Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-04-02
IFrom S6eli,n,s Poems.l

he history nf beautiful garden, that, after hrightenir
nd hns"ing under The eye OF its lovely Young n,tres
res IA The calamity If her 'te and dies because 81
nc Inore there to tend its beauties"
y Sensitive Plant in a garden grew,
Anh the Young winds fed it with silverttsw,
Ani II Opened its ian-iike leaves Ia the light,
Aud closed them beneath the kisses OF night.
And the Spring arose On the garden fair,
Like tle SpiI!t of Love felt every where
Aud each 6ower ani herb On Earih's dark breast
"nse from ike ia cams OF lis wintry rest.
III" snow drop aud then the violet,
Arose iEG,n the ground with warm rain wet
aud their breath VAS mkt with fresh udnur, sent
Ffum the turf, like the voice and the Instrument.
Then the pied wind-aowers aud the tulip tall,
Aud narcissi, tile tdirrSt among them all,
W no gore ON their eyes in the streams recess
ihltbey die OF their own dear loveliness
And the maid like iily OF the vale,
Whom youth makes 50 fair, and VA sion SD pale,
ihat The light al its tremuluus bells is seen
through their paviions ii tender green,
AM AM th- hyac,nth, purple, and white and blue,
winch Hung from its bells n Get peal anew,
ut n'',c III delicate, s,,tt and intense,
Il w'si eIi like IN Odour within the sense;
AnI Tie rose, iike lymph To the bath addresi,
Nn'eh unseiled the depth OF her glow ing breast,
Gu iuld after iuld To tue tainting air
ine soa1 Ut her beauty and lay bare;
And the wand like lily, which lifted up,
A As a n''rn"d its m"onlighi coiored cup,
TIL the fiery star. which /, its eye,
bhz'd through clear dew the tender sky
aud the ieSSamine faint, and the sweet tbe-ross
he sweetest Hover for scent that blows
aud ali rare blossoms FROM every cline,
hFew IA that garden iu perfect prime.
The Sensitive Plant
Felt the sound oi the funeral chaut,
AHa the steps ct the hea, crs, heavy AMI slow,
Aud The s0hs nt the luuGrners deep ami low.
Tie weary sound aud the heavy breath,
sNn The silent ni"'iuns OF passing death.
i"d he "h"rnr, smell, cold oppressive, and dank,
S""t through the pores oi the cufiiu plank.
The dnIk gras., aud The flowers among The grass,
We're bright ~ IN tears as ihe crowd lid pass {;
t'"ni TIA ar sishs th" wind caught mnurnful tone,
Auu s''S i"the pines, aud gave groan Tor groan.
The garden, once far, brcams cold and foul
Like ne curpSe uI her no lad been il, suui
" Mich ~ GTsi was liv.lv, as it ia sleep,
Ihtn sluWis changed, till IL grew "a heap
To make nsen tren,ble vino never weep.
Swift summer into the Autumn flowed
And frost in the midst OF the morning rode
Though The Ro0nday sun looked clear and bright,
Knocking the spoil of the secret night.
The rose leaves, like flakes OF crimson snow
Paved the turf and the moss below.
Eh" lilies were dropping, and white, and wan
Like the head and tbe skin of dying
Aud Indian plants, OF scent and hue
The sweetest that were fed On dew
Leaf after leaf, day after day,
Were massed into the common clay.
Aud the leaves, brown, yellow and grey and red
ahi white with the Wilderness oil what i, dead
Lac troops ul ghosts On the dry wind past;
Their "hisiliug noise made the birds aghast.
Aud The gusiy winds walked the winged seeds,
ont OF their birthplace of ugly weeds.
lili they clupg round many Sw eet dower's STEM
winch roiled inIo the Sarth with them.
The water blooms under the riyulet
EEL hOni the stalks on which they were set
And she e'ldies drove them here and there
A Tie winds did those Of lhe upper air
Then the rain came down and the broken stalks
Were bent and tangled across the walks;
ANA The leaIesS net work Of parasite mowers
MaS'eu intO ruin--and all sweC(lOwerS