Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-11-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
A FRAGMENT.

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Scarcely had the shades of midnight vanish. |
ed, ere smiling Aurora appeared, with streams
Of golden light, in rich eHuigence, to unlock
the orient gates, that the glorious iuminary OF
dav might come forth to renovate the earth and
rlo,be e In smiles. Soon his bright beams ell
clipsed all the sons of night, that spangled thel
azure concave and scattered the floating cloudsI
that still fingered in the eastern horizon He|
rose in unrivalled splendour, imparting to all
nature pleasing lustre. 1t was rich morn
ing in Iune, when all things were radiant in
beauty. Yes, the sun rose upon a scene, which
my pen hardly dares essay to paint, tor 1t is in
ADEQUATE. As he appeared to emerge from the
ocean, that lay extended far and wide, in the
eastern distance, food of glorious light, fell
upon the broad expanse Of waters, seeming to
the ocular vision, that the pearls from its deep
bed were strewed in lavish profusion upon its
bosom. Soft were the zephyrs that whispered
not only through the trees and shrubs that ger
minated in the grove, but also through the stur-
DIV inhabitants of the mountain forest, whose
lofty SUBMITS, enveloped in an ocean OF bright
rays, lowered almost sufficiently high to hold
intercourse with the shining millions, that gilt
tered in the vaulted welkin. Gentle were the
fnurmurings of the lucid rivulet, as it mean.
dered slowly through underwood and fern, O.
yer DeDDleS Oh VdTlOuS SiOtCo4uC tOfnS. p1
tningle its waters with the dark blue waves Of
the mighty sea. Over its mirror-like surface.
gracefully reclined cluster of willows, whose
long and pendant branches in mournful silence
gently waved in the odoriferous breezes.
Though of themselvs, wearing sad appear.
ance, on this lovely morning not few of the
songsters of the grove resorted hither, to chaunt
their matin hymn of praise. No concert of the
sweetest music could be more melodious, more
pleasing to the ear, than the dulcet notes of
those little warblers, as they poured forth in
instructive unison, lays even more delightful
than the mellow strains of the Eolian harp, o,
Lyre of Orpheus. They were not taught b,
nrt, they had received no instruction from any
mortal source, yet still how sweet, passing
sweet was the harmonious music, which thu
glories of this bright morn elected. He. by
whose behest, all these beauties were called
from chaos; yes, the'great architect of nature
himself, was the one who learnt them thus tc
praise and sing, and can we marvel that Their
songs should be thus pure, and the very soul
of melody.
The curling smoke from many neat and 70.
mantle cottages, interspersed here and there o.
yer this picturesque country. left no reason to
doubt, that the happy inmaes not inclined tc
follow the pernicious practice of remaining fast
locked in the silent embraces of morpheus, un
Gil health, time and talents are sacrificed, shac
risen with the sun, to inhale the morning breeze
replete with the delightful fragrance of Their
highly cultivated gardens, with which each
hamlet was furnished, thus invigorated to pros.
ecute their wonted tolls. The touch of the
sunbeam had walked the roses on which eve
cry dew drop sparkled like gem, and not on.
ly the rose, but numerous indigenous and ex-
otto plants, which these lovers ofnature had Sc
lected with taste, to beautify their little enclo-
sures. Here, were not the only flowers, for in
the deep green verdure of the meadows, some
of Flora's family Outright and variegated hues
was mingled in rich exuberance, over which the
dew was finely spread, similar to light trans
parent web, thickly set with Jewels. The sun
rose also. upon another fOrver, if may be al
lowed the comparison, more lovely far, than
any that graced the neat garden of the cot, or
that sprung up in rank luxuriance in the fields
and woods. And upon this it rose for the last
time, while possessed with the mysterious prin-
ciple of life. IL was young and charming
girl, whose auburn tresses had been warmed
with only sixteen summers. Her mild blue ewes
had more than usual brilliancy, her small ia.
per fingers, wed with the lily for Wilderness;
her vcrmillion lips were parched, they had the
hue of death; the heartful, rose ate tints on her
blooming cheeks, were exchanged for the ashy