Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-13

GENIUS-We arc exceedingly prone to
Nndcrvalue the services OF our fellows, or
rather to ealc ulate them by the apparent ease
of difficulty with which they are Produced
But who can he Judge Of the tolls and ia
tigus of another whose habits and labors arc
60 foreign to his own. Genus IS looko1 up
on as a sort ofinspIrstion, which eXerts ttseiI
without effort and produces its finished gems
ut thought The world deems not that the
mind which builds such stuPendoas m0nu~
ment of its power, seryl.ng All that human
hands have wrought, must .abouT. and faint.
and sgonze, III the execution Of ds tasE--
They can svmpathizs with the at1rdsy labor
er who struggle against physical obstacles
with incessaut sweat aud = -aHness. They
can condcscend 10 look with uity pEon the
baffied powers of HIM who finds his iaDoVrs
to fail of their expected success, and bows 20
the stern necessity Of renewing tomorrow
the almost hopeless labours which haYe besn
Eruitcss to- day They can e5ieve over the
withering strength Hnd constitutions Of him
whose health has been torn from its iron toua-
dalton, by the sacrifice 81 ease and rest to the
unsatsfyng acquisition Of gam But for the
toll ana the fatigue, the wyasthng and the
frustrated yaasntngs Of the MIND, tbs world
has no sympathy. Those vino struggle for 4
feeble sustenancc 10 support the lite which
and vanish with it from lha very romen.
brances Of the woYld--what are their hunger,
and thirst, and iauguc. and Iears aRd de@-
pondencieS hat thev should he Lhough: OF
before those whose every brcath-Hiioss G
very puisat0n Is pledged I0r Immortality
How oltcni rs the STRAIN al the poet ehaNted
and admired, and It's richest feeling iuAuTlas
I'D upon, by tine warm and imaginative tpnlts
Vvbs gather sweets from every Cover without
a thonght of the cold aud lonely solitude in
vhish Il was rrudrcedl his name may come
eareiesslY ppou thelr lips; and they forget II,
amidst the social rapture which his minstrel
sy has awakened, and they reVSl on, ~hits
he raises his sic spiesS ear TO tine tones OF the
EnidAight he'll as it ;rtghtcns t,e echoes from
their slamber andtco.us II tUe kneli of his
foR < cherished nut waning hopes. They
laugh and iluttar from flower 10 flower ieass-
ing richlv an the banquet which his anguish
has purchased for them, while heceases not
his wresthnes with thought, for the monlen-
cary enjoy ment Of repose:-
eWsng,ug frosl avs y ems the FIRE;
That DER bright words ia poured:
3Xearning deep sounds, that make che tyre
a spirit in each chord"'
And when, at last, the goal is won, and he
has found that rest which the world denled
l;m. though his treasures live after him and
find their way into cvc-y cabinet,how strange
ly are they weighed in the balance Of poste-
Iity! His communlons with the muses., and
the gushing of bitter thou 5ht which made MS
sonts immortal. arc received as the restless
jnsniration of pature No one will yield to
him ia he reward Of his toll, as though Il
wera toll; but he is looked upon as gifted
and exalted one, sent from higher sphere
10 :.ston.sh the world with mraraioas power
Aud Ills is the reward Of the labours Ut 9hs
mind, t. be reported to sJZ'erlty as oze who
idly sung away lFfo OF vanity and made
hlunseillnmogtal.