Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-06-24

v susassA sselne beneath The ly inssrwoven boughs
il eonsen,mens ruminass TIE hoosy bee dts Ger IN
6owsy lawn, all The eesssey allotted insect Of
summers day TIE Sasbs1sd sonssers too, after having
eivsn ssir less mosning bree1e perchsd
bougs Of ~ s~sng forest trsss, surveying with the
matches shs motley groups beneath, reclining
eossenssns Ill, themselves and beehssa sill
scene, . vapour Of lo.cbodng evil
sssnis ss azured canopy. All nature, and
animate enjoy eposs, while Phrbus zeni,hic po:
radiases refulgens beams all below.
Amid tranquility universal, invounsary relax
from collegiate studies kind thought
and await tho Scarce hour of repose-Is il
not distant mumurngs that hear which rapid
i've swells rend uemulous the ar-Hark:- revcry is
that solemn sound salues and bids
hold, and pause while speaks the mystery-'Ts
revealed: that sound is dssans-dak' ming clouds
far in this distance, skring the horizon,
gatherings dressed in black upwards in treble folds
twrng they onward roll. 1t thickens il comes
The how intensely awful, yet sublime-ow the
lighning's vivid fash, and the still awful tempest
drives along the plain, with loud'nng peas Of thunder
rsnd the air Terror scks deepmy SOUL and horror
the stately oaks 70 the tempest yield
uproocd by that element they have often braved, and
cracking, crashing bessrew the groundBchold the eah
ered tribe, how seized with dart from the severed
boughs seek refuge they know where, amid desoa-
sion wide and Il and with it gloom of
weep the clouds and deIuss beneath Astound
ed here stand, wrapt in mazemens while all around is
nought but wide spread ruin nought witnessed but
the conflicting eemcns spending their fury upon all within
their sphere The forest yields the sweeping bas heav
artillery make emulous the Trailer objects, and all
bows Submissive its matches power Now this
noble edi6ce bsgns trsmbe its Utmost its
massive walls Withstand its po,ency-Hold-
that shock cecsrick of approaching harm-ono
.avvfrr
dangers threatening exsingaish faith, hope and life
tsclf-Oh horrible tits done; the lofty sphere above
head this instant in twain is riven yet remain unharm
3D. and stand here a Of heavens mercy. On
hou who rides the whirl-ind directs storm,
please save from general wreck this trembling frame, whom
hou hast noby formed, and vino pleads for mercy
Thy ,hrone but Thy WILL mins, be done. The petit
ion has reached the ear dvins, and bowling Winds
hushed the lowering clouds of drefu aspect have
pent their fury, and the gloom terrible dspeed
md nature smiles in all its wonscd pleasure.
Just il is with he witnesses of fortune
To-day he basks in the sunshine Of prospery evels in all
he luxury and pomp Of Eastern He pursues
With avidy, course which his imagination paints in
II the glowing colors, that train of unboken incidence
which and spring from the prolific lap of prosper
induces He raises his upon which
has faacousy formed, and proceeds spon plans upon
which he has thus alphabetically laid with assiduy
worthy of better fato until he ancies himself in
hem beyond doubt, from cnd all fortui:ous circum
tances, which sober dspassonate reasoning would
convinced him, they probably would prove alacious he
roce,ded far the road of fame But he pursues his
chcmes Of fancy with alacrty mounts upwards the
of scconhdence, and above the cool voice of
hout mole ssation of time bids defiance the
nsque consequent ON
preposscrous adventures without any calculation for
diverse currents which sway him imperceptibly from
hat which prudence would otherwise have Dictated
lans and brilliant schemes in short period of rapid
essul career, last wofy becomes demolished by the
Of adverse circumstances; disappointment
war his views, and he falls PROSTATE beneath the ruins
visionary schemes and in agones of despair
and repnes Providence when sober would
been his guide he had acted the sphere Of
rom such lessons of experience from past, only,
iddy mortas learn, and Learning will the wiser part.
You. humble servant.
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