Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-22
NOVEMBER.

Nov that spell Is broke and gone
With is power Of g!adaes9,
And the blast comes leading on
Darker shades of ssdness.-Jsnsnvspoils
l. is to the ha0tualiy gay. this gloomy month
comes down upon the SPLITS with all the com.
bined weight Of sympathetic sadness and the
blue devils, to the mind that loves to WOO the
sweet influences of tender melancholy, it IS the
season Of pure and humble enjoyment of their
wonted passion. Every object thai now strikes
the eye, as il looks abrosd on the whole face OF
nature. has q tendency 30 deepen and fix the
hues of our sadness, whether 1t be accidental
or constitutional The nakedness of the fields,
the bleskness ct the hills, the solitude Of the
forests, and the increasing chillness and violence
OF the winds, effect change no less real in the
imagination, than they present to the shrinking
senses. H. the forest the unharmonious note
Of the sentinel crow from the top of the wind.
rocked pine, ard the CHIPPING Of the solitary
dlminutive biped that seems the only happy
being left on earth, while he rustles among the
ruined folIage,-are ell that remain of the re.
cent wood land music. Abroad in the fields,
the isborer moves brisk but sulleniy about bis
work, and the grazing herds are loath TO van
Ger from their chosen position on the lee side
OF the bill or copse. Within doors the best
position at the fire side is adesideratum, which
as usurped without words; and tho moody ma
tron reIterates her draughts on the well filled
snuff box, while the tongs are oftener tad in
requistion to replace the iumblng brands, OF
10 bring the ignited embers into contact with
Mynheer's reloaded pipe Now maidens hall
IN love are prone 10 sigh, and beardless spark,
look absent or talk to themselves. The parsor
torgets the hour Of dinner; the physician sslhel
out without his box of nos,rums the pedagogut
looks very intelligent into his lexicon, uncon
sclous that its whole coLlen,s are invertedin hi,
band; the lawyer, after sitting three hours al
bis writing desk, finds himself an stGs,! quo; tht
GordwsInef, and the tailor will finish your boots
or your coat next week ;-snd to close the pic
sure, "Ihanksgiuing' will not shed 3 singl,
PARTICLE OF its wanted light on the dark side o
this gloomy month, AT least in this stste-bein,
decreed to cheer with its store OF good things
the less reluctant gravity Of December.
Some few there are who have prediction
for the flowery months OF spring; some for IN
sultry and tardy days of summer, some for III
months in which Plenty holds her autumn,
tegn, and fruits hang in abundance from ever
bEsnch aud others speak with rapture on ID
season for sports, the long evenings and snow
pleasures Of Winter Gut they who neithe
solicit The influences OF disappointment, nor in
duige in their impious murmurings against Hin
who Instituted these changing seasons, and thu
throw gloom over the brightest of them. vii
looE anterior beauties than deFormisies, rattle
tor pleasCrcs than veXations, even IN the mos
inhospitaois, and cherries; aud they, with rs
viii caeerfally assert inst there is mo.e happi
NESS E1er'snced With less vanity in few month.
taaU IN tAc moody bumCars which hang on u
SC heavily during Tie prove:uisl gloom eg No
vE4a-R' - .I.agay .l1Gsoalc NessrAj