Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-03-11
Warren, Saturday Morning, March 1885.
HUMAN LIFE.

uOMAkV AkgkSs
| surveyed the path Of human life
saw the blithsems gtouPs who are
sporting in the dawn Of existence, aud
they seemed indeed to need
=-' No other joy to make then, bltst
Than the fresh, buoyant sense ofbe,ng,
Thst bDsfds In youths yet careless breast
Bot when observed in how many in.
stances thesS pensioners Of time ap-
peAt but for q bsief space. rising like
bubsies On the ocean Of life, and sud.
denly lisappearins. without leaving .
trace Of their existence, l said sure
y childhood and youth are vanity
saw tho sons Of genius-delighting
in the exercise Of v'grous intellect
the consciousness Of ability to roam
uhrestrained in the regions Of t'.ought,
to catch the shaduwy forms Of fancy.
and mould and combine them at will |;
toinvestgate the depths Of abstruse
science. and to elicit trpths which nev.
er bofors beamed On the misA of man
II Thought. must kindie the soul into
rapture. and bring into near alliance.
evea ia happiness. 10 that Being in
whose image It 10 made. But when l
observed, how circumscribed. after all
are these faculties how frequently
unable. when pushed to the severest
effort. to accomplish the object desired,
and how they are clogged in their ex.
ercise: by the decay Of the physical
nature with which they are combined ::
When saw how hard il the toll for
literary fame, and how the. iabours of
of those engaged in it, are like the
stone Of Sisyphus, continually return.
ing upon them, | said" Of making
many books there is no end, and much
study is weariness to the flesh,' /.
! saw the children Of sensibiIlty--
those whose hearts warm with ardent
emotions, seek to pour these into kin
dred minds. that shall reciprocats the
flow Of affection. Here. Thought I, is
security from disappuintmcnt-for the
heart is the seat Of happiness, and
this ID bliss it may call its own. /
looked long, and fingered in the view
for my mind revolted from the convic-
ton, that
---'A warm heart id this cold world
Is like a beacon light, wasting its faint and
feeble fame
Upon the wintry deop that heeds It not'
Foolish was I, and ignorant. l might
have known that had the God of mer.
cy granted sGcK Bliss to man, he would
have rested in it. and never have a..
pirsd to joys immortal. five were to
be recovered from the ruins ofthe fall;it
was necessary that every object on
which the heart could repose. should
be riven, that every stream from
whence the cravings aftor happiness
could be satisfied, should be embitter-
ed. But oh when I saw how the
heart ofkesn and tender sensibilities,
that shrinks from the chill Of indiifer-
ence, and withers at the breath Of un-
must seek in vain to shelter
itself in The bosom Of unlimited conf
dence and unreserved affection, lit was
in bitterness Of spirit acknowledged,
that the caution is uecessary-" Trust
ye not In any brother.
l louked on the Heterogeneous mass
Of mankind, varying infinitely in taste.
and pursuit. yet experience
ing uniforly the same result, disaP. !
and dissatisfaction. -" All
the rivers run ito the sea. and yet the
sea is not full !. 50 the mind Of man
is never satisfied. His very wishes
give him not his wish When I saw
this. entered with my whole heart
into the conviction Of the wise man
: Vanity Of vanities. all Is vanity
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