Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-01-13

From the Spirit and Manners Of tho Age.
or THE ANTEDIL
VIVIAN DIARY.
BY MISS JEWsBTRY.

BY MISS JEWsBrEY.
Reflections Of .Ectjuyelad IN his go,9E--ia
mid}ie occ-aad IN oid age.
To dayI am hundred years old. How
bdss.ul are the feelings Of boyhoodl Ny
senses are acute as the tree with the shrink
ing leaf My blood bounds through my
veins as The river PoUrs through the valley,
rejoicing IN is strength Life lies before
me likes other PLAN IF SAoat-vast, un-
occupied, iuyitins-I wei GlI u with
achievements and pleasure. 10 about sixty
years IL VIII be time for me to TANK OF
marrying; my knswomaa Zlllah will by
tdat time have emerged from gihhood; she
already gives promise. bear, Of Coni
ness aud discretion. Twenty years hence
/ will pay a visit to her father, that ! may
see low she grows; meanwhile, will build
q city 10 receive her when sire becomes my
wife
NcmY fhccc ccl,1nes have passed
sincc my marriage. Can 10 be. Il seems
but yes hflay since spoted like young
antelope touud my fathers tent, OF, climb
ing the dark ccdHrs. nestled like bWd
among the thick bouens-and now | am a
manin authority, as well as in the prime
of life. / lead out my trained servants 10
the 6aht, and SIT head Of the council, be
meath the very Tree where, as an infant my
mother laid me 10 sleep. Jazed, my
Youngest born. a lovely babe Of thirty sum
mers, is deaf: but have four goOy sons
remaining. And ny three daughters are
iaIr as the.r mother, when first met her
10 The Acacia grove where now stands one
Of nv city watch-towers. They arc The
pride Of plain, no loss for their acquire
mems dIan their beauty. No damscl car
RES The pitcher Gom the fountain with the
ga G Of Adah. rome can dry the summer
fruit Ike AzuJah-and none can fashion a
rope of skins with tho skill of Micah.
When their cousin Mahaleel has seen an
other half century, lio shall take the choice
of the three.
DIV eigh. hundrcth birth day, And now
7 feel the approach Of age and inhrmlty.
Nv beard Is becoalc white as the blossoms
Of the almond tree. / am constrained to
use a staff when journey; the STARS look
less bright than formerly; The flowers smell
less odorou; have laid ZiIlah IN the
tomb of the rock; Micah IS gono 90 the
dwelling Of Mahalccl; my sons take my
place M the council and in the field; all is
changed. The long future Is become the
Short past. The earth Is foil OF violence;
heauctent ard the honorable are sinking
beneath he young and the vicious. The
Il hts stalk through Tho length and breadth
of The land. where once dwelt quiet pe0-
alo. I'm Is changed. The belsis Of tn
fold and the monsters OF the deep er0rl
and nress on us with unwoniod fury; iTadi.
lions. visions. and threatening arc abroad.
What fearful doom hangs over CHS fair
world, I know not; u Is enough Chat J am
leaving q; yet another fye or eight score
yearz. and the tale will be complete. But
have ]. m every deed, trDd this earth near
~ thousand years. tits false, I am yet
a hoy. ] have had a dream long busy
dream; Of buying and selling; marrying
and giving m marriage; Of building and
planting; ieastinC and warning; soir0wiog
and rejoicing; loving and hating; but u Is
filse 20 call q lle. 60 t0-il has been
a vision q the night; and now ihai am
awake, ! will forget H--"Lnmech. my
son, how long Is u since we pianfeds, ID,
garden Of oaks beside ibeJiser! " IS j
not yesterday" My father. dosi ','Do
SPORT Those oaks cast a broad snao'"
when my sister carried me bcncnh ''o'l
in her arms, and voye me cha9'eis o. ~
leaves" Thou art right ny soo' ana ~,
old. Lead nc to thy mothers tomb a'',
there leave me 70 meditafo. H "a, o'' !,
the better for ny past leng.n Of De'is
/ Where will be as records shen am sg'
They are yoaSef-on 81 s,''e'. ;, y
those massy towers falil VII il'ase se'eel
plains become dcsoiaiei VIII the children
! that call me flher, feygetl Ilc seers ui