Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-10

, fresh sigour from repose, expand all ,heii
sweetness to the morning ray. In modern
times, the torpid lover shores, amid the
evening tog, the praises of his mistress
while the sprightly strains of his serenadt
are obsunded by the mists of midnight
Or, perhaps, with that ideal and mesaphy
steal love which tormented Den Quixote
and other hair-brained knights of ohivalry
he merely dreams of an absent mistress
and leaves to the early and active wooer tc
experience the charming yicissitudes Of ge'
nuine passion.
In close parlours and the long winter,
eve, we may pore over rent-rolls, and en-.
gross marriage settlements. Let the de.
cayed gentleman, in cork-soaled shoes, GO.
loshoes and flannel, court the deiicatemaid-
en- in rhc close cap, and comfortable bed.
gown. But re who would WOO thee, bux.
ON Health, must
Biufh, with hafy aep, the dews away,
And meet the Sun upon the upland lawn"
Hemust not seek thee behind fre.screens,
or lolling on a sofa, but must erect a lodge
in the viAage; and before the day break,
and the shadows fee away, when the rose
and the mandrake give sweet smell, listen
to the joound song, miDgling with the ma
tin of The lark.
But the morning air brea,hes not for low
ers alone. If the Philosopher will arise
and mediate at the morning tide, though
he may not rival the fame, he may attain
the old age of Chancellor Bacon.
The Divine, by the light of the rising
sun, may catch hints from creation, which
may serve to raise the affections of his flock
TO HIM, who divided the ligh, from the
darkness.
The Merchant who opens his counting
house windows to the breezes of morn,
may perhaps find reward in the custom Of
the early purchaser.
The Lawyer, who has CROPPED the pre-
ceding day, in the intricacies of special
pleading, when he views the peaceful face
of morning, and is enlightened by the bea-
MY sun, may perchance, from the serenity
ofthe hour, be led to con the eulogium of
I" Blessed are the peace makers"
While the blythe husbaadman, whom
Providence has ordained to mingle plea
sure with profit, finds, amid his lowing
herds, beating sheep, and flushing fields,
an excitement TO the task OF the coming day.
! cannot conclude this paper without ex-
herring, with emphasis, every s,udious,
every sedentary, and every contemplative
man to get UP esrly, and thus to hud time
for the accomplishment of both profitable
and Tleasurable purposes Though we
cannot literally, like The Orientals, gather
" a cluster of cambher N the vineyards of
Engedi;" .ho' We cannot repair to g the
mounsain Of myrrh and to the hill of frank.
incense; p though the " 1o0megranate" does
not redden in our Wales, nor "ealamus"
nor g cinnamon" scent our groves, yet
even in this western wild, we may find the
lily of the vallIes, and the rose Of fra.
GRANGE. Let US, therefore, forsaking the
feverish dreams of the morning pillow,
shake off she enfeebling chains of Sloth,
+" and go down into the garden to feed in
the gardens, and to gather lilies" Let
us inspect "the fruits of the valley" and
g see whether the vine flourish" By the
&c rivers of waters" let us walk and expa.
tate through the leafy cloissers in The Tenn
pie of Nature.