The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-21
From Poidso,''s Daily .Afrtriissr.
MARCH.
Now Nature ham, her mantle green
On every blooming trer,

Now Nature hung her mantle green
| TN every blooming tree.
Aud spreads her sheets q daisies white,
Out DER The gro.sy lee fserns.
Another month has gope--aud gone
forever. February whose reign We not
long since Anticipated with delight, has
passed away irreyoeabIy bat left many II
lnemento thntit was there With il many
hopes and fears are extinct There Is n
great deal Of anxiety, perplcxity, aud Ills
leess, arising from the variance which cx-
ISIS between human prospects and wishes.
and divine intention. which one month
tends greatly to reconcile or terminalc.--
Meantime, new expectations rise ont Of
TINS brlti, but important space of time,
"hlch every day tends To increase or allay.
Alas how many are there, who, if they
nave right thoughts, would gladly recall
The past, that they might act in different
manner than what they have done who
think that If they could re-live one month,
they would by correct conduct, evadc the
misfortune and trouble their rashness has
eniailed on them, pressing upon their
hearts With the additional gloom OF con-
stious wrong.
There are many such, who will thus re-
sret, at the termination of each week,
month or year but how few are conss-
tent enough To remember, land net aceor-
1lngly,1 that unless they be careful far the
ensuing time, the same evils VII aecumu.
laie. 70 live we'll ua1o, To despair not I'M
reasonably about tn consequences of the
past, and 10 prepare ior the future, ia the
proper course Of reasonable creature
anxious toremose the grieyousload ofsuch
responsibility
The passing moment al wo rest on;
Rest on for what whit do we FEAR
or why REGARD the la,siag year,
VIII time, amused with proverb'd love,
Add 10 our day one minute more
Although Thai di,lsion Of die wear called
Winter, has passed, and Spring commene-
ed, yet there j. mol any thing 10 be fell of
tho3e milder, offer, and serener scenes
which the idcA of yernal season rxclfes.
, II, when We speak of Winter, We mean Sc
verify nG weather, and intend by Spring,
10 Civ an impression Of mildness, dssoly
Ing lis rlgor INTO an intermediate state, be-
tween excessive cold and heat, we are
safe in asserting, thai March is very rarely
a Spring month. And il would be more
accordant to the usual course Of nature.
We're the months comprchended in The four
divisions Of the year, ms follows
SPRING.
April, May, June.
SUMMER
July, August, September.
AUTUMN.
October, November, December.
WINTER.
January February, March
This division would certainly best suit
our climate but it would be useless 10
break the uniformity which has been cs
tablshed, by such an innovation.
This month is comparatively monoto-
nous, with little, except storms, TO vary the
scene of the long struggle between Old
Boreas and Mars, for the mastery. II is
named from the latter deity. The God of
War, who, according 10 the Roman NY
thology, presided over it, and bears no
small resemblance 10 the turbulence of his
profession. With them, il was the first
month of the year; with the Hebrews
likewise part Oft formed portion Of their
FIRST month, called Abb, or NIuan.