Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-01
Fran the CoMMERcIAL ADVERTISER.
REFtEcTIoNs IN AUTUMN.

over the furface of nature like the fweet
humming- bid, thou .oYeit perpetual
ly from one objeft to another, though
occadonalIy paudng to extract honey
from the flowers thou meets in thine
excurGons-how great foothcr OF our
cares, how great iource of intellectual! en-
joymcnt ar. than. Tho oltentimes, bythinc
influence, the mind is enwrapped in the
| gloom of melancholy, and unreal evils DIFF
tulb our happiness, yer anon, Light breaks
in upon the foul, and a ,hoafand images Of
delight enliYen end enchans US. Led by
thee, lwi,en mansle1 by fadnels) how Of
ten do we fray TO viiionary worlds
formlsls fcenes, which thy magic power
alone could crca:e--to deep, dark naades
to valleys that really drink the " Suns
all CLEARING beams. to the habitations
OF man, thar have long exhibited, in a
ltriking manner, the decays Of time -
Here thou lelightea to rove here to
ref, ana 70 invite the icauence O: peaiye
meditation.
AT the dawn and prime of Sprirg, ina
giuaiion is enfamed = The heart beats
high WIKI the paiie OF Joy rapture de
tends the botom and delight fpaEklss in
tie eye.
III Tie keat of Simmer, the frame Is re-
taxed fancy is enfeeblcd- land the finer
lpifit that gives life TO chefr-aIn-ls eyaPo-
rate, leaving Us debiiltatcd, and iacapa5le
Of ore ;ender or elevated conception.
BIT 44at3mu-- ahen the grave matron
Autumn approaches, new fpiFits circulate
though or ve;ns, AID new tranfports
warm Our boloms. At this very moment
Che is p,eient--The heat and languor Of
Summe. is over--.hoie langaid days, and
inof inluffsrable nights are par and Fall
has oace more returned, toie4lt the penivc
mind with the ti2h replG Of {" Heavenly
Melancholy"
How happy is ii. individual whofs foul,
at,uned to the orIer and iiaple beauties Of
nature, diipof.d for contemplation, and 70
mach at peace witt heaven as never t. fad
meditation isk[oy1c, lives remote from the
butte and parade OF pride and oppu-
Ieace, and enjoys an unreiefved inter
courft with Ple:y, Science and F-iendlhip.
If there De rational way of lpending time,
rejecting mind would {urely pronounce
this 10 be the way. Without being fore
YER whir'ed in che vortex OK bainels or
d;aiPatloa- po:ieaiag{ indcpendence, in point
Of property, yet with care enough to pre-
ven- the mind from fagnation, IS alfred
ly what reafon would prelcri6e, but what,
alas, human prudence or diIigence rarely
can etTet.
This fatc has been the with Of the wife
thro every age. The Philosopher has pian-
el & Gshed TO enjoy it-,hc Poet has grown
enthlhai}ic in the contemplation OF it
ana even the a,iive, indcfatigabie man Of
bafncs has opoied it as the reward OF
ais tolls, the termination of his cares.
1t is eveniag-tow fill and filenr is
all oalure. The voice of harmony has
cealed tile fgeet fongfers OF the wood,
that but few days ago enllyenrd the
meadows and the fields, are fed -lrlghted
by the appearance of Aurumn, they have
eloped to kinder iky--the windS are
huhed, and fadnefs reaS on the face OF
things.
hi, is the luxury of folitudc--this the
extaoy Of flehce and reazxion. Who
would flrrender delight like this for the
mock gaiety ola bali-for the admiration
of the croua, or the careles of the great
and fortunate.
The fan is Gett:ng departs, fli-
rounded by bsight and fplendld blaze---
All the fky is adorned by his many CO.
Toured rays---tlle clouds flare his eHul
gence, and poar upon the admiring eye
all the beauties that diverhfed color can
| produce. Unfpeakable are the charms OF
Iuch fcene, and inexpsellible the feelings
Il, baort