His property was confiscated; his child became an orphan and a beggar.
it was a necessity, a passion
remembering what she had suffered,
and how she had been relieved
for her to act in her turn the
guardian angel to the afflicted.
kenstein
Shelley
ermany and France. I, their
ad as an infant accompanied
or several years their only child.
h other, they seemed to draw
om a very mine of love to bestow
r caresses and my father's smile
ding me are my first
and their idol, and something
nd helpless creature bestowed on
to good, and whose future lot it
piness or misery, according as
me. With this deep consciousness
ing to which they had given life,
ness that animated both, it may
ry hour of my infant life I received
d of self-control, I was so guided
ut one train of enjoyment to me.
care. My mother had much
ontinued their single offspring.
while making an excursion beyond
week on the shores of the lake
it may be imagined that during every
hour of my infant life . .. I was so
guided by a silken cord that all seemed
but one train of enjoyment to me.
Her presence had seemed a blessing
to them, but it would be unfair to her
to keep her in poverty and want when
Providence afforded her such powerful
protection.