Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-05-14

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ssyetbee birth.
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What have to DO rith thee.
Dull unjoso0s consisbcyr
Il is matter of dnubt, and has q,
caeionally been msttrr Of disussio,
with tie learned. whether prose or nos
tr, IS best calculated 10 represent, with
effect as well as precision, the WORK.
Of natore, and the emotions Of the he,.
l will rrfrr tie following descrip;on
Of the morning Of the day Of human
life and of love, To thnse Who are a.
posed 10 consider the question.
MORNING.
The morning is the infancy Of II,
day. and, like the infancy of life, has
health and biGom, and cheeriuinrs, AID
purity, in a degrer unknown 10 the hu
sy noon, which is the season Of cprs,
or the languid evening, which is ii,
harbinger Of rePoss. Perhaps the song
of the nightingale is not in itself le,sS
cheerful than that IF the lark it i, Ii.
seas IN Of the song that invests i, with
the character Of melant holy. It's h4
same with rhe associations Of infancy,
it is all cbeerfulness, all hope: lis path
is Oh the flowers of an un,ried world
The daisy has more beauty in the eve
of childhood; than the rise in that Of
maturer life. The spring is The infan
CIV Of the year: it. flowers ate the flow
ers of promise and darlings Of poetry
Tie autumn tho has its flowers; bu;
they are little loved, and little praised:
for the associations of autumn are uos
with the ideas Of cbeerfulne.s, but with
yellow leaves and hollow winds, he.
raids OF winter, and emblems Of dissc.
luton.
Ere h air ard liberty are all that j,
necessary to the happiness of children.
In that bli.sfui age when natures self
is new" the bloom of Interest and
beauty is found alike in every object q
perceplion-in the grass of the meadow,
the moss of the rock, and the ses.weed
on the sand.-They find gems and
treasures in shells and pebbles; and the
gardens Of fairyIand in the simplest
flowers. They have no melancholy as.
sociations with autumn or with evening.
The falling leaves are their pIaythirss;
and the setting sun only tells them that
they must go to rest as he does, and
that he will light them TO thef sport,
in the morning. 1t is this bloom oil
novelty, and the pure uHclouded, UNIV
tiated feelings With which it is oonteu'
plated, that throw such an mccarthy
radiance on the scenes Of our infancy,
however humble in themselves and
give a charm to their recshections
which not even Tempe can compensate.
1t is the force Of first Impressions
The first mradow in which We ather
cowslips. the first stream on which We
sail. the first home in which We awake
to the sense of human sympathy. have
all a peculiar and exclusive charm,
which We shall never find again in
richer meadows, migh'ier rivers, and
more masnifcen, dwellings,. nor even
in themselves, when We revisit them al
ter the lapse of years. and the sad re-
alities of noon have dissipated the iIlu.
sions Of sunrise. 1t is the same, TOO,
with first love, whatever be the causes
that render il unsuccessful: the second
choice may have just preponderance in
the balance of moral estimation but
the object Of first affection; aud all the
perceptions Of our being, will be most
Invested of the attributes of mortality.
The magical associations Of infancy
are revived with double power in the
feelings Of first love; but when they too
have departed, then, indeed, The lIsh!
of the morning is gene.
o! the spring time Of life is the season Of
blooming,
And the morning OF love is the season oil
joy;
Ere noontide and summer with radiance
consuming,
Look down on their beauty 10 scorch ana
destroy.
o! faint are the blossoms lilies pathway
adjoining, =.
When the first magic glory OF hope -
withdrawn
For the flowers OF spring and the light"
the morning,
Have no summer budding. and no second