The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-11-04

that Il n thr doing AZ Cod aEia fllai ilsr heart H
man Nv REX thus haeIY touched bsi tn fnn Aaurs
Hisa sessoa, ~ i6e hra place xlirt tends W
wean as from the passions & tie weld Every
passion, however base, u yeteiaqnHnt l.FeaEs
tg us nf present enjoyment Y TELLS uanl what
men have done and what men uay da and "
supports as every where ~ the etsnple olmaoy
around az. When We 20 oui iniofhe ftids Ia
ne evening u tie year diHercM voice an-
pr0arhes us. WIN regard. even H sfar WI pur.
selves, the sen bur steady advances NJ tnat. al
few DAYS ago, aud the sam.ner II The vssf was
grateful, and every element was filed vita lie.
and the sum 0i Hraven seemed te Glory i'm D. aN-
rendant TIE u now rnierbrd IVA his r0r wv
the desert 20 more ebloss0Ins hke TIRE rose iae
song Of joy = no more beard amonc tho brarcA.
e., and the Earth h streNrd with thut iniiHse
which once bespoke tAe alarnihrsnre w snn-
mer
Whatever may be the passions which society
bias awakened, we pause amid this apparent des-
nlation of nature We sii down TN ihr hodge oi
The wnyfaring mon IN tlr wilderness" End Wv
feel thst al We witness = Tie smbiem of or
own fate. Such also. IN o few years. viii be- or
own condition. The blossoms III our spring, ilc
pride VI 0ur Summer win ais0 iadr TN our decay
and the pulse that now brgis hieh with viggous
or vicious desire, win gradually sink end then
.ssssef atom forever We rise from nur medifa-
Hons Wfts u~a#an spftenrd ern subAnna al,s irn
return INTO ilfe as into SmAdawv srrNw VI hFra
we have disquietnd ourselves wv wainH 1-sr
is the first impression which the presses .eers ~
Nature il fitted 10 make upon ns. IA is his ara
impression which intimidates thr th0ashticss
ana the CAV and indeed, II there were n6 1tlfgF
reflections that followed, y know not that itwouid
be the business Of wisdom 20 recommend such
meditatons II Is the consequences, however,
nf such nrevi0us thoughts, which are chiefly vHl-
uable, and among thcsethers IRE two WHICH msy
well deserve our consideration.
tits the peculiar character Of the melancholy
which such seasons excite, that X i general IN
II not an individual rem0ustrunce u III mt the
harsh language Of human wisdom which too nl-
ten insults while il ins,ructs as When Che wines
of autumn sigh around Us, their voice speaks
not 10 Us only, but to our kinds and the lesson
they teach " Is not that we alone decay, but
that such also is the fate Of all the generations
of man.
"Thev are the green leaves o. the tree az ihH
desert. which perish and are renewed In sacil
sentiment there Il a kind 81 sNbiimity ming
led with It's melancholy ; our tesr fan, but
they fall not for ourselves aud although the
train III our thoughts NAV have begun with ttr
selhshness of our own concerns, we feel TINT INV
some mysterious power they end in awakening
our concern for every thing that lives. Yet 4
few years we think, and All that now bless or aii
that now c0nvulse humanity viii also have per
ished. The mightiest pageantry VI life win pess
the lOudest notes oftriumph or Of conquest viii
be silent IN the grave /" the wicked, wherever
active, win x cease from troubling, and thewea-
lry wherever suffering evil be NJ rest Under
an impression 50 profound, we feel our hearts
better; the cares, the anmosities, the hatreds,
which society may have engendered, sink un-
perceived from our hosoms. lid the general
des0laton Of nature, we feel the lttlenrss OK orr
own passions we look forward 70 that kin IRE
evening which time must bring 70 all we an
ticirate the graves Of rhose we hate rs Of those
we love.--Every unkind passion falls, with the
leaves that fall around o. and we return, slow
| ~ to our homes, and TO the society which sur.
rounds US, with the wish only to enhghten or n
\ bless them.