Thaddeus of Warsaw

hitherto powerful people were consigned to an abject depend

left of the kingdom of Poland, obtained his permission to seek its only remaining quarter. Quitting Warsaw, he joined Prince Poniatowski, who was yet at the head of a few troops near Sachoryn, supp

ied he, "I embrace in

so lately the brightes

ce, answered, "I come to receive your majesty's commands. I will obey them in all things b

of you to compromise your country; but alas! you must not throw away your life in a now hopeless cause. Fate has consigned Poland to subjection; and when Heaven, in

ce he exclaimed, "If my sovereign be already at the command of our oppressors, then indeed is Poland no more! and I have nothing to do but to perform the dying

age and sorrows in that happy kingdom! Go, Sobieski; your name is w

his hand in sil

ure which your family has always been to this nation; I know your own individual merit. I know the w

no. I have perhaps performed less than my duty; the blood of Sobieski ought not to have been spared one drop when the liberties of his country perished

able Stanislaus became

t Catherine misunderstood my principles, when assisting in my election to the throne; she thought she was planting merely her own viceroy there. But I could not obliterate from my heart that my ancestors, like your

hich he may be doomed to wander that he has received from you the care and affection of a father. O! sire, how will future ages believe that, in the midst of civilized Eur

his hand on the

ure prepared me for the completion. My kingdom has passed from me at the moment you have lost your country. Before we part forever, my dear Sobieski, take with you this assurance-you have served the unfortunate Stanis

king looked down on his graceful figure, and pierced to the soul by the more graceful feelings which dictated the action, the tear which stood in his eye, rolled o

able Stanislaus became

t Catherine misunderstood my principles, when assisting in my election to the throne; she thought she was planting merely her own viceroy there. But I could not obliterate from my heart that my ancestors, like your

hich he may be doomed to wander that he has received from you the care and affection of a father. O! sire, how will future ages believe that, in the midst of civilized Eur

his hand on the

ure prepared me for the completion. My kingdom has passed from me at the moment you have lost your country. Before we part forever, my dear Sobieski, take with you this assurance-you have served the unfortunate Stanis

vency and anguish to his lips. The king looked down on his graceful figure, and pierced to the soul by the more graceful feelings

ture. Wear it in remembrance of a man who loves you, and who can n

eus rose from his knee, and was preparing to leave the room, w

Heaven may yet smile upon you in some distant nation. Will you pay a debt of gratitude for your poor sovereign? Should you ever again meet with the good old Butzou, who rescued me when my preservation lay on the fortune of a moment, remember that I regard him as once the saviour of my lif

ing his majesty's hand a second time to his lips, h

n compassion to the cries of the people, were trying to humble their necks to the yoke of the dictator. The magistrates lingered as they went to take the city keys from the hands of their

deserted. Here and there a poor miserable wretch passed him, who seemed, by his wan cheeks and haggard eyes, already to repent the too successful prayers of the deputation, The shops were shut. Thaddeus stopped a few minutes in the great square, which used to be crowded with happy citizens, but now, not one

where once stood the magnificen

e last command of my mother! Nothing remains of Po

lanow, and were at this moment busying themselves in searching amongs

"Farewell! forever farewell! thou beloved, revered Villanow, where I was reared in bliss and tenderness! I quit thee and my country forever!" As he spoke, he raised his hands and e

se, precisely two hours before the triumphal car of General Suwarrow entered Warsaw, Sobieski left it. As he rode along the streets, he bedewed its stones with his te

orse stopped, and neigh

re you so sorry at leaving Warsaw that, like your unh

e should turn his back on Poland, never to return. Thaddeus looked kindly round, and shaking hands with the honest man, after saying a few fr

almost blinded sight, the long and desolated lands through which he had passed; then involuntarily dropping on his knee,

relic of his country into his bosom, and rem

and his sorrows when it lessens to his view, Sobieski pursued the re

rom the conviction that his afflictions had gained their summit, and that, however heavy they were, Heaven had laid t

a, he found the strength of his finances would barely defray the charges of the voyage.

rset his determined resignation. Tears would again have

e with me even into exile-it is painful, it is ungrateful!" He was in the stable when this thought assailed him; and as the reflections followed each other, he agai

ed the fine mansion and park on the east of the town. The man replied, "Mr. Hopeto

ind. He immediately took his resolution, but hardly had prepared to put it into execution, when

this hasty call, with an agitated

N HOPET

S

verything but his honor to the last int

y victim to the cause of loyalty and freedom

therefore I implore you, by the respect that you pay to the memory of your ancestors, who struggled for and retained that liberty

ir, and you shall ever be remember

LAN

, Novemb

ght be brought out. A few days of rest had restored him to his former mettle, and he appeared from the s

. The noble creature knew his master, and became gentle as a lamb. After stroking him two or three times, w

rse directly to the house of Mr. Hopetown. L

owards the quay. The wind continuing fair, he entere