another with preternatural celerity said with an hysterical laugh see dummie they como is state for me give me the cap yonder and bring the looking- glass dummie obeyed and the woman as she in a low tone uttered something about the unbecoming colour of the ribbands adjust ed the cap on her head aod then saying in a regretfel and petulant voice wfcy should they have cut off my hair such a disfigurement bade dummie desire mrs margery onto more to ascend to her left alone with her child the face of the wretched mother softened asbbc regarded him and all the levities and all the vehe mences if we may use the word which in the turbtfteflt emnmoiwa of uev deliri um had been stirred up to tbe surface of hermiuuv gradually now sunk as death in- cieased upon her aod a mothers aoxie- ty rose t lr natural level from which it bad been disturbed and abased she took the chtld t0 ncr bosom and clasping him i n her arrhs which grew weaker every instant fehe soothed him with a sort of chant wii nurses sing over their unto- ward infants but tbo voice was cracked and hollhw and as she felt it was so the mothers eyes filled with tears mrs mar gery now reentered and turning towards the i i s i r- s wiih aoimprcssivo calmness of manner which astooished and awed the person she addressed the dying woman pointed tho child and said yon have been kiud to me very kind may tj bless you for it i have found that thofce whom the world calls the worst are ofte the most human- but i am oot goiog to ihaok you as i ought to do but to ask of y a last and exceeding favour protect m child till he grows up you have ofien sa vo loved him you are childlesj yourself and a morsel ofhread and a shelter for the uiht which is all i ask of y to give him will not impove rish moft legitimate claimants poor mrs margery fairly sobbing vow ed she would be a mother to the child and that she would endeavour to rear him ho nestly though a public house was not she coofesseti the best place for good exam ples tae him cried the mother hoarse ly as be voice failing her strength rat tled indistinctly and almost died within her take him- rear him as you will as you can any example any roof bet ter thau here the words were inaudi ble and oh may it bo a curse aud a give metheraedicine lam dying the hostess alarmed hastened to com ply but before she returned to the bedsido the sufferer was insensible nor did she again recover speech or motion alow and rare moan only testified continued life and within two hoars that ceased the spi rit was gone at that time his hostess was herself beyond the things of the outer world it d hook noku brought from the honest butcfu then mock said the suf- command so hhe room fenr coqmqjhe insane we would be alow inked at the good woman at tnefoothe bed aod sho though ge- oepilly eagv person to order or to peruadif w reluctance the sick chaiberi s agoing to pray murmered ourand for that office did the good ma j i may indeed as well lake about to marry giovanna archduchess of austria but after that marriage was con cluded thinking it no louper necessary to conceal his ioclinations france esta blished iliatica in the house before men tioned and gave pietro a high office at court with a liberal iucome this uode- served and unexpected good fortune pro duced a great change in pietros character and conduct instead of the supplicant for protection he became the haughty and overhearing favourite and at length grew utterly insupportable to tbo court to the prince and to bianca herself but pietro was soon disposed of for one night he was surrounded iu tbe street by a dozen bravos and instatly despatched the princes visits to bianca now became more frequent and more open and sho evident ly tho greatest influouco over him political favours were only obtained through her interposition and those who were ambitious of court distinction ne glected tho archduchess to gain the good will of the princes mistress the spirit of the haughty austrian princess could ill brook this marked neglect sho complain ed to her hushand to the emperor her fa ther to cosmo to every one cosmo re commended to his son more cautious con duct and indeed urged it as much as his own habitual gallantries entitled him to do the cardinal ferdinand interfered with more energy he loaded his brother with reproaches aod even threatened him aod the people oppressed with their own wrongs and eagerly sympathising with the unfortunate giovaona rose in rcbellioo but all was in vain francesco whose character was even more gloomy and se vere than that of his father feeling no re lief to his spirits in the cold and sullen de meanour of his imperial consort fled for consolation to tho society of bianca who charmed him with her beauty and her sprightly conversation the rebellion was suppressed the cardinal retired o home cosmo died and the archduchy- a enduring the bitterest sorrows sud denly this for a time seemed io arouse a feeling of remorse in the bosottt e fran cesco as if to break with liiaucn be even quitted florence but tbe w vene tian now resorted to all the atfficot her ingenuity and ambition could iwwe and eveo the princes confessor