Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-07-21

pleasures Of early rising on fine sum-
mer morning!
e Falsely luxurious, viii not man awake,
And springing from the bed of soth enjoy
The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour,
To meditation due and sacred song
For Is there aught in sleep can charm the wise
To lie in dead oblivion, losing half
The heeting moments Of too short life,
Widered ard tossing thro' d;stempered deans !
Who would, in such & oomy state, remain
Longer than nature Graves when every Muse
And every blooming pleasure wait without.
| To bless the wildly devious morning walk
No mere prose description Of the pleas
ures Of early rising is more graphic, how
evel, than that of Macnish, in his celebrat-
ed work on the Philosophy of Sleep. We
presume, by the way, that Macnish him
self was an early riser.
There is no time" says he, "equaI
in beauty and freshness to the morning,
when nature has Just parted with the
gloomy mantle which night had flung
over her, and stands before US like young
BRIDE from whose aspect the veil which
covered her loneliness has been with
drawn. The whole material world has a
d vivifying appearance. The husbandman
is up at his labor; the forest leaves sparkle
with crystal dew the flowers raise their
rejoicing heads towardsthe sun the birds
pour forth their anthems of gladness =
and the wide face of creation itself seems
as if awakened and refreshed from
mighty sIumber."
Solomon also says, in language ofvery
great beauty as we'll as force-"Let US GO
forth into the fields let US lodge in the
villages; let us get up early TO the vine
yards; let US see if the vines flourish
if the tender grape appear-if the pome
granates bud forth. Whether, after all,
Solomon was not compelled by the Spirit
of Truth to testify in favor of a practice
" which, in his late years, he neg ected,
may admit Of some debate. Solomon ilr-
ed at court.
But no testimony strikes us more forci-
bly, than that which is afforded by the
practice ofthe peasants of Switzerland and
some other parts Of modern Europe. See
them at the very dawn Of dav going forth,
young and old, male and female, with the
most Joyous looks, lively steps, and ami
mated expressions breaking forth some
times into cheerful and joyous songs
Their hymns to the ripping stream, to the
towering cliffs, or to the tall forests, are
scarcely exceeded in beauty or melody
by the rapturous notes of the feathered
tribes themselves. Above all, how would
a it move the heart of stranger to such
ct customs, to observe the spirit with which
Y, they unite their voices in hymn to ting
l. rising sun. If there are joyous as well
l. as FREE spirits on the face of the wide
at world, they are these; although under
lr the nominal control, it may be, of despots
s. WHY all this? Why does the morn
ID ing inspire us with cheerfuIness Re
l. freshing slumbers have placed the nerv
W Gus system, and indeed the whole physic
al frame, in such quiet and happy state
T. that the operations otthe mind, and the at
le fections and emotions of the soul, canno
of otherwise than be healthy and harmoni
n, cessary result degree Of pleasure which
" is far better felt than described.
o. If the first morning of May were not, il
O. this respect like all other mornings oftht
a. year, we might hesitate about reminding
d, our readers ofthe cheerfulness which il
d, some countries is awakened by the frs
hours OF May-day. But we believe, tina
RS those who will renounce the chains ii
H. which Incidence has fast bound them AM
IN resolve from this day forth to rise betimes
ct and enjoy what there is to be enjoyed a
. the "cooi fragrant hour" of early dawn
st will find cheerfulness connected, not on
nd ly with May day morning, but with ever,
morning in May; and not on v with eve
al ry morning of May, but with every morn
o. ing of the year.
of No laborer-bc his employment ment
d. al or physieat-can fail to perceive, if h
,p- will but make the experiment, that he cal
i'll never perform his labor with so mucI
j ease and cheerfulness as in the morning
10, Though the philosophy and physiolog
ed Of all this were difficult of explanation
ire the facts are most obvious. And we say
zee therefore, that he alone who has once tast
cir ed the cheerfuIness which is inspired b
early rising, is prepared at all to appre
he ciate it.
r? No student, especially Of nature, wi
tie ever find so appropriate an hour for walk
Vi ing abroad, as the morning That fathe
f a or mother, or teacher, who wishes to ir
I'VE spire dull child or pupil with love fc
yill nature, should, by all means, 60 forth II
70 her society at this cool, silent, and W
ng may add, sacred hour. To those VIII
,L- fear the early dew, the morning is sti
to delightful. The pleasures, even Of tn
by parlor or study, are redoubled to the hc
for bitually early riser, though he should IT
of fuse to 90 forth and welcome the first beam
Of the rising sun.
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