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'The perusal of these Verses�察�Father�察�which till now had escaped my observation。 The Brightness of the Moonbeams permitted my reading them�察�and Oh� �how I envy the feelings of the Writer��'
As He said this�察�He pointed to a marble Tablet fixed against the opposite Wall�此 �On it were engraved the following lines。
INSCRIPTION IN AN HERMITAGE
Who´e'er Thou art these lines now reading�察 �Think not�察�though from the world receding I joy my lonely days to lead in This Desart drear�察 �That with remorse aconscience bleeding Hath led me here。
No thought of guilt my bosom sowrs�此 �Free´willed I fled from courtly bowers�察 �For well I saw in Halls and Towers That Lust and Pride�察 �The Arch´Fiend's dearest darkest Powers�察 �In state preside。
I saw Mankind with vice incrusted�察 �I saw that Honour's sword was rusted�察 �That few for aught but folly lusted�察 �That He was still deceiv'd�察�who trusted In Love or Friend�察 �And hither came with Men disgusted My life to end。
In this lone Cave�察�in garments lowly�察 �Alike a Foe to noisy folly�察 �And brow´bent gloomy melancholy I wear away My life�察�and in my office holy Consume the day。
Content and comfort bless me more in This Grot�察�than e'er I felt before in A Palace�察�and with thoughts still soaring To God on high�察 �Each night and morn with voice imploring This wish I sigh。
'Let me�察�Oh� �Lord� �from life retire�察 �Unknown each guilty worldly fire�察 �Remorseful throb�察�or loose desire�察 �And when I die�察 �Let me in this belief expire�察 �''To God I fly''��'
Stranger�察�if full of youth and riot As yet no grief has marred thy quiet�察 �Thou haply throw'st a scornful eye at The Hermit's prayer�此 �But if Thou hast a cause to sigh at Thy fault�察�or care��
If Thou hast known false Love's vexation�察 �Or hast been exil'd from thy Nation�察 �Or guilt affrights thy contemplation�察 �And makes thee pine�察 �Oh� �how must Thou lament thy station�察 �And envy mine��
'Were it possible' said the Friar�察�'for Man to be so totally wrapped up in himself as to live in absolute seclusion from human nature�察�and could yet feel the contented tranquillity which these lines express�察�I allow that the situation would be more desirable�察�than to live in a world so pregnant with every vice and every folly。 But this never can be the case。 This inscription was merely placed here for the ornament of the Grotto�察�and the sentiments and the Hermit are equally imaginary。 Man was born for society。 However little He may be attached to the World�察�He never can wholly forget it�察�or bear to be wholly forgotten by it。 Disgusted at the guilt or absurdity of Mankind�察�the Misanthrope flies from it�此�He resolves to become an Hermit�察�and buries himself in the Cavern of some gloomy Rock。 While Hate inflames his bosom�察�possibly He may feel contented with his situation�此 �But when his passions begin to cool�察�when Time has mellowed his sorrows�察�and healed those wounds which He bore with him to his solitude�察�think you that Content becomes his Companion�拭 �Ah� �no�察�Rosario。 No longer sustained by the violence of his passions�察�He feels all the monotony of his way of living�察�and his heart becomes the prey of Ennui and weariness。 He looks round�察�and finds himself alone in the Universe�此 �The love of society revives in his bosom�察�and He pants to return to that world which He has abandoned。 Nature loses all her charms in his eyes�此 �No one is near him to point out her beauties�察�or share in his admiration of her excellence and variety。 Propped upon the fragment of some Rock�察�He gazes upon the tumbling waterfall with a vacant eye�察�He views without emotion the glory of the setting Sun。 Slowly He returns to his Cell at Evening�察�for no one there is anxious for his arrival�察�He has no comfort in his solitary unsavoury meal�此 �He throws himself upon his couch of Moss despondent and dissatisfied�察�and wakes only to pass a day as joyless�察�as monotonous as the former。'
'You amaze me�察�Father� �Suppose that circumstances condemned you to solitude�察�Would not the duties of Religion and the consciousness of a life well spent communicate to your heart that calm which。 。 。 。'
'I should deceive myself�察�did I fancy that they could。 I am convinced of the contrary�察�and that all my fortitude would not prevent me from yielding to melancholy and disgust。 After consuming the day in study�察�if you knew my pleasure at meeting my Brethren in the Evening� �After passing many a long hour in solitude�察�if I could express to you the joy which I feel at once more beholding a fellow´Creature� �'Tis in this particular that I place the principal merit of a Monastic Institution。 It secludes Man from the temptations of Vice�察�It procures that leisure necessary for the proper service of the Supreme�察�It spares him the mortification of witnessing the crimes of the worldly�察�and yet permits him to enjoy the blessings of society。 And do you�察�Rosario�察�do YOU envy an Hermit's life�拭 �Can you be thus blind to the happiness of your situation�拭 �Reflect upon it for a moment。 This Abbey is become your Asylum�此 �Your regularity�察�your gentleness�察�your talents have rendered you the object of universal esteem�此 �You are secluded from the world which you profess to hate�察�yet you remain in possession of the benefits of society�察�and that a society composed of the most estimable of Mankind。'
