The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

15S THE YOUNG LADY'S COUNSELLOR.
and remorse, never. Her decision of charactei
shields her from guilt, which is the worst of ills.
With this securit3% she can atford
to hurl defiance at
all the rest. She may walk througn fire, but she
cannot be burned. Floods may roll around her, but
she cannot be overwhelmed. She carries an amulet
of mysterious power in her heart, and is safe.
1 have often admired the decision of Josephine's
affection for the emperor Napoleon. Notwithstanding
his infamous cruelty in divorcing
her for nothing
but reasons of cold-hearted state policy, she never
swerved for a moment from her attachment
Though
separated from him, she cherished his image in her
heart ; brooded over the past with melancholy fond
ness ; rejoiced in his success, and grieved over his
fall. Though no one had been so greatly wronged,
no one continued to love him with so pu^e a regard.
No evil passion was permitted to break forth against
him, — but he remained the idol of her heart, until
it
broke with the swellings of anguish and sorrow.
It is from such a decided and incorrupt ole affection
for the idea of duty, I would have the s*>.ptijn