The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-09-25

and another followed, till found my,e 4 Weep
ing q, the grove Of innocence and beauty -
Perhsps, thought !, she for whoos the ersvs
has jus: been opened was the only hope and
stay OF destitute and aged psreols. Perhaps
j, was to her they looked for consolation In
their hour of trouble and misfortune. Where's
now is their hope. ~
"Dutics were heirs, Of tenderness and care,
The grief to tighten and the JOY 10 shsre."
With fial love 70 soothe Y parents years,
Hume his smiles, exhsle his anxious tesrss
His cares repay, his fond attachments bless,
And be his light, his hope, his hsppnsss."F
Where Is there an object more sffectincs
than a solitary mou'per, broken BY the tenn
pests Of sdversity, totteting alone end unsup.
ported down tho hill OF later lie : yet such
perhaps nigh, be The present case.
Perhaps, thought, J, m,ghi be one OF those
un,imely exits which often occur among thu
young and blooming. Il might be one whose
heart and hand had been given the pledges Of
uns'te'sbie affection: which brighter pros-
pects when realized, would complete. Ono
whose brilliant hopes and expectations wsro
built upon tho bssis Of resson, but which suc.
ceedn. misioroncs had destroyed. here, ss
looked around, i perceived every eye TO bo
dimmed with tear, end every tongue TO bo
mute with sorrow. The silence Of mourning.
was uninterrupted BY the voice Of lsments ion
or OF mef'iment. Evo'y one ssemed too
much obso'bed IN his own reflections 10 OBJ
serve his oeighbor and, % the cofkD we low
cred ioio tho grave and the co.. ds drawn out
with that hollow sound 30 g's'iog 10 the foel-
ings OF the 'vivors. an involuntary sigh, from
The crowd around me, told me how icelingly
alive vac every one TO tho general mistot,une.
Rssder, shouidst tby strsggl'ng eye bu, once
perceive . village fonerai, foilowm. II you
are enihusiss,ic IL will tesch thee modefs alton y
II thou art gifted with scnsbiii,y and geniuA
!, will deeply sHoc, thee, and II thou hsst lete
behind thee thy beacon to salvation, il will
place IL once more before thee.
The carriers now began TO fli tho grave:
The sod as it fell heovily upon the coffin:
went homo to the heat. II 10 q sound winch
wings feeling Of affection and regret even
from 9 stranger. 1t 10 like closing the doors
Of this wotld upon all we love aud vsosrste,
until they s'e opened In e,e'ni,y have Of
ten seen the hand oi friendship or affection
drop handful OF earth upon the ashes Of do.
parted friends, as ii, whom all their obligations
bere had bssa performed, they wete adding 4
rni,s TO the. .foifi msut Of the hast sad most &C.
fec,Ing. Wucrc ~ tncro vVvuo mv's Css-
cuIsted TO impress os with q correct ideo OF
our own insignEcsnce. Where shsli ~
look for our warning bu, In the grove. When
we sec a friend. a brother or o psren, shus
on, from the busy scenes Of life, or when wo
see him called ss If unwarned, II should teach
Us to value the sn'vIve' while they sfe VIM
Us, end 10 love the N every moment a. ihcie
last. But when we see the object oi our car
ly love and tenderness, sna.chcd from our
warm embraces, in The moment when we, had
supposed oor heppIness complete, II should
teach US that nothing blissfuI 10 Of perulanens
duration
"Yet Hope attends companion OF the way,
His dream by night, his vision oil the day"
The grave was .coS flied the enoib ssie
was thrown IN returned hollow sound, which
evcty moment became fainter end lam Or on
iii IL was bcssd no more. Here wss scene
which called forth the noblest feelings oi QUE
nature J; it was one which the philosopher
might pause TO contemplate with slleni con-
viclion or which the poet nigh, lioRer tn
sdmile with oil the glow Of melancholy rap.
tute.
BY this timc the procession began 10 mcvo
homewatd; night was fast spprosehiog' ous
the moon had 'isen though sho shons but
iaintiy, as II waning ill tho sun should qu't
the scene, tha, she mightssseu her empire
undispu,ed and alone. I seated myself upoU
tho gas, sod Of igbbofing grave end gsz-
ed upon the multitude as they gradually dis
sppesfed among tho intricscies OF the wood,
aud until I was left wib no companion bur
The sexton. lie was smoothing Oft the grave
and scrspiog together the dirt around II, az "
fearful ,hs, It might be ieveIled by tho care
less footsteps OF tho scbooIboy in his daily
walk across the yard, or by the idle sportsman
10 his putsui, alter game. When he bad hns
i,ned ms ta.k he turned to me and observed,
that he mad never filled q grave 9th such
heavy heart since the day he had buried his
wife and he questioned whe,bcr sny body In
the neighborbood had known On occurrence
which excited such gens'sl in,ere',.
However bensuh one ! considered this
man, there was something about him which
seemed to check advances and sepfessed fs-
miiisriiy; bot, encouraged by hts RENE ~
/ eoquirsd Of him Tho situation snd c'feu@ssn-
ces OF the deceased. The old man looked as
me with an sis OF sorrow IN his coun,epsnee