The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-11-22

iVu iu'hu wan WduuoliuSs ne uC SiO"'
" ascended the mountain which lies
west orlhe valley Of Vaoga. 1t was a
warm afternoon in tine month of June.
the sunbeams were sleeping on the
side Of the mountain in tranquil splsn-
dor; the sheep were bleating along the
edge of the commons; the atmosphere
was quiverlng with heat gazing vest
wardpnlil the eye was lost IN the dim
dark blue Of distance, the yellow fields
far scattered over the plain, were al
ready ripening for harvest But beau
tifIl as the prospect was, he forgot to
indulge the delectable banquet which a
beautiful landscape spread before him.
Slowly he assembled The monnt, soil
tary in his own contemplation, and bu-
SLY engaged in representing to h'mseIf
the scenes which were soon to burst
upon his enraptured vision.
1t must be remembered that the sum
nit OF the hill, which he was just gain
ing, commanded prospect Of the val
ley Of his nativity; the place where his
juvenile transactions were recorded.
Three long years had passed, since
he broke the tender ties which bound
him to his domestic circle; to seek in
more western cimes, that tancied hap
pness for which many y"u his have sac.
ifced the ripper blisses, which crowded
round their domestic firesides. 10 vain
did he seek for that bower, where un-
smiled happiness recIined on beds of
moss; which he fancied only grew
meath the willows of distant soil. He
had gazed npon the smiles oil the fair;
he had listened to the music of the beau
tful; he had shared in the sweet SYM
pathies fmany heart, possessed Of as
much sensibility as he himself was, yet
he responded TO the sentiment Of The
Poet.-That:
"There is not in this wide world
valley so sweet,
As that vale IN whose bosom the bright
waters meet,
o the last rays fleeing, and life shall
depart,
Ere the bloom oftilat valley shall fade
from my heart"
But his home and the society of a
smiling band Of brothers, and sisters,
was not the only attraction which per-
vadeG him he telt impulses OF his ear-
ly affection, rebound upon his heart; he
heard the soft echo Of memory vIbrate:
lite notes fell upon hissear like the Gus
phonies Of an evening song, aud filled
his soul with the sweet music of BY
gone days.
1t wac the fond hope Of shortly gree-
ting his Margaret, that was the theme
of his perigrinatIng thoughts. Here
was his whole soul concentrated; il was
teasling upon The rich banquet of
anticipated bliss. Thus absorbed in
his thoughte,he wandered up the mount,
unmindtul of toe bleak and wlthered
scenes of reality; when suddenly the
sunbeams were swept away before bin,
BY dark clouG which obscured the
sun; and peal of thunder interrupted
Ills G.ttc;abIe musings. Turning he
syes towards the west, he beheId The
lark clouds emitting from the horlZon,
n stupenduous volumes; dsrkening the
| and with their sable shades. How to
scare the storm was now matter ex-
oednionsly TO be decided upon; for The
ain was already po ring into the plain
'elow. He quIckeoed his pace, thluk-
ng perhaps he might reach the house
Of one of his acquainlances, which
stood on the descent ofthe mountain on
The opposite side; he soon reached the
summit and was descending, when the
arge drops and lowering clouds, re-
minded him ofthe mpossiblllty of reach
ing house before the rain. Ii instant.
y occurred TO him, that there was a
edge Of rocks near the road, beneath
whose projections he could take shelter.
He soon reached this retreat, with
which he had become familiar in his
juvenile excursions; he seated him
self upon a shelving rock; all was si-
lent, save the toning storm, and soon
he fell into deep reveti,.
ooh! deIusiVe phantoms of bliss u
he exclaimed as he raised hls head, be
ing reused by the rumblIDg of some
stones, which (as he supposed had been
loosened by the torrents descending the
mountain occasoned by recent rain,
II was (ancilul vision! He imagined
that he was communiug with his Mar
|, garet, it was halcyon hour; he once
more pressed her hand, which wes to
say ii still am thine--recelye the wan
derer TO your BOSOM He reflected q
few moments upon his dream, but soor
recOiled again, and the siren Of oncbant
ment, sung BIN into trance the Sec
ond time; and again he saw his Mar
garel smile; again he heard the Oft re-
pea,ed vow Of consistency, drop from