wa induced to socond her efforts so that at last she succeeded in raising herself to l grand- ducal throne only a few months after the death of her illfated rival this union however was not immediate ly made public decency poliry required that the court should go into mou a stated time for the archducbes aa the princes hasty alliance with bianca vas not to be divulged until that tin had ex pired the marriage was theu publicly solemnized with the greatest mapuficence and although at that period to was sufferiug from famine and an accumulation of calamities no less than three thousand ducats were wantonly lavished d inis dis graceful pageant having succeeded io her desi bian ca was now desirous of reconciles a had before opposed her ambitioh- among these cardinal ferdinand was conspicu ous and at her request france touted his eminence to pay a visit to himself and bianca at cajano where they r sid ed the cardinal left rome accordingly and arrived at his brothers whrv wl bl anca received him with great n he seemed sensible of their atteh and affected a warm attachment to i dew re lative when all of a sudden lhe grand duke and bianca were togethef violently attacked by the same disease 5 a low miuuiwfttvoh viwij uieqiuallulp to whom their death isgenerallyattributed heir to tho throne thisstory as may easily be conceived affords ample scope for the display of tie talents of u bookmaker and accordiocjiy the life of this celebrated lady is a suhjezt which has employed the pens of writers iin various languages iu the last century al so a german made her the subject of a ro mance vvhich was translated into freudk but signor ticozzi now comes forward pretending that bianca capello had beta her own biographer and that the memoirs before us ward lately found with other an cient writings in repairing an inner trail of the house no 192 via maggio io fto- rence once inhabited by bianca and new which may not prove unacceptable to the reader the description of the female compani- were i to io lose ftllj ons with whom the brutal cosmo passed 1 dre3 having supported her spirits during the vi giu of the night witi so many little liquid excitations that they finally ended in that torpor which generally succeeds excite ment taking perhaps advantage of the opportunity the insensibility of the hostess afforded him dummie by the expiring ray of the candle that burned in the death chamber hastily opened a huge box which in the possession of the publisher vinccn- the last years of his life is curious at the opening of biaucas memoirs we find him absorbed in kleonora albizzi whom he suddenly quitted as a great deal has been said of this sudden resolution of the duke i will not omit mentioning the true causesofit eic- onora albizzi was of a most lively dispo sition aud merry humeur which very soon led her to abuse the familiarity she enjoyed with so great a lord she was constantly playing him ono trick or auother till one day as cosmo was going to sit down she drew away the chair and he fell back wards not choosiug to expose himself to a repetition of similar accidents he thought it most advisable to disposo of her in a suitable manner he therefore manied her to his godson panciatici heaping ho nours aod favours upoo both of them and granting to his son don giovanni whom he had by eleooora a patrimony of about 20000 ducats annually to elconora suc ceeded camilla murtclli salviati who was a witty and agreeable narrator one eveniog told us by what extraordinary cir- cumstaoces cosmo had fallen in love with this lady in the year 1567 and why he had married her at that time as your excel lency cannot be ignorant a corridor was to be made from the palazzo pitti to the palazzo di piazza it was necessary to pull down several houses in order to clear away and particularly the one contiguous to the corridor and over the office of the proconsul this belonged to antonio martelli a poor gentleman who had two daughters the one named maria who was married to one ghinetti a sailor the other camilla his excelleocy having seen ca milla who was then a girl of tall stature fair and delicate about twenty years of age fell in love with her and took her to father in the course of february last cosmo went to rome summoned thither by pins v to receive from his hands the grandducal crown and on this occasion he confessed to the pope himself who ex horted him to marry camilla and gave him a dispensation for not making it pub lic inconsequence the very day of his return to florence the presence of a pa rish priest the girls father and two or three relations he privately married her without the thing being suspected by any ofhis court the father thankiag his most serene highness for the honour he had done his daughter added l does your highness wish that it should he known to which cosmo replied that he did and that martelli might tell it to whom he pleased antouio who as i have said was a poor gentleman having dressed him self very smartly and fancying himself as important a personage and in truth bo was walked about in the new market slowly and longer thou he was accustomed to do wherefore alamanno