The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-01-05
THE CARRIERS NEW YEARS :,
onnpESS no THE PATRONS OF THE
NORTHERN STAR.

In oarf
Tier custonsd annual circuit, round the sun
Add now. alternate swuy'd by hope and fear
I've GLADLY hail new, VIC hope happier year.
Jiow many visionary hopes Of Youth are Heo'
And with the last, rePose amid the dead =.
The hopes Of Youth are ever on the rise
Az sorinus tho bow OF promise in the skies,
xv;,h al ;ts golden, beauteous tnts array'd,
So snrne its hopes, and Us its tints they fnde.
Net still again, and yet again, they rise, :.
And still they fall, like me,eor's from the skies
Bornc on the ebbing stream of Time away,
,Ehey sink beneath stern natures sad oecay
Nut with them ca;cs and sorrows too,are borne'
And troubled days, with laughing hours have hown.
The wear that's past, had spots Of sunny light,
Tho oft o'crshadow'd by the hue OF night
Full many friend bclov'd, now sleeps IN deatn,
Nho hsil'd the year gone by with glad.ome breath;
,Full many wedding, doth its annals grace
And many crime, their black'ned page deiace.
Rupine and murder of have stak'd abroad,
And men have dar'd blasphcme the holy Cod;
Hut fell Intemp' rance bears the palm away,
II rules with fearless and dcspotlc sway
The mind before it doth in ruins lie,
And fortune, health and comfort quickly ny
Vet. il is not our purpose here to scan,
The follies, or the faults, of wayward man
O'er each, we Charity's broad mantle throw
The giA of sweet Repentance, may he Know
MAY her bright tears, the sfains oi guiit enaoc'
And his be cv'ry virtue-ev'ry grace
Till chcer'a by Hope, on wings OF Faith, ne T'se'
And ioin the heavily choir, beyond the skies.
Now, let US dash away each guth'ring tear,
And hail with Joy the smiling, newborn year
1t comes, the waters from its Lethean spring,
TO pour on sorrows which our bosoms wiring
il comes, to bear upon its flowing tide,
The grieis and cares which our proud bosoms hide.
What, though stern Winter now doth rule the scene
And Springs delightful forms no more IRE seen!-
What, tho he guide his storm-dispensing car,
Il k;rdc hov ed n
Vet not with Summer birds or forms Of Spring,
DO blossoms Of th' immortal mind take wing
:Sprine's leafy honors' blghting frosts consume,
And quickly fades bright Summers lovely bloom
But sunny thoughts spring up and wake at will,
Through all tho varied year, we have them still.
All seasons their peculiar pleasures boast,
And Winter thou hast thine, if not the most 4;
When friends are circled round the blazing hearth,
Tho storms are heard without, within is mirth -:
Pale sickness flies before thy geld reign,
And health appears with all her smiling train
The rosy cheek the laughter bcaming eye,
The sunny smile and harmless revelry.
In Winter too, from the instructive page,
We CLEAN the events of ev'ry cline and age--
With pleasant chat. we while the hours away,
And spite of frost and snow, we still are gay.
Kind Patrons, it has been your Carriers task,
TO hand TO you the mental food you ask -
To bring you news Of battles far away
or feuds and turmos in America.
And oer my page looks many sparkling eye,
To find the story of the nuptial tie
Tho mournful register Of death bear,
A sad memorial found too often there.
Rebelous murders in our columns rang'd,
Have freely their strange courtesies exchang'd;
-Earthquakes and tempests there, recorded stand,
And troasons dark by Nullifiers plann'd
Nor have we fail'd, at leisure to explore,
For our kind patrons, realms Of comic lore,
That each should have, the spertive and the grave,
Just such q dish his appetite might crave.
Perhaps you think It strange your Carrier dare,
Vaunt Of his paper with SO vain an air
But Patrons, tho / tell its merits here,
crave your notice only once year.
No more my paper or myself IN praise
The proverb says, it goes but little ways
And now there's not much more for me to do,
A brief apology, and then Adieu.
IfPve forgot your mansions, once or twice,
pray forgive, nor think it WIS vice
May be twas cold, or snow, drenehing rain,
Or If twas not, dear Partons don't complain
Remember Pm young and thoughtless Boy,
To whom, your frowns give pain, your smiles bring
a H1ppy .Ns,u Year friends, and now good by,
Your patience my dull rhymes no more shall try.
The Rev. James Taylor of AssoIett has been
iuvtcthto become the Pastor of the First Christian
lIp;oo Cociefv in Fall River. and has accented