Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-14
A MOTHERS CRAVE.

No marvel that poets have chosen home and
their native land, as grateful themes of song
In themselves, the words are full of melody
in their associations they form exquisite musil. 1
1t is blessed thing to have heaven of rest
where love lights its beacon and keeps its vigis
to greet the returning wanderer, weary of al
cherries pilgrimage by food or field. God
help those for whom every country wears al
foreign aspect--who avert their steps from the
dwelling of their fathers, banshed by the clouds
of discord, or the rank weeds OF desolation
Pleasant to me, as the face of an early friend,
were the broken shores of my country, and
the wide opening bay which was in full view
before us. The vessel touched at well known
seaport. where my luggage was consigned to
the care of Jonathan, who was to make short
stay there with a relation: it was but two
da, $ Journey to my native village. proceeded
direct and on foot. Spring was in its prime
The morn started was as rosy as the matin
flush of midsummer; the virgin breath of the
meadows, and gardens, through which the road
meandered, gave lightness to the bosom, elias
| ITCHY to the footstep. The vine-branches were
shooting forth their infant foliage. and orchard
after orchard, ever and anon, enrichedi the
breeze with a tide of fragrance, inspiring, in
the fervour of MONDAY, a yoluptuous Ian
guor. Gladstone to the eye that expiates on
nature is the matronal beauty of the blossom
ing appletree; surprisingly gladstone was it to
me, Just landed from the waters in the country
of my birth, where had from childhood, been
, encircled by its peaceful glories. The hues Of
: sunset were glowingly interstreaked, varying
from the warmest crimson to the tenderest
green, and in their wavy irradications impaired
to western sky the fanciful resemblance of q
superb ocean-shell. Tired of travel, l came
in sight of the rustic chapel where used tc
go up with our house, to worship. My fee
were blistered, my shoes arid with dust.
turned into the cool. grassy purifying ground
to calm the hutter of my spirits, to rest m,
q limbs, and to refresh my soiled apparel, lest
:, chance encounter with an acquaintance SHOULD
:. betray my pedestrian return. The chapel ha'
! been white-washed and re-painted, and peerin
= through its shade of larch and yew, presente
! a soothing emblem of Christian tranquility
> Time, place, and circumstance, were masters
my mood. did not wish to dispel the religi
% GUS awe that solemnised the soul: and from
resistles reverence for those who slept beneath
. refrained from profaning the luxuriant herb
: age by the faint of the highway. passed
: the lonely spot where, apart from the rest be
meath weeping willow, was my mothers grave
The shrubs which surrounded it were flourish
ling; no unseemly weed had permission to vege
IS tate there--the birds nestled in the branche
! of the over-shadowing tree, secure OF protec
= ton near the remains of her who was meek an
!, = mercifuI to all the creatures of God. IN
!, moss-covered headstone had been displaced b
= one of recent construction. In addition to tn
:. simple conservation to the memory of the de
I, parted, it bore the inscription of ''Blessed ar
y they who die in the Lord" barred my brow
> pressed my lip and cheek to the name ofmy pa
rent cut in the cold slab, and prayed that he
- dove-like spirit might resume its ascendenc
!. over my father, whom, like her loved, b'
! whom, unlike her, dreaded.
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c. CHARLES CARROLL, the only surviving sigl
IN err of the Declaration of Independence entere
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