Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-11
AN EVENING ENE

"a s.,.ae. aud beautiful, as remember ever
~ Witnessed u, this SEASON Of the year.
~, ,Esrpoon hat been pleasant, like one ol
.,o<, sarly spring days 10 March, so iuli OF
No.. si.dness, and promise. Birds Sang tom
u. honey sueklt iu the ga Den; the Cat ks clap
va ,bei: wirga and crpved frqaent aud
IN me turkeys s;rut'cd md displayed their
'L,,n,ve with more than usual spirit As The
s-"gb in Mr.. Sharpless' field tprn,G over the
- the ground suloked as i, drank up the
,ro hams Of the sun. Such was the alter
,o,r. IN, the evening! how passing lovely
Tn new moon, a; : ali an hour after sun down,
o.. about IS degrees above the horizon; her
,,..cen, extremely bright. and the whole orb
r,,irc,ly visible \ short di>tance below, aud
ink south, was VENUS, now in full splendor,
.,,o 20 brich, as w. cast Slight shadow
Tbes looked like re Queen Of Night, and her
iyoriie mai. moIe brightly bedec ked than her
mistress. hielng, fall of gaiety and Joy, 70 the
,unisl couch in the cora! bowers OF rhetis.
know no, why, bui ] Thought OF Andromaehe
and her !oyeiy boy beside his motoer The
,lnerirs Train Of nigh, seemed 10 veil them
selves 10 refining moLesty, in their superior
pIssrn,e
Al eight, ! weut out again to take last ioox
At the lovely PAIR ere 'hry retired below tue
western hill. They seemed somewhat tnr,her
mar, and larger, not brighter, as seen through
n, haze near The horizon, than when in their
,pih. and now the splendid f'mameni APP
,,,,rd to glow as if its 6,es had been new blown
and myriads Of ,'ars hung ou' round and
Offering in the dep blue ether IT the calm
Yd c.sar sky. Thought hen da'trd. quicker
hln raw of light glanCing, wandering into
,hs Gar-far regions oil space. Wbas arr thou,
saa'eou, moon so chang-ful in Inv course
and lorm- now dark, like my troubled spiri',
he ray u cherrtulne>s wrhdrawn, Ike the
LIGHT Of the sun froM thee aud again full Of
life, and iay-hOpe hiuering his gay p,nions
over me, as thou renpwest Inv brightness! -
VIVA are houl lnhabi,ed! Bv what! Bv
whom! And thou griering gem; dos, thou
pursue thy way it, il. and soil ary grandeur,
Sihour life upon thy bosom? Do the beams
Of hight visit thee merely 10 make more melin =.
chOy Thy barren womb of death! Is here no
voice o! JOY ir nv vail, ys-no sound Of glad
ness on rhy hills, 70 be heard? Dos not love
esth upon thy little orb! Is Jealous, there!
D'ss envy inhabit :hee? Does ambition con
TIN there for empire, or aysIice dig for gold?
Justice visited thee for ,ransgression-and
May arrested his bolt in md yolleyl Thou
VII not answer; but as all nature teens here
via lie. Twill not doub, but life, perhaps
IA hlsher forms OF beauty and intelligence,
w is With :hee. Thou wilt not answer, and
pursue my course on the swift wings Of
an y--hr-far beyond thy feeble hgh'.-
- Iara Ill III
Slgh, sun; now dwindled TO twinkling az;
h's toer veil; for | roam in other systems,
''ere there are other suns! Onward; thy beams
ne extinct 10 me now--thy ligh, has not yet
'a'sHtd SO far And now, behold, ] am, as
'nrn slarIrd-in the midst Of space sur
"unaed by glitierlng worlds. ErERNAL,-
'hsre Is Thy thronr? Is il local, or is all
,lace ny habira,inn .--Come home mind
'ar seen. is too vast for thee Thou becom-
. be~tcered, but cauno, fathom the mystery
V'aloa. Al such momeut-with such
's"s low iN6n,ieiy li'llc seem osr pursuits
''man pride--and human ambition - our rival
IS and OUT quarrrls DEITY = thou art grea,
F!ood our lottlesi ncep,ions; and wise be
!I ~ our Deepest reasonings. We know the
heavens shiUe by hy spleudor. and oil nature
e0qaen' IN thy praise" Inspire Us with
y" minds-sust and ,eader to our fellow
YSsc--and with grateful and c6edient hearts.
',,. presu%p,ivs,that would fail, reach Thy
r n' height, topples darkliug to earth. But
aSsae'rd page supplies what bold but erring
'-"n could never attain. The way Of duty
"~.ae plain The paths Of faith and hope
nSa'ed up by the bright star tina, rose to
s-'ee the shepherds OF RcIhlehem