Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-01-03


ApoRrssED TO iANrHE-nY DELTA.
limo flies apace-onothcr year hath porishcd,
Pcrished, and Joined The irreyocabe past;
Hopes IN its progress brightly bora anu chcsi,hed
= Have been sy shade o'orcas
And sorrows, that >sc,asd evils 10 sight,
Have stunned their silver Innings 60 the light"
So little do know OF what il for US
Doomed by unoung Providence for good,
That. could the past from oat its womb restore US
The visions we have woced,
So inconsistent must existence seem,
That reason should seem phrcn1y, truth dream.
Time nies apace-since lasticc-crownd December
With hi snow-maaiie overlaid the earth,
What myriol ho7o5 and fears do We rcAcmbcr
That had their death or birth
How many joys and SORROWS which have made
Litc's pathway all sunshine, or all shade!
Since last the rudy Christmas hearth did brighten
To kindred faces ofthc social ring
Since last the angel Of tho frost did whitcn
The landscape with his wing,
Hath Misery from hrcsidcs Kept aloof!
Hath Death afforded OF his power proof
All who can say thus much: and though hath COS, me
- u many neart-pang the departed year.
fot Why should rcpinc lit hath not lost nc,
(What was of all most dear
Thy loyo--an undcServcJ possession, worth
Far more than all the wealth OF all the earth
Yos, in that knowledge there BILE sings treasured
More than Kingdoms gold for could suy;
on arc lic's goods by false standard measured
In Errors vulgar eye.
While happiness true happiness is found
In tho hearts feelings, not in things around.
Summer the hills, when last we parted
Flowers in the vale, and beauty on the sky,
Our hearts were true, ath ssuur hopes thwartod
Forward, with wistful eve,
Scarce halfresigned looked vet thought how sweet
would be again in after months TO meo,.
Now tbs December chill: the moon is shining
Ger the gray mountains aud the Silly sea-
As, by the sreamct's wilIowy bend reclining,
pause remembering thee,
Who to the moonlight lent a softer charm,
AS through these wilds wandered arm in arm.
Yes! as weroamed, the sylvan earth seemed glowing
With many beauty unremorked before
L ne soul was like deep OVERLOOKING
With thoughts, treasured store;
Tho very flowers seemed born but 10 exhale,
As brcohod the West, their fragrance TO The gale
lhetnnxs sec ;S.,e yet-ihy form brightness,
,,. An angel l phantom gldinG, through tho trees,
Thy treSses in the breeze
Floating their auburn, AMI thine eyes that made,
% rich their Blue, heavens azure hike shade,
Mclhin'Ss even yet 1 feel thy tinid fingers,
=, WIN their bland pressure, thrilling bliss mine:
As fonlly lcant TO thine,
1 told how life all peasarcless would be,
Green pam-trce ofearth's desert, wenhng thee.
Not yet not yet, had Disappointment shrouded
49, Youths summer calm with storms OF -wintry strife;
The s'ar OF Hope shonc DER our path unclouded,
And Fancy coloured lifo 8
with those Elysian rainbow huos, which Truth ~
Melts with his rod, when Disseminating Youth
Where ART thou now9 look around, but sec not -
-. The features and the form that haunt my dreams
where art thou now! ! listen, but for me not
OF that enhancing voice, which could bcstow
zest TO pleasure and hahn 10 wo--
miss thy smile, when morn's first light is bursting
Through the green branches OF the easement tree;
TO list thy voice my lonely earis thirs.ing,
Beside the moonlight sea:
Vain arc my longings, my repinings vain;
Sleep only gives thee TO my arms again.
Yet should it cheer me, that nor Wo hath shattered
The ties that link our hearts, nor Hate nor Wrath;
And soon the day may dawn, when shall be scattered
All shadows from path;
And visions be fulfilled, by Hope adored
Ia thee the long lost TO mine restored.
An, could l see thee see thee, were it only
But Tor moment looking bliss 10 me!
All, could hear theo!--tcsoate and lonely
Is life deprived of thee:
start from on; my rcvcrie, to know
That hills between us rise, and rivers flow
Let Fortune change-be tickle Fate preparing
To shower her arrows, or 10 shed her balm,
All that ask for, pray for, is the sharing
With thee lits's storm or calm;
For all! with others, Wealth and Mirth would be
Less sweet by far than Sorrow shared with thee!
Yes vanly, foo.ishly, the vulgar reckon,
That happiness resides in outward shows:
Contentment from the lowliest cot may beckon
- True love to sweet repose;
For genuine bliss meier be far apart,
When soul meets soul, and heart responds 10 heart,
Farewell! let tyrannous Time roll on, cstranging
The eyes and heart from each familiar spot
Ba tickle friendships with the seasons changing,
so that thou chaugest mott
would not that the love, which owes its birth
To heaven, should perish like the things of Garth
Adeu' as falls the flooding moonlight roupd me-
Fall Heavens best joys on thy beloved head;
May cares that harass and may grcfs that wound me-
Flee from Thy path and bed
Be every thought that stirs and hour that iics,
Sweet as thy smile, and radiant thine eyes.
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