Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-04-07


i .9pri-21 to 28.-Sunshine and show
ers now prevail alternately; the fruits
of good education appear emerging
from the beauteous blossoms; but as
yet they are crude and imperfect. Ma
ture appears in her most lively garb ;
a few passing clouds may obscure the
horizon, but they soon discharge them
selves and pass away. So do the tenn
porary sorrows of youth disappear,
leaving no painful recollections on the
mind like the refreshing rain which
falls upon the earth, reviying dropping
nature, so do the trivial disappointments
of this early state serve but to render
hopes perspective more alarming.
| .May-28 to 35.--The face of nature
now wears fresher bloom the gar
dens are luxuriously filled with flowers,
the trees are covered with foliage, and
the swelling corn begins to fill the ear.
So is the body of man ripened TO per-
lection, the morals are formed, ana the
strongest energies Of the mind disclose
themselves. He INDUCES in luxurious
pleasure, and contributes to the gratifi-
cation of others by the exertion of his
useful and agreeable Qualities.
June-35 to 42.-Ihe summer is DOW
before us, we begin TO gather the fruits !;
and already some of the spring flowers
fade and droop. Dense clouds obscure
the sun, even at noon day; vivid light
nings shoot athwart the sky; and the
thunder, in an unexpected moment,
bursts over our heads. Thus does man
already prepare TO gather the fruits Of
ms good works, or begin 10 dread the
punishmenls Of his trausgressions. The
simple hopes and pleasures of youth
fade and wither in remembrance they
obscure his reason, blight his virtues,
and the msfortunes they occasion burst
unexpectedly upon him, astonishing and
appalling him even in the moments OF
pleasure and exultation. He perceiVes
that the days of his licentious enjoyment
are short; that long winter of re-
morse may succeed; aud happy is it for
him if he profit by the hint which the
season itself affords.
July-42 10 49-The bright days of
summer are now passing away with
swiftness uunoticed. The tempting fruits
have been pIucked from the trees, leay-
ing them bare and unsightly; others OF
later growth Eow bend beneath the lus-
cious bur,hen. The hey has been go,
in, the corn is ripe for the sickle, and
after crops of grass begin TO shoot
from the earth 1t is now that man is
drawing towards the harvest Of his hap
piness.-Most of the pleasures which he
once pursued with avidlty have lost
their ,zest. Those who have too early
wasted their talents remain neglected
as an useless incumbrance upon the face
of the earth, while those who have pre-
served their morals interrupted, and
suffered their judgments to be matuTed
by experience, and sought after as pre-
cious, fruits, are justly appreciated for
their superior excellence. At this Pc
riod also, man beholds new genera
ton rising to perpetuate his VIrtHes ;
his tender offspring calls for all his care
and attention; he looks anxiously for
ward to the period of its growth and i'm
provement, in the fond hope that il
will not only gladden. his OVID heart,
but contribute to the general benefit OF
society.
.August-49 to 56.-The yellow tints
of autumn now begin to check our ex-
ultations, and remind US that earthly
bliss is not permanent; and rs the as
pect of nature undergoes gradual
change, so does the face of man. His
cheeks begin to fuFrow, bis locks turn
gray, and the bloom Of healthtul vigor
/ leaves his cheeks. Pleasure iatigues
his relaxed frame, land exerlion weakens
his intellectual powers, (which have now
passed the period Of Improvement. The
winter Of age seems advancing with
hasty strides more hasly than welcome
He looks back with regret to the hour,
Of spring and summer, when all wa:
gaiety and mirth. They seem to have
receded with equal rapidly, and the
present hour is too often wasted in IN
profitable retrospection and dissatisfied
anticipation.
SePtem6er-56 to 63.--This is the
period of rest and recreation, feasting
and revelry when the season of labor
is over. The harvest is got in, and
the days are considerably shortened
Man now begins 10 seek refuge from
oppressive cares and gloomy apprehen.
sions, Al convivial hIarity and unlimit.
ed indulgence at the social board. He
has gathered his harvest of knowledge,
his toll is at an end, and he proudly ex.
ulls IN his vast acquisition, without re.
tiecting how soon he may be called
upon to render up just account and
see his boosted stores transferred to O.