Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-06-08
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Et nunc omnis ager ,nunc omnis parturit arbos;
| Nunc frondent sylvae, nunc formosissimu:
annus. [TIg. e. 3, So.
! Every eye is more or less delighted with
the return of the beauties of the vernal year
Though safety may follow frequent be.
holding Of the most finished works OF art, and
the music of the best human performers be-
come, by repetition and continuance, migrate.
ful to the ear yet, who has ever turned away
with aversion from view of the variegated
landscape of Nature, or been tired with the
melodies of the forest and the grove? After
nifty or sixty circling suns have gone round,
and as often introduced these verdant scenes
| and enchanting carols, they seem TO lose
nothing of their novelty, and nothing of theil
| captivating charms. TO him that has wit
messed these various beauties of the Spring fol
threescore years, they appear as new, fresh,
gay and aluring, as in the days of childhood.
Amid this glad creation, while shrub, and
tree, and flower
'Put forth their buds, unfolding by degrees,
I'LL the whole leafy forest stands display'd
In full luxuriance to the signing gales
While the promised fruit
Lies yet little embryo, uuperceiv'd,
Vitnin us crimson iOlds"-
it is both instructive and pleasing often and
minutely to survey this expanding, brilliant
scenery. From torpid state, all, terminated
ny the viviiying beams of the sun, is rising in
to life, and, by verdure or sportive gambol,
or amorous song, entertaining and glsddening
every beholder.
Hue AIDES, o Galatea: quis est nam ludus in
undis
" Hic yer purpureum, varios, hic candida pop
illus antro
lmminct, ct lenta texunt umbracula vites."
0 lover of rural scenes wander over the
fields and pastures-" taste the smell of daisy"
-A'nter the wilds and thickets, and inhale the
fragrance that wastes~and dies on the desert
air See the thick leaves now green in youth,
and remember that they will soon be wither-
ing on the ground. Behold here and there
the germin and the aged tree, that last year
fourished and wore their leafy crown, are
now scar, and never again to feel the quck-
enlng power of renovating nature. Winter
has proved fatal to them, and no more shall
birds or flocks, retreating from the scorching
heat OF noon, find refreshing shade beneath
their verdant branches. Even among the
offspring OF the new year many germs and
buds, opening fair, have persisted in the
blossom.
As occasionally roam exclusive, indulging
JOY and sorrow on a view of the rising beau
ties and sudden and premature decays of ma
ture, call to mind those who were vigorous in
autumn, but are now tenants of the grave, and
share not in the general voice ofgladness eve
ry where expressed by the animate and mani
moi tn ii =
"jocund driving his team afeld,'' and he who
was "seen at the peep Of dawn. brushing with
hasty steps the dew away" to commence the
busy traffic of the day, are no longer seen in
the accustomed path, or at their favorlte en-
ployment!
While gladdening my heart with yernal
may j. remember my Spring has
ended. and that virtue alone is the amaranth
which blooms with Immortality and knows no
decay. RURICOLA.
The Pamphlet copy ofthe Governors speech
which has been widely circulated, contains
several typographical errors, among which we
notice the following. In the paragraph on
Railways, for "acater-carr1ages," read ua-
fer-earriage. In the first paragraph on the
HuoJeCt OF manufactures, "for Occupation, So
ciety and skill, ," the word {" society'' should be
read " sobnety."
Post-Office, by the name Of "Sutton
East" is established at Wilkinsonyie, on
the road from this town to Providence, of
which William Newhall, Esq. is appointed
ost-Master.
SMTfrfHn.