de pazzi his bro therinlaw weut up to him saying ba- leocio for that was his other name you are very line today what is there new in the wind v balcncio replied dont you know not i indeed said alamauuo then balencio replied i have married my daughter camilla to whom what dont you know not v to the grand duke cosmo then pazzi said much good may it do you antonio i am beanily glad of it and going to the palace he asked an audience and was in troduced to the duke whom he congra tulated rejoicing that his highness had married his niece alamanno replied the grand duke we have uo other re lations than emperors kings anil unices he afterwards made martelli a knight of san stefano with a pension of 600 scu- diaycar and other appointments more suitable to the grandeur of tbe donor than to the merits of martelli by this marriage cosmo legitimated a daughter he had by camilla in the end of may 1567 she was called virginia and is tho same princess whom while i am wriliog these memoirs tbe grand duke my husband has just given don cesare deste e 24th jrad ride he sahl i should desire of gain roll chaiiot man i in a golden might was generallj concealed under the bed and contained the wardrobe of tbe deceas ed and turned with irreverent hand over the linens and the silks untiquite at the bottom of tbe truok he disco vered 6ome packets of ictiers these be seized aod buried 1u the conve niences of his dress he then rising and replacing the box cast a longing eye to wards the walch on the toilettable which was of gold but be withdrew his gaze aud with a long querulous sigh observed to himself the old blouo kens o that od rat her buthowsoraevcr ill take this who knows but it may be of sarvicetan nies today may be smash tomorrow aud he laid his coarse hand on the golden and silky tresses we have described tis a rum business and puzzles i but mums the word for my own little colquarreuf with this brief- soliloquy dummie de scended the stairs and let himself out of the house from the foreign quarterly review the medici faiailv concluded this intrigue was however kept for some time very secret as tho prince was meaning what i of no value now may be precious hereafter t colquarren necik zo batelli the editor wishes it to be ferred that bianca wrote this narrative at the request of lucrczia deste duchess of urbino io the year 1580 aod as she only died io 1587 ho nays he has supplied tie deficiency by adding an historical account of her latter years which are indeed ihe most important part of her eventful life thus a story which may be classed with the endless discoveries of manuscripts with which the world has of late been surprised and delighted is ingeniously contrived to prove the fidelity of tho copy presented to the public but we most confess wo are rather sceptical on the subject the grounds of our incredulity can perhaps be appreciated only by those who will take tho trouble to read the whole volume for the marks of spuriousoess are chiefly to be detected io tho arrangoment of the matter and in the style a circumstance sufficient ly suspicious is the industrious care with hich every person of eminence who could be introduced with aoy shadow of proba bility is dragged on the stage ofteu iu- dced ooly to cross it and vanish not withstanding this the book is realty full of interest it is compiled with much histo rical accuracy and gives us a considerable insight into the public aod private events by which tho latter years of cosmo i aud aod the whole reign of francais i were agitated we shall make a few extracts in marriage to from the litenary gazette the family library no x the praiso we so cordially bestowed on its predecessor we feel equally disposed to bestow on the volume before us the same good sense and good taste markiog the kindred mind of the writer the same atten tion io collecting facts a difficult aod ever questioned task and tbe same clear nnd impartial judgment make this a most de lightful work west barry blake opie morland bird aod fuscli are names to win attention from all lovers of their glori ous art but the memoir of blake is so cu rious a sketch of a very extraordinary mind that we cannot but choose it for our ilus- tratioo aud make au extract or two which will also come recommended to the genera lity of our readers by tbeir novelty though blake lost himself a little io theeochanted region of song he seem not to have neglected to make himself master of the graver or to have forgotten his love of designs and sketches he was a duti ful servant to basiro and he studied occa sionally under flaxmau and fuscli but it was his chief delight to retiro to tbe solitude ofhis chamber and thero makn drawings aod illustrate with these verses to be bung up together in his mothers chamber he was always at work he called amusement idleness sight seeing vanity and money- making the ruiu of all high aspirations the lives of tho most eminent biitish pain ters sculptors and architects by allan cun ningham vol ii london 1830 j murray to listen to the voice of parsimony ifusiness is not to gather gold but to make glorious shapes expressing godlike sentimeuts the day