Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-11-05
SATURDAY EVENING.
L., ,bs Mobile Register.

.,,;. ,,,umn. How often do we repeat
B'a" -, how freshly does the fact present
i, aud h. 10 evolving months bring around the
sL - '" Spring is lovely, but amidst all
'' vs. and bloom, ianguor spreads over .ne
md so eyanceseent are us charms' 'na' We
'NH s,Is we enjoy them. But the gradoeIy
b VIZ" I'D Winds Of autumn brace the sPirits'
EaOP ;, re leaves suggest Serious but onPiea-
be 10 .,;ons When we walk beneath the
p. en- en- foliage has screened us from the
Sss Mus IN and observe at intervals its dis
aHnf,' yes, like times first touch upon the
%'u M locks of ripened manhood. the truth
a'e""77l Al fade as a leaf, comes home to our
Bat We when " autumn winds rushing drive
N,'p, an the withered garlands OF summer,
''0's ,' an image do they present OF our futile
Pc" 'P our waver,ng plans OF faded plea
f'' '.'f blrshted prosPects--of our own Sac'h-
I,' ,ourse, driven by conflicting passions 10
''g "S' ,nhsb.tants Of Southern CLINE, this
~ w DscuIiarls welcome. The strength and
''aO: ,bich have dropped beneath the long
snE'-I Influence Of an ardent sun, suddenly
cOD'" md NE hail autumn as an introduction 10
fs'n" ubich here is shorn Of ITS icy terrors, and
So,.; :. n,,rIed As the season of cheerful meet
WIN, and re .unions between separated friends. =
~ IA. not felt the renosating intoence Ut an
WY .s". J,v where the sky is full of rays, with
"O ~,I N sullv their brightness; when the air.
D, ~, ,od elastic, seems to give spring to active
'.,sr,: while the eve /, never sanated with
liant tints of the varying foliage Of the TO-
N,ris Flora's corOnet undecorsted, though
e e. ,,.,c,te blossoms of spring and summer have
- ,way; their places are supplied by How.
= 8 richer hue. for fair nature, like tar wo-
-, hives 10 vary her adornments, and orange,
',,n mink. and royal purple, are her fasorite CO.
~ oly Let US admire them to-day, for in
.;,e .,,ce even these gems Of the dying year
IN h, sought in vain; but while we scatter the
.,,, # the lsSr rose Of summer, or bid farewell
,,be "late, late flower that decks the saslow au-
,ro - hope mingles with our regrets.
We kpnw that they are only hid from our
Oh, 6r while,-that safely deposited IN earth,
n ,aaIded from the coming tempests, spring
n Dring them again in renewed loneliness
nd ,igor. Hence II is, that though the sere
,,soD Of the wear exCltes serious reflections,
py are no, deepened into sadness. And ~hy
and we dread the autumn Of lifes What
oush the hopes Of youth. like the buds OF spring
me-, have faded from our hearts, virtue and
lision offer TO our acceptance their imperlsha-
beauties What though many OF those be-
we'd ones, whose presence, like the flowers OF
INNER, once enlIvened our path, have withered
,m our side, and are laid In the dust,--shall
, not hope for second spring Of life, which
all revive the ashes Of the urns Shall we con-
ENTITY predict the returning bloom Of tram
mt flower; do we know that life will revive
, diving worm,-that the insect will again
read its fragile wing,-and can we entertain
, thought that man alone shall be forgotten!
}, as surely as from the unsightly root which
nceals the future plant, new stems shall spring,
" flowers bud and blossom, and delight the
lse with returning odors;-so certainly may
cherish the hope that the virtues OF those we
,ent will flourish again, beneath brighter sun,
surer atmosphere, and with uhfadng beauty.
Ia watching the progress OF the seasons. as
,ibi.ed 10 the economy OF vegetation, from the
der blade. the budding germ, to the perfect.
I;ult aud final whitening of the plant. how
uralIy might we apos,rophlse their feetins
,ys. "You have finished your determined
lr, laughed IN the sun beam, inhaled the dew
eve. beulSeneath the adverse gale or dropped
Ter the piliIess rain, and now the power which
led YOU into being, remand', your course &C
npslel, back to earth" Why should we
iue at Ne same destiny which awaits uss We
}, enjoy our spring pleasures, our hours OF
inner eass;-let US not complain, when fading
,Cre adnonshes that man must wither as the
SIS; that, iG comparison to the infinite space
which he is fastening, his life has little more
,tiUusnce than the lowly flower that bends be-
.th his step. How Impressive, then, the moral
season CONVEYS to all, and peculiarly suiia-
TO the reflections Of tins evening! To those par.
aary, who trifle in life's balmy spring, 1t
,es, strife not all these prop'tious hours
ay; leave not experience TO tell how cteerless
the autumn Of that life whose opening years
's been mispent "Cheerless, indeed, when the
eh of coming age chills the energies OF the
i, when,our failing spirits convince US that
summer IS past, to feel that We have lived IN
n;-thst, unlike the inanimate works OF the
aa,Or. we have not fulfilled our neral course,
hOugh It's natural term has reached its hnal Pc
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