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Melesichton.
of Proxinoe and his children aggravatedhis sorrow . Often would hs steal away to the sea-shore ; at the foot of a large rock , full of tremendous caverns , bemoan his wayward fate ; from thence repair toa gloomy vale , where , even at mid-day , no sun-beam entered . There would he sit on the margin of the dark stream and ponder o ' er his ills . Sleep was a stranger to his eye-lids ; untimely age furrowed his brow ; bending to-the stormhe " ligent
, grew neg of life , and sunk under the pressure of accumulated misery . One day , as he was reclining on a bank in this dreary vale , tired and fatigued with thought , he sunk imperceptibl y into a slumber : Iii a dream , he saw the goddess Ceres , crowned with goldensheaves , who approached him with an air of majesty and sweetness ; and thus addressed him : — " Why art thou thus overwhelmed with thfate ? Melesichton
y "— replied , " I am abandoned by my friends ; my estate lost ; law-suits and creditors for ever perplex me ; the thoughts of my birth , and the figure-1 have made iii the world , aggravate my misery ; and to labour at the oar like aslave , is what my spirit can never submit to . " The goddess beheld him with ity and displeasure ing ;
p , say , " Does nobility consist in affluence , ease , and luxury ? No , Melesichton , it consists in the imitation of thy virtuous ancestors ; the just man only is truly noble . Nature is sufficed with little ; enjoy that little with the sweat of th y brow ; live free from dependance ,- . and no man will be nobler than thyself . —Luxury and false ambition are the bane of mankind . —If thou art destitute of the
conveniencies of life , who shall better supply thee than th yself ? Be not terrified , then , at the thought of attaining them by industry anrJ application . " . She said , and instantly presented him with a golden plouo-hshare , and an horn of plenty . All the rural deities passed on , and ; as they passed , they smiled on Melesichton .
Pie waked ; a dawn of comfort enlivened his soul : he told his dream to his faithful partner , who rejoiced with him , and approved of his interpretation . The next day they dismissed their attendants ,- - Proxinoe with Poemenis spun , while Melesichton and Meliboeua 1 tended their sheep . All their fine needle-works were disregarded ; . their own ground produced their daily food , their own hands preitand it
pared , was enjoyed with that true relish which is inseparable from temperance and labour ., Winter was the season forrepose , , when the family , innocently gay , returned thanks to the gods for their harmless unambitious pleasures . In a little time , Melesichton was in better circumstances than before . The company he kept , was within the compass of his true friendsand his famil
, own y . Their humble residence was far from court , where pleasures bear so high a price ; their enjoyments were sweet , innocent , easy to be attained ; and , in the pursuit , attended with no dangers . Still was their diet frugal , and their industry continued . Melesichton ' s friends , now pressed him , since fortune once again
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Melesichton.
of Proxinoe and his children aggravatedhis sorrow . Often would hs steal away to the sea-shore ; at the foot of a large rock , full of tremendous caverns , bemoan his wayward fate ; from thence repair toa gloomy vale , where , even at mid-day , no sun-beam entered . There would he sit on the margin of the dark stream and ponder o ' er his ills . Sleep was a stranger to his eye-lids ; untimely age furrowed his brow ; bending to-the stormhe " ligent
, grew neg of life , and sunk under the pressure of accumulated misery . One day , as he was reclining on a bank in this dreary vale , tired and fatigued with thought , he sunk imperceptibl y into a slumber : Iii a dream , he saw the goddess Ceres , crowned with goldensheaves , who approached him with an air of majesty and sweetness ; and thus addressed him : — " Why art thou thus overwhelmed with thfate ? Melesichton
y "— replied , " I am abandoned by my friends ; my estate lost ; law-suits and creditors for ever perplex me ; the thoughts of my birth , and the figure-1 have made iii the world , aggravate my misery ; and to labour at the oar like aslave , is what my spirit can never submit to . " The goddess beheld him with ity and displeasure ing ;
p , say , " Does nobility consist in affluence , ease , and luxury ? No , Melesichton , it consists in the imitation of thy virtuous ancestors ; the just man only is truly noble . Nature is sufficed with little ; enjoy that little with the sweat of th y brow ; live free from dependance ,- . and no man will be nobler than thyself . —Luxury and false ambition are the bane of mankind . —If thou art destitute of the
conveniencies of life , who shall better supply thee than th yself ? Be not terrified , then , at the thought of attaining them by industry anrJ application . " . She said , and instantly presented him with a golden plouo-hshare , and an horn of plenty . All the rural deities passed on , and ; as they passed , they smiled on Melesichton .
Pie waked ; a dawn of comfort enlivened his soul : he told his dream to his faithful partner , who rejoiced with him , and approved of his interpretation . The next day they dismissed their attendants ,- - Proxinoe with Poemenis spun , while Melesichton and Meliboeua 1 tended their sheep . All their fine needle-works were disregarded ; . their own ground produced their daily food , their own hands preitand it
pared , was enjoyed with that true relish which is inseparable from temperance and labour ., Winter was the season forrepose , , when the family , innocently gay , returned thanks to the gods for their harmless unambitious pleasures . In a little time , Melesichton was in better circumstances than before . The company he kept , was within the compass of his true friendsand his famil
, own y . Their humble residence was far from court , where pleasures bear so high a price ; their enjoyments were sweet , innocent , easy to be attained ; and , in the pursuit , attended with no dangers . Still was their diet frugal , and their industry continued . Melesichton ' s friends , now pressed him , since fortune once again