The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics . curious to hear the history ofher who reposes within it. It isdifficult tobe silent concerning her—but yet I will, as you so expresslycommand me. What a pity it is, rejoined I, that a man of such a delicate tactshould have the care of the ashesonly of a handsome woman !—anoccupation so limited, so melan-choly, and so barren to a reflectingmind ! Upon the whole, sir, he re-plied, you may be prettyT right;but you ought, I think, to excepthim who has the charge of the graveof a Laura. It is not because shewas a be
The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics . curious to hear the history ofher who reposes within it. It isdifficult tobe silent concerning her—but yet I will, as you so expresslycommand me. What a pity it is, rejoined I, that a man of such a delicate tactshould have the care of the ashesonly of a handsome woman !—anoccupation so limited, so melan-choly, and so barren to a reflectingmind ! Upon the whole, sir, he re-plied, you may be prettyT right;but you ought, I think, to excepthim who has the charge of the graveof a Laura. It is not because shewas a beautiful woman, and kin-dled a flame in another heart be-sides her husbands—it is not ordi-nary circumstances like these thatconfer distinction on her tomb, andennoble the functions of him whois entrusted with the care or it—but the pure spirit which, after thelapse of ages seems still like a phoe-nix to hover over her ashes, thatrenders the otherwise insignificantoffice of such importance; it is thespirit of love—of her immortal ad-mirer ! He pronounced the word immor-. < SENTIMENTAL TRAVELS TO THE SOUTJI OF FRANCE. lul as pathetically as a professor. Just now, he resumed, youcalled my sphere melancholy andconfined. How easily could I con-vince you of jour error, were I not . Here he paused, but soon recollecting himself— Am Inot addressing a courteous stran-ger, said he, a man of honour,who will not abuse my confidence?That is enough for me. You knowthat after undergoing a strict ex-amination, I have been appointedby the ecclesiastical authorities totake care of this grave, and to re-peat the same antiquated love-storyover and over again to every onewho wishes to hear it—apparentlya dull occupation ! But even themost dull may, in the hands of anactive man of a reflecting mind, berendered important to his contem-poraries, and even to a knowledge of the humanheart, I should indeed have effect-ed but little in the narrow circleassigned to me
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