Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-31

THE Kaleidoscope.
Thou exquisite thing, Of cylindrical frame
Ahu angular mirror, and hard sounding name.
Thou pia,thing for saees aud mystery Tor boys
aho" prettiest of wonders and g,avest oftoys
SURE We never have seen, and we never shall see
IN this age OF phenomena, aughi Ike nnro thee
The musical box, eni the musical ring
Inc Invisible girl, who coald praits and sing,
Were but tries thee with ihy shapes and tby hines
ana thousand OF thousands of varyin. views.
Do took att, Tom iheTe, just shrt one eye,
Aud close to this hole let the ether draw nigh.
Now give but a turn. or touch, or shase,
Hno oeh"iu wnat ne" hgures and forms yen can make
heep Looking, Keep turning and looking" Ie powers
lou eNcislui, and "Geod gracious, what millions Of
" Methinks Pun unwlndlng a long roll OF prints
winch iaey stamp upon room-papei, carpets, OF
chntz,
" or snch magnhed snow-drops il seems to create
" As the Encyclopedia describes in the plate.
P'ay what inside, that brings forth such creaous
. AND muittpiies thousands of new combinations
" IN the very same maud every figure is cast
. Ana yet each differs wide ne from the last.
- Sometimes they hegin from the centre TO change
sometimes nom the border their parts they arrange
" Sometimes they take leave with lingering Iot,on
" Or darn into view like dsh rom The ocean
" But tell me How far will this long series ruut
say, IS IL not wound up will u never be done y,
no. No, no. Tom you talk Ike an ignorant goat.
Take couple OF mirrors no, stay forgot
you've but one IN the werld-oh WELL that matters not
Eve another-now let them he set face TO face
Join'd beiow-but at top let them open a space
New snatch from Maria the she is wearing
Mhne hold the mirrors twe.l done, you are daring
iod now the same rose, with lts leaves all complete
Just where at an angle the two mirrors meet
ANA then, where the mirrors reject underneath
ION VIII see most perfect and beautiful wreath
aud such Is the nnst'ry and principle. Tom
Which thes have borrowed this wonderful iustru.ent
frem,
WITHIN that tin tube you will lind by inspecting
~ an angie two small looking glasses rejecting.
tLen IN lieu OF the rose there small bits sfyass
Oi all colois 'nd sizes aud shapes in a mass.
Now for ev'ry appearance these pieces present
circular six odd reflection is lent
And the least agitation these pieces sustain.
fIeaks up The old shapes and forms new ones sgsp.
why I've heard great r,aihemat clan declare,
VINO rs deeper IN such things than you and are,
Ihat II ever since Adam forin'd from the ground
mere was some one who turn'd kaIeIdoscope round
AUD Wrought a new figure each second to view,
There might never In all points, resembling be two.
out now lei us leave pepRutations and com.
Iilations Tor thoughts we iiae better, dear Tom.
we are poets-aud poets DOM of take To counting,
Put on tropes and simies love 20 be mounting.
Let ms glance at this toy with poets fond eve
and TO Gather a moral wen soberly try.
say, what rs this world that we live I'm below
Kaleidoscope ony-~a pla thing for show
Like the vanishing q cures uefOre us we men
Just melt into Being aud melt out again
Perhaps our whole lives like those heures supply
moments amusement some anxious eve
That peeps from an opening IN yon distant sphere
ANA ilstiessiy views us While gImmerins here.
Bnt why at this thought SO subdu'd d. you seem
we may wake up elsewh - though us here but
dream.
Then my TREAD let ms aim with unwearying strife,
10 p-rtectth> heeting, Kaleidoscope life,
ana ev'h " us hgSle and color alone,
Lei US sAass Il gld brighten 1t weIi-till tis foNn