Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-02-24

beach -flark! their merry voices. as they toss
up the water with their feet! They have mol
>ren me. must shrink behind this rock, and
steal away again.
| In honest truth, vowed TO solitude as am,
there is something in this encounter that
makes the heart tluiter with Il strangely pleas
ant sensation. know these girls TO be rea II
ties OF flesh and blood. vet. gancing at them
So briefly, they mingle like kindred creatures
with the ideal beings Of my mind. |, is pleas
ant, likewise, to gaze down from some high
rrag. aud watch group of children. gather
'rg pebbles and rrar'y shells, ard play ing
with the surf, as with cid tccan's hoary beard.
Nor does 1t inirihee upon my scclusion. to see
lyondcr boat 4. archer of the shore, swinging
drrnmliy TO and tc. aud rising and siakng
with the alternate swell: while The crew..tour
lgrnilrmCn in t-abou, jackes --arc busy
with their tisliina lires. Hul. viii an inwar
an,ipa,hy ard a hed,rg fight, do cscEcw
the presence 1T aiy ncduatlvc stroller like
myself. known hN lis pilgrim staff. his SATIN
toilnG step, lis slay trncancr. his tGservali
yet "hslractfd cNc... From. such a u an, as If
ano'her sell had sc;td ne. ! scramble hasii-
| " over the ,ccks AID AXE refuge in 10, Il
which many a s,cic, ncu, las given me a right
10 r,l NY own. would do battle fer it even
W II tie churl that Should produce the t,'c-
deeds. Have not NY musings .3cllrd into its
rocky walls nd sandy fcor aud made them Il
Ipoiti n Of myself?
IT is a recess in The line ofclina, walled
round "a ro'sh, high rieciI ice. witch al
most cnciIcScs aud shuts liz a Into space of
sand. IN lron. We sca arrears IS between
tie pillars Of portal. In the rear. ,br rrc.
ripice is hr' ken aud ntern,iAcd with earth,
which gives noutishuent not cnly to ,hs cling
| ing and lwinirg shrubs, tut iolrccs, that grlpc
the rocks with their naked roots. ard s,cni to
struggle hard fer a footing and i"r sell enough
/ to live upon. These are iir trees; but oaks
han. their heavy branches from above. and
thrown d"wi ac. rus upon TIC beach, and shed
their vii ering to.a.r upon 'hr wave9. Al
il is auIninna! season the Irccipre Is drcorai-
ed with variegaied spIerdor; trailing wrraIhs
OF scarlet fllnnt from HE summit downward;
TIL soiyeIlnw flow efIng shrubs, and rose bush
irs, W.T. hrirndlemcd leaves and glossy seed
berries. sprout from cac., crrvicc; at every
glance detect some new. light or shade OF
beauty, all contrasting with ~ stern gray
rock. a rlll OF waite lick!rs down the c'if
and fills i'lir clsi, m near The bas'. drain
II al Il dfau2hi sud fluid i, lrcs'' aud pure. This
Irtc'ss shall be my dining Aud what The
Il as a few bi>',ulis. made savory by soak.
Iuv ,hcm in sea. w,,r ;,u,ll,fs,nrbirr oath
.rud l,,u lin. b.acL and ic f,r ,,,. dos
scu lv ,bis ,,n...,l, l,I,,c I'm las Gl,ea lis
cst,vrir ,u in. and a. ,uan i, tI.,,L
t,l NOR, lrarIity t,,n n, a ,y,, II ,,,,,,i hat
4. .,yeY M, Tho Lr.l,EiiI a,,p,,ti,, IN maize =
l,.us, a, bread and wu.r.
Dinner belur over. throw myself arlcroib
anon The sand and. b,skiuy in The .un,I,,,,e.
IL, INV mind .lisperi i,,e,f al viii. The walls
az ms my Lcrui,a,u have, no ,ououe 10 I'm
my ,uIIirs. t!,ouo,, sometimes r,ury I'm, they
have cars 10 l,gar Them n,,d a so, 10 ,ymr;,.
E,,,iyc. rh.rc i maoic in his. Dreams haun,
hts urecirc.s. aud fi1 around me i, bread Sun.
lliutn FOR require l,at sleep shall bindfo,d me
To real ubi,ris, rrc these be visible Here
c ~ frame. :, story oilwo lovers. and make thpuf
shadows live Def Il. me-. and Il. uirrorrd ia,
the t,anuni water, as they ,raI a!onp the
sal... Ica,inu NJ, foot, l,s. Here. should |
viii it. can summon, - a single shade. and
b- my sell her lever. Yes. dreamer ...I III y{ur
ione.y hear viii lie the colder lor such ta.cies
SEM ,i,u,s. Toe. HE ras, Genes back. and
finds m. il, re-. aid ia her ,fin come f..ces
whic, werc,I ,lsoue vl,en k,,cw ,I,rm. yc,
scem no, ,nIsn,nc now. Wolld Ina, nv iii.
I,tinu mace were I,uclier So ina, the rag, moi,
no, find mel Get ,c ,,il zone old friends aad
L., ~. listen 10 ne n,,,nur 81 ,l,e sen. - N.
Ilarcl,oly y. ice...b., less sal dian Yours. OF
wha, mysteries il itlo,lin,1 or s,,,,ic1 s.,i.J,.
land whereabouts Il,cylie, Ofi,ands air. and
undiscovered. whose t,w,y cLidrcu ara IN.
conscious Of Other stands and Of continents.
and deem tho s,urs Of heaven ,i.,ir nnares,
nc,6,,bo,s, Noihlnp ofa,tlis. What then!
lIas i,,alkcd for so many aces, and ,ucant,lo-i
,ino Al, me while! No: ior those age. find
u,,.rAnce IN IN, seas uun.,aneing voice, and
warn The lis,enpr.to Withdraw his in,ercs, lro,o
Moral y,cl,si,,,tes. and le,,hc ininle IDEA III
eieriiv reryade his soul. This IS wisdom;
and therefore, viii spend the mex, hhf hour,