Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-21
From The Connecticut CCmQm.
THE BRIEF REMABKER.

Two English poets. OF eminent, alt
very unequal genius. are Liaaeirical.
Iy in opposition 10 ore another in
their descriptions Of the same great
obirct-1Hc Ford.
The following lines Of Milton give
OILY the bright side OF the picture.
N therefore did Eature pour her bout.
ties forth
With such fall and unwithjAri,,
hand
Covering the earth with o!ours, iiuis
AID focks,
Thronging the seas viii spawn iHtuus-
rable.
But all 10 Please md safe The curia,
TASTE.
Ard CIV unboundel pleasure unto maG;"
On tic contrary the disappointed
DR.. Young. contemplating the Worit
through the spleen and gloom Of bis
own hUmOar, describes it as an abode
altogether dismal.
q Part, how small. Of ibis tensqueou'
glob
Is tcnantrd BY man! The rest a waste.
Rccks, desar,s. frozea seas, and burning
sands,
Wild baun!s Of monsters. pOisOns, stirsi
and delth.
Such is earth. melancholy map"
4 melancholy map indeed but thank
God, not the true one.
There are some v no seem to make
il a point of conscience tospcak dispa-
ragingly Of the world they live IN. as
if they thought it were honouring ths
maker to despise his workmanship
True enough, il is an evil world ; and
Why: 1t is not so Of Itself, but BY
reason of the c,ilness Of the race q
moral beings that inhabit il. its
the moral, rather than tLe HGtErGi
NJ ap of the world, that is unamatE
and hideous.
The original frame Of tie work Vas
good a commodious. beautiful an
superb mansion. altogether III for he
abode Of All order of s.nIcss creature
compounded OF the rational and n:
animal natures. Aud Eotwil.iSiant'
ing the frisb;ful change il wnd rven'
by means vi the apostacy. il is still u
itself. good world that Is TO say
it is building well adsptrd 10 The
condition Of tie guilty tonaht:-
prisoners Of hope ;"-who Att tss'
tined TO pass short residence in L.
What though the /" thorn ard lbs
thistle" the noxious weed. and ths
priCkiy briar, grow up spontaneously.
whilst plants aid trees that are good
for food mist he cultivated with grea.
care and toll And what thoGs'
man is ilnpelled 10 eat his bread ~
the sweat OF hisi face, and 10 be dali!
mastering up the resources Of Us
mind and body N order TO reduce
stubborn matter to- his use and tGn'
,cnience: All this is entirely bet.
ting his present condition. TO Wit. tic
depra,atiou Of his affections, ape
tites and passions, and his state Of tn
al f.; il precludes the possibility c.
general idlshess, which would .cnde.
him mere vicious by many dcgrees
than he no" is. WHAT though crns-
ses and disapp sintments, sickness and
sorrow. are common 10 the lVt Of mai
and there is such an emptiness o.
deficiency IN even tie best Of his ef,
joyments that not a single individual
OF the whole race is in al respects
happy ! These very evil, are PR
reniives OF moral evil. Through the
divine influence, in a thousand instah'
ces tie! curb cur passions. hemanize
our dispositions; ami bring or m'nds
10 a right state IL recollection and 10
new and better purposes Of aetIon.-
And final! What though besides tina.
Hoi;dl! en,",mrnts are ever uINeo
With alloy, and ere ever arssi'siac'o-
~, life ITSELF is fraii ard 6ocl!ng -
Wiia, though death IS dali. moving
down bis thousands and tets q! 'Aot-
sands Without Gis,in, ton OF sgr or o.
gree, Awful is IS this lss Fl NOT