Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-07-08
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM.
MUSINGS OF ABACHELOR OF FORTY-FIv !

To review the past is indeed source Of meanch holy
pleasure the mind of him osy fo's its changes bu
n consoatory reflection, that may be permit
ted pour musings into the of sympathy, il indeed
aughs of sympathy in the sensitive breast, for
my hated cosnomcn To the young aone-of either
appeal for ths generous feens-o such beings myself
in agc and experience, know must appeal in vain-Fo'
within my feel decay Of shat fire which
thrilled youthful heart and shot its kinling beams thro
my imaginative brain. For readcr-I onco loved!-Eus
why speak fit, time and distance have shown length
void and the dear object that absorb
my affections Fond "reminiscences Of my early days!
How in re,crsng your ovd SCENES do again
live them ove and almost forget shas revealing the
UNREAL cFsasnss Of imagination The dearly loved RE
before in all her her soft blue eyes
and did brighter portals give passage angels from
their native heaven, shan those that transmitted feelings
from breast, pure ielf-it indeed heav-
purifying and refining all il touched; and in the aEdor Of
my youthful fecnss vowed that heaven than
this, wished possess. Even now-1 her smil
ing features welcoming her sacred feel my
self stretching forth my hand clasp hers
In moment the bright vision has vanished, and the dull
cold realities Of condition break with renewed weight
upon
What . 10 human life! q round of changes, and
turmoil and anxiety. We enjoy the Aecsng pleasure of
soday-wc look forward TO for Increase and
for pleasures Bot comes and with
disappointment The remembrance of the past rendered
poignant by contrast with the present. until Tar IN the u-
surc alike adversd undyinz
and heart thrills again remembered happiness
the days Of its then is that the soul
upon the banquet holy affections awakened in past
hours and in day dreams, live il in world of
creating The pangs of sorrow and disappointed
hopes tina. mingled with days Of glad
their bittemcs-for the feelings have become
blunsed the shafts Contact with the
world has oberaed much of that ssnssveness to PAIN
once 50 predominant in We look upon an
gish the allotted destiny of We disappoint-
mens mixing il. chilling influence with all the affairs of life.
siv,ies unqualified Thus moul
cd impressions constantly made upon by
rounding, uncomfortable crrums,anees-and thus do our
characters take from the objects with which they
mingle In early years, the heart was
dared no, in,ie itself upon holmes. of that condition
doomed future heavily upon it, and
poison the very current of all its joys
Buoyans spirits, and void of TO
ife for itself castles and
towers Of ssrsng-and walks forth amid the uxurans fields
il has pictured OUT finds food for every in
teeesual craving And there, tho ugh the
blooms vi 18Th hundred tin,s. Alas. could il remain
this happy state, how different would be the destiny Of
man. Even than, the with beauties bears about
the germ Of future shor which will grow strength
If is existence, and till stune-ah.
perhaps despy ssung, believe reality Of de
change Butt aslengh forces itself upon eonvction
mind is aroused from Elysan dream, and views
and regses real change that
The picture revensd-and the dark side per-
,aps exclusively upon Ths wings inasn