The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1824-03-23


CONTEMPT ALTON
This is musical word, say what sou viii,
aud whether we use il as a noun or in lis various
infections ofVeIb, adjective, participle, &c IS
equally iuteres iug and useful ID is word we
canEot well % without. u is 10 every bodv's
niolth, and j. contemplated by every one who
has Tie least acquaintance with our mother
tongue. Il ], universally thought about, read
about, and talked ab0ut-though is der0lement,
rs the learned Stephanus would say, IL, without
doubt, frequently misapplcd we See IL, and
near il. and feel Il. if one can see, hear or feel
a1y thing in these times of sober reality We
see ii in every ncws-print, aud every novel,
Frae .uoi4snRirk 70 ,Jonny Groof,
Frae Jonny Neal 10 Waller Scott
We see tin every sermon, poem, and nurserv
tale, that hangs upon the book shelf IN nature
and nature y works. II there he any difereEc
IN earth, sea. air, sun, moon and stars I'll
plants shrubs aud flowers III statues. and
painting. VI Venus de Medicis and Appoilo Bel
videre. From the Ctcf dceurre Of Praxiteies
20 the inimiabe portrait Of Washington, by Rem
brandt Peele. We hear Il at home and abroad
IA; Church and the Theaire-at rOuts and assem-
blics-tea-p parties. coteries, &c where everything
Is contemplated for effect. One contemplates a
vOyage-anothcr joumey-one walk-an-
other ride. Tie .3dGmsiitS contemplate tour
10 the sprincs-and their opponents tour to
the White HILLS, 70 CrarfordS, 20 contemplate
the national panorama from Mount Wastncloa.
which, like some tall cliff, sc. The parson
cOntemplates his ducs-the LAWYER his client
the physician his fees-and Che Merchant his
bills The student contemplatss his library, and
the idle man his pleasures The one muses. M
on black letter, and the other signs, and looks
anutterable things Cornthian Tom contem-
plates The adams Hat, while Bob Logic eyes tho
Crawford cut. The one oontemplates a coat Q
IN GrecqUe-G Ia HGierlOO-Whe the other ewes
the Bolingbroke or the Cories Lady Prnge
cOntt npiates tire gown fa l71ris, aud Lady
Ieazle The Leghorn bonnet
We feel il az home aud abroad II Is new
every morning, and fresh every evening The
soul frels il, as the prodigiols DR.. Ramsay would
say, when contemplating fairy form, as II elides
enehantingly along the street, or is seen like
some lovely Hebe dancing away with down
upon her feet, in the ballroom Ii feel. II when
i hears the blessed sounds Of some fair Euphro-
syne, whose sou-subduing voice steals through
The heart, and
Round holy calm difusing
Lore ~ peace, and ilrtiy nUsmg,
~ A0liJlU HlUyusurs dies atray
MelibTus fell il, when he sang the praise Of
Amaryllis in the sLade-Penclope, when she
happy Dido, after Eneas had stolen her heart
away, when She mounted the fatal pile, contem-
plated her mistOrtunes, aud breatbed away her
life IN the strain Of sic, sic jitrGi ire sub umbros
The COntemplative Bachelor feels il, especially
N isap-yeSr, when he expects TO he saved the
trouble Of popping fbs question The old maid,
who has passed the various stages Of tlirt, prude,
and coquette feels hen She rails at single bIes-
sedness, and contemplates her grey hairs going
down with sorrow TO the grave. The father
cOntemplates the departure ofhis sen TO a foreign
land, in search Of fortune and happiReSs, with
mingled feelings of pleasure and regret. The
wife eontemplates the husband. and the husband
the wife, with pure and elevated affection.
known only TO themselves-wh bile the mother
cOntemplates her daughters rs her Jewels, and
regards them as the apple of her eve, and il rem
dered happy IN seeing her children settled a.
round her TO he the soiaCe and comfort Of her
declining years. ! myself, Messrs. Editors, am
Just getting rid OF my far cap and cloak in
which have contemplated through winters
churlish tyranny and am now contemplating
The dissolving snow, as it passes rapidly from the
earth, 10 make way for the beauties Of spring,
'sum sephgriS, 81 kirVnaiHe primo. / am contem-
plating the sun, as Il lights up the countenance,
auimates the soul, gives liza 20 the body and
yigor % the mind-caIses the vine 10 increase
and % put forth its blossom--the rose aud lilly
% appear in their fragrance, aud the May-hower
20 bloom upon the hills. | an contemplating
the Oiium ciua digmiaie OF this Word-its sOr-
rows and its iovs-its light and its shade
and am looking forward with lively anticipation
60 the happiness Of the next, where heavenly
contemplation dwells,' and where all IS life,
and light, and JOY. CON.