Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-08-27
MOaiIOHi1E.


FOR THE PoRrLsSD GAkGFrE. {
| There is no suasct, more awful ~ ,ht .eas, or
! nlle alarming " The sell love vi iai, ta.i e a,,-
roach Of death. Tn,' stretched IN tie CoGei Vi
! ickfess and langnish,neDt, aud yininS da"et the
vastngs of disease, tho lite loses IT, pleasures
| becomes a heavy burden, shiink from MS af-
pfoaches, express secret horror at has adyaE2ef,
and cast "!ongio lingering LOOK DeDind' Liz
the 9relch exposed to the Jury oi sia tempest aav
| he mercy of tie pillows, vino seizes Win eases-
uess the only ponk ndt remains vi his Ill ated bark
W. cling to the iaiutest hopes oi recovery wan a
| lhabated ardour. 10 bid Ioaa an eternal iare-
we'll 10 the and all that IL aDiniatc, " be sepa.
rated from every darling object that SURROUNDS Us,
70 aunch into the boun.Iiess Of eternity, aud
appear before the tribunal OF an Almighty creator
aud MISREPRESENTATION like these, uver,sheiui
US with fear and Dread and hl even the stoutest
aearts with terror aud dismay.
l But however reluctant we uay be 40 yielding to
the demands Of the grim destroyer OF mankind, Is
10 scene We must all witness, cup vi wLicn we
! all must inevitably partake. What arm eau pro-
tect US, what barrier cal sseitcr US IRON his as
| saultsp He sends his arrows III every directoa,
numberless are Tie victims who are daily ta'iiny
| beneath the scytl.e of the destroyer, anu obeyng
| he mandate OF Death. Our arst entrance in,o
lie but step toward the grave. In The country
=
! a,ark OF his presence, and authority. " All AMI
mated nature dies u. bis assaults and man, the
great lord Of all is compelled To yied to bis superb
Gritty. The of the tyrsn shakes The tree OF lie,
and like the leaves Of autumn, VIC minSIe Win our
| kindred DUST Scarce day, passes, without pre-
senting TO oar view, another victim Of his power ;
the sabled train, and tLe funeral kneli, reminding
US that we too mortal, that We must ere long
follow friends and compeniola f. that country,
l fran AL n. hon. irav sIi ~
Look into the repositories of the dead. How
| many u,yriads OF active, intelligent beings
! Ike ourselves, repose beneath the dust on which
we treading, aud the cods of the valley settle
over their reinaius. We rich. ye proud ye great.
behold tiesc the termination OF that vanity which
exats you above the sest Of your species that looks
with contempt on those upon whom fortune I'm,
| BEEN less propitious in her tsvours. The DAY Is
advancing, when these proud d Gnc ions, these
| imaginary spsadosrs, Oh which you highly val
! ue yourselves, viii not avail YOU. The
my will reduce you to u level with those whose
mistortuncs you refused TO relieve, whose rask and
pedigree you a1ec ted to despise. The day 10 has
tening, which will cow iIcr YOU u tue heart-arou
ling truth tina. you too
DIE dust,
4l,,d food fcr--uorms."
There ealtl aud Lonours rienes aud rank health
and -Lcs~ty, youth aud old age, tho learned and
lence oi the toa,a their splendours and Distinctions
blended together, and Wondering ia cominou
ruin aud decay. M.Ae is the tongue, that charm
cd by its eoquenCe. mat 0btaiued the praise OF
l.stening scIates, and the applause oil an adinring
world. Closed are the eyes which shone with
iustre, which sparkled with aengnity, aud bcs-
poke the IRE OF that geiius enkasled IN tie soui,
whose briiancy is dimrued aud Nliose rays are
now obscared aud extiuguished Tie Pulse that
an n ken al rnnt art al
with Expectation, have long since refused their Of
lice, breath deserted. Snd life ceased 10 animals,
The lenements they inhabited. La no place 40 we
behold the vanties Of tic Norld strikingly dis
played, aud 80 conspiceousiy degraded. I" y silent
Yet awful aud slarmin, eoIuoncc .dmonishes " OF
our approaching, our inevitable dias.i.don, and
addresses Us In The language OF wisdom a"t snoni-
tion,' 'REMEMhERT TIA AT THOU TOO ART MoErAL"
"P.APALE TO MEET Tar Coz" Neither tie
triumph s ofiae coaquerer, the learning OF the civil
ian, The wisdom OF the sage, Could asGi! grant
inonisnts respite iro.n The ssnons, nor avert the
assalfss OF the destroyer. II e rests = the man OF
age and experience, rcputed a, an oracle III his
generation :" al his feet lay the infant who died
alnost as soon al it was bosn, ike tho expanding
rose, just oeaiag its beauties to the sun, which nip
ped by the Eosl, injured by the tempest, with
crs and fades, anguisnes and dies There lays the
mao OF opulence aud pc Asessoas famed for his rich
e., and idoi,zsd for has wealth. with the poor, and
deserted Leggar, who laid ~ his gate, desiring 10
satale the cravings OF nature With the crumbs that
Tell from has table, the refuse OF the prouseness and
.u.nptu business vi his social board. There reposcs
the youth, who had just witnessed the dawn Of
manhood, aud entered with eagerness on tue thea
Ire Of the world. Health xIawed in his coante-
nance, activity inviSoratsd his frame. He shot
forth, Ike young cedar, extending its branches,
bidding fair to rival the lottiest mouarchs OF the
forest, brought TO the the dust by The arm OF the
teller, from its rootings by the deso'atins
storm or, like the sun, obscured IA ITS meridian
spiendour, by the rising cloud or the approaching
tornl fell victim to the lngerinss Of sickness, and
the wastngs OF disease, yielded obedience to the
mandate, and bowed submissive 10 the blow OF the
destroyer. There" to use the language Of the NJ
spired bard there, the wicked cease from troub-
ling, there, the wsary are AT rest. There, the
prisoner. rest togsther they hear not the voice OF
the oppressor. The small aud the great are there,
the servant is freed from his MASTER" Their lass
the hoary sage, who rad out numbered the prescrl'
bed term of human existence, like as an aged oak
which, robbed vi its sapplngs and withered ny the
stroke OF The tightening loses its foliage dies and
decays There the mother sleeps with her darling
and long la,nen,cd infant, locked in the arms Oh
death and in the SAUNDERS Of the grave. Here the
the yotary of vice, the ,iase Of folly and ex'aya
gance, the carly victim Of dissipation and inten
perance. find AN early, an uniineiy snd. ihete
Z L,h.. had The