Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-01-15
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consists in delicate perception and vivid de-
lineation of minute details. He had a micro
scopic eye, which nothing was so dmnutive
as to escape.-He took narrow range, but
in his chosen sphere, there was nothing that
he did not explore. Instead of roaming
through the wide world Of vegetable matter,
he selected a single flower. grass blade or
a leaf laid bare their tender fbres and ten
drills, their thread-ikc veins and arteries
pointed out the beauty Of their blended tints,
and the harmony Of their various parts, and
from this minute examination, drew wise and
usefu! lessons OF the power and divinity OF
the hand that made them. He had poetry e.
nough 10 throw grace over every thing he
touched. His descriptions are like cabinet
pictures, which, though they would be over
looked in a gallery Of the great masters, are
charming ornaments to the boudoir Cowpcr
has thrown poetry even over the tea-tabe-
the most unpoetical Of all household observ
ances He has placed the humble sofa ne xt
in dignity to the gorgeous throne, and he has
made the fireside altar of home a shrine Of
worship far more delightful than the temples
erected by the world to the goddess of plea
sure. We hug ourselves with a feeling of
comfort as he closes the shutters, wheels the
sofa round, and prepares for long evening
Of unolloyed enjoyment. We are even will
ling to Join in a cup of tea and nerve our
selves to swallow it, without feeling Of nau-
sea.
Let people talk as they will, there is more
solid comfort in winter than at any other sea-
son; more socialty, more kind feeling, more
of the exercise Of the gentle charities and
sympathies Of our nature. Mercurial and ex-
citable people, the French for instance, are
constantly running after something which
they cannot better define than by calling it
amusement; while the English and ourselves,
after hunting for pleasure IN hundred dlf-
ferent forms, and under a hundred different
names, always come to the conclusion that
the object Of our search can only be grasped
in the palpable form Of comfort In that COM
prehensive term are included kind and gentle
friends, competency of worldly goods, free
dom from the thraldom Of carking cares-a
conscience void Of offence, and digestion
that works SO easily that we are unconscious
of its operations. II humanity can here ap-
proximate to a state of blessedness,-it is
while in the full enjoyment of earthly COM
fort and il is in the long winter evening, that
nine individuals out of ten are most in the
possession of this enjoyment Confess it, yc
who have slept in a rail road car at the
Springs, for want of better accommodations.
Confess lt,-ye who have gone through a
course Of sodorifcs in the reeking atmosphere
of a steamboat cabin ye who like the man
out Of whom the unclean spirit had passed
have gone about seeking rest in wet places
and dry places, without finding it;-ye who
have had the ague at midsummer, ye the on
ly consolation Of whose travels has been, that
you would ere long be at home again; trav-
ellers after pleasure confess, have you found
m hours enjoyment in all your rambes to
be compared with that OF the winter fireside?
Call up, if you hesitate for an answer, the as
sociations that spring at the mention of the ]
word Home.
Talk not Of the poetry Of night in June,
with its bright stars above, and its bright
eyes below, Of that witching time when the
heart is open to soft impressions, and the .
mellowed beauties Of earth and sky above
you and around you are in such sweet har-
mony with your feelings-talk not Of the de-
lights of a summer night Would you change
it for moment for ireside scene, where
those whom you most esteem are at your
eide; where the bright particular star,-the
Cynosure, where your eyes have long linger-
ed, is shining with a lustre as pure and soft
as when you worshippod it in the stiffness Of
the summer eve? Are you less susceptible
Are the surrounding objects less in unison
with your feelings? or are not your feelings
less wasted. and more concentrated on "A sin
ole point than when there was 50 much
around you to divide your admiration? Ifyour
be not more dclirous, il It not
more delightful? fiji is less ctherial, does it
take from its pleasure that there il has
,onch ofearthly favor? You know II does not,
md If you should choose to select a scene
where YOU could best give way to your ppnt
@ ceilings, tho blazing fircside would be the
pct
In sinter, people are compelled to be So