was given to tho graver by which he earned cuough to maintain himself respectably and he bes towed bis evenings upon painting and pne- trynnd iulcrtwiocd these so closely in his compositions that they caonot wtil he se parated when he was si i -and- twenty years old he married katharine boutchcr a young woman of humble connexions tbo darkeyed kate of several ofhis lyric poems- she lived uoar his fathers house and was noticed by blake for the whiteness of hor hand the brightness of her eyes and a slim and handsome shape corresponding with bis own notions of sylphs aud mtids as be was au origioal iu all thiugs it would have been out of character to fall in love like an ordinary mortal he wes describing one evening in company the pains he had suffered from some capricious lady or nno- thor when katharine bomchcr said i pity you from my heart do you piiy me said blake then i love you for thai and i love you said i ha frankhearted lass and so the courtship began he tried how well she looked io a drawjng then how her charms became verse and finding moreover that she had good domestic qua lities he married hor thoy lived together loog aud happily shu seemed to have boon created on purpose for blake she believed him to be the finest genius on earth she believed in his verse she believ ed in his designs and to the wildest flights of his imagination she bowed the knee and was a worshipper she set bis house iu good order prepared his frugal meal learn ed to think as he thought aud indulging him in his harmless absurdities became as it were bone of bis bone aud flesh ofhis rtvi ww l v o handsome woman is6cldom apt to learn to despise gaudy dresses costly meals plea sant company and agreeable invitations she fouud out the way of bciog happy at home living on the simplest of food and contented in tho homliest of clothing it was no ordinary iniod which could do all this and she whom blake emphatically called his beloved was no ordinary wo man she wrought offin the press theim- prcssions of his plates she coloured them with alight and neai hand made draw ings much in the spirit of her husbands composilious and almost rivalled him in all things save in the power which he possess ed of seeing visions of any individual living or dead whenever he chose to sec them during the day he was a man of saga city and sense who bandlod his graver wisely and conversed in a wholesome and pleasant manner in theevcning when he had done his prescribed task he gave loose to his imagination while employed ou shoso cngragings which accompany the works of cowper he saw such coin pa uy as the country where ho resided afforded and talked with hayley about poetry with a fccliug to which the author of the triumphs of temper was an utterstranger bus at the close of tbe day away went blake to the seashore to indulge io his own thoughts aud high converse with tbe dead to hold here he forgot the present moment and lived iu the past he conceived verily that be had lived in other days and had formed friendships with homer and moses with pindar and virgil with dante and milton these great men he asserted mfuffm wffli fl xp wa wft ot tered iuto conversation milton in a mo ment of confidence entrusted bim with a whole poem of his which tbe world had never seen but unfortunately the commu nication was oral and the poetry seemed to have lost much of its brightness in blakes recitation when asked about the looksof those visions he answered they are all majestic shadows gray hut lumi nous and superior to the common height ofmeu it was evident that the solitude of the country gave him a larger swing in imaginary matters his wife often ac- compaoied him to thesestrange interviews she was certain that her husband both beard aod saw blakes mind at all times re sembled that first page in the magicians book of gramoury which made the cobweb on the dungeon wall seerrmapestry in lordly hall his mind could convert the most ordinary occurrence into something mystical aod supernatural- he often saw less majestic shapes than those of the poets of old did you ever see a fairys fuoeral madam v he once said to a lady who happened to sit by him in company never sir was the answer i have said blake but not before last night i was walking alone in my garden there was great stillness among the branches aud flower9 aod more thao common sweetuess in the ait i heard a low and pleasant sound and i knew oot whence it came at last i saw the broad leaf of a flower move aud underneath i saw a procession of creatures of tbe size aod co lour of green and gray grasshoppers bear- iug a body laid out on a roseleaf which they buried with songs and then disappear ed it was a fairy funeral it would per haps have been better for bis fame had he connected it more with the superstitious beliefs of bis countryamongst the elves and fairies bis fancy might have waodered at will their popular character would per haps have kept him within tbe bounds of traditionary belief and the sea of his ima gination might have had a shore to describe the conversations which blake held in prose with demons nnd io verso with angels would fill volumes 3nd 4974