'Father� �Father� �'tis that which causes my Torment� �Happy had it been for me�察�had my life been passed among the vicious and abandoned� �Had I never heard pronounced the name of Virtue� �'Tis my unbounded adoration of religion�察�'Tis my soul's exquisite sensibility of the beauty of fair and good�察�that loads me with shame� �that hurries me to perdition� �Oh� �that I had never seen these Abbey walls��'
'How�察�Rosario�拭 �When we last conversed�察�you spoke in a different tone。 Is my friendship then become of such little consequence�拭 �Had you never seen these Abbey walls�察�you never had seen me�此 �Can that really be your wish��'
'Had never seen you��' repeated the Novice�察�starting from the Bank�察�and grasping the Friar's hand with a frantic air�察�'You�拭 �You�拭 �Would to God�察�that lightning had blasted them�察�before you ever met my eyes� �Would to God� �that I were never to see you more�察�and could forget that I had ever seen you��'
With these words He flew hastily from the Grotto。 Ambrosio remained in his former attitude�察�reflecting on the Youth's unaccountable behaviour。 He was inclined to suspect the derangement of his senses�此�yet the general tenor of his conduct�察�the connexion of his ideas�察�and calmness of his demeanour till the moment of his quitting the Grotto�察�seemed to discountenance this conjecture。 After a few minutes Rosario returned。 He again seated himself upon the Bank�此 �He reclined his cheek upon one hand�察�and with the other wiped away the tears which trickled from his eyes at intervals。
The Monk looked upon him with compassion�察�and forbore to interrupt his meditations。 Both observed for some time a profound silence。 The Nightingale had now taken her station upon an Orange Tree fronting the Hermitage�察�and poured forth a strain the most melancholy and melodious。 Rosario raised his head�察�and listened to her with attention。
'It was thus��' said He�察�with a deep´drawn sigh�察�'It was thus�察�that during the last month of her unhappy life�察�my Sister used to sit listening to the Nightingale。 Poor Matilda� �She sleeps in the Grave�察�and her broken heart throbs no more with passion。'
'You had a Sister��'
'You say right�察�that I HAD�察�Alas� �I have one no longer。 She sunk beneath the weight of her sorrows in the very spring of life。'
'What were those sorrows��'
'They will not excite YOUR pity�此 �YOU know not the power of those irresistible�察�those fatal sentiments�察�to which her Heart was a prey。 Father�察�She loved unfortunately。 A passion for One endowed with every virtue�察�for a Man�察�Oh� �rather let me say�察�for a divinity�察�proved the bane of her existence。 His noble form�察�his spotless character�察�his various talents�察�his wisdom solid�察�wonderful�察�and glorious�察�might have warmed the bosom of the most insensible。 My Sister saw him�察�and dared to love though She never dared to hope。'
'If her love was so well bestowed�察�what forbad her to hope the obtaining of its object��'
'Father�察�before He knew her�察�Julian had already plighted his vows to a Bride most fair�察�most heavenly� �Yet still my Sister loved�察�and for the Husband's sake She doted upon the Wife。 One morning She found means to escape from our Father's House�此 �Arrayed in humble weeds She offered herself as a Domestic to the Consort of her Beloved�察�and was accepted。 She was now continually in his presence�此 �She strove to ingratiate herself into his favour�此 �She succeeded。 Her attentions attracted Julian's notice�察 �The virtuous are ever grateful�察�and He distinguished Matilda above the rest of her Companions。'
'And did not your Parents seek for her�拭 �Did they submit tamely to their loss�察�nor attempt to recover their wandering Daughter��'
'Ere they could find her�察�She discovered herself。 Her love grew too violent for concealment�察�Yet She wished not for Julian's person�察�She ambitioned but a share of his heart。 In an unguarded moment She confessed her affection。 What was the return�拭 �Doating upon his Wife�察�and believing that a look of pity bestowed upon another was a theft from what He owed to her�察�He drove Matilda from his presence。 He forbad her ever again appearing before him。 His severity broke her heart�此 �She returned to her Father's�察�and in a few Months after was carried to her Grave。'
'Unhappy Girl� �Surely her fate was too severe�察�and Julian was too cruel。'
'Do you think so�察�Father��' cried the Novice with vivacity�察�'Do you think that He was cruel��'
'Doubtless I do�察�and pity her most sincerely。'
'You pity her�拭 �You pity her�拭 �Oh� �Father� �Father� �Then pity me��'
The Friar started�察�when after a moment's pause Rosario added with a faltering voice��'for my sufferings are still greater。 My Sister had a Friend�察�a real Friend�察�who pitied the acuteness of her feelings�察�nor reproached her with her inability to repress them。 I 。 。 。� �I have no Friend� �The whole wide world cannot furnish an heart that is willing to participate in the sorrows of mine��'
As He uttered these words�察�He sobbed audibly。 The Friar was affected。 He took Rosario's hand�察�and pressed it with tenderness。
'You have no Friend�察�say you�拭 �What then am I�拭 �Why will you not confide in me�察�and what can you fear�拭 �My severity�拭 �Have I ever used it with you�拭 �The dignity of my habit�拭 �Rosario�察�I lay aside the Monk�察�and bid you consider me as no other than your Friend�察�your Father。 Well may I assume that title�察�for never did Parent watch over a Child more fondly than I have watched over you。 From the moment in which I first beheld you�察�I perceived sensations in my bosom till then unknown to me�察�I found a delight in your society which no one's else could afford�察�and when I witnessed the extent of your genius and information�察�I rejoiced as does a Father in the perfections of his Son。 Then lay