The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-11-07

clear bright west, ,twIth long shadowJ
promOntofies, aud high; sun-gilt peaks.
Numerous expeditions, both in ancient
and modern days, have launched forth
from the Canaries in quest of lslands;
but, on their approach, mountain and
prOEonlory have gradually faded away.
until nothing have remained but the blue
sky above, and the deep blue water be.
low.-Hence twas termed by the geo-
graphers Of old, Aprositus, or the lnac-
cessable; while modern naviga,ors have
called its very existence in question,
pronouncing 1t mere optical illusions
like the Fatal Morgaua Of the Straits Of
Messina; or chasing it with those un~
subetantial regions known 10 mariners
as Cape Flyaway; inthe Coast Of Cloud
Land.
Let not, however, the doubts Of the
worldly wise skeptics Of modern Gays
rob US ofall the glorious realms owned
by happy credulity in days ofyore. Be
assured oh readers ofeasy faith!-thou
for whom delight to labor-be assured
that such an island does actually exist,
and has, from time to time, be revealed
TO the gaze, and trodden by the feet Of
favoured mortals. Nay, thou doubted
by histories and philosophers, its exis-
tence is fully attested by the poets, who
being an inspired race, and gifted with
a kind of second sight can.see into the
mysteries Of nature, hidden from the
eyes of ordinary mortals. To this giC-
ted race it has ever been region Of
fancy and romance, teeming with all
kinds Of wonders. Here once bloom
ed, and perhaps still blooms, the famous
garden Of Hesperides, with its golden
fruit. Here, too was the enchanted gar.
den Of Arminca, in which tina! scOrcer-
ress held the Christian paladin, Rinaldo,
in delicious but inglorious thraldom; as
is set forth in the immortal lay OF las
90. 1t was or this island, also that Sy.
corax, the witch, held sway, were waf-
ted 10 it's shores. The isle was then
/
.... - "fun of noises,
Sounds, and sweet airs, that gave delight and
| hurt not.
| Who docs not know the tale, as told in
the magic page 0! Shakespeare
| In fact the island appears to have beeH
lat different times, under the sway Of
different powers, gsnii Of earth, and air,
land ocean; who made it the shadowy
abode; or rather, it is the retiring place
of old worn-out deities and dynasties,
that once ruled the poetic world but are
now nearly shorn of all their attributes
Here Neptunde and AmPhitriie hold a
diminished court, like soverigns in ex-
lie. Their ocean chariot lies bottom
upwards, in a cave Of thesisland, salmost
a perfect wreck while pursy Tritons and
haggard Nereids bask lIs,lessly like
seals about the rocks. Sometimes they
| assums shadow OF their ancient pomp,
and glide in state about the CLASSY sea:
while the crew Of some tall lndiaman,
1 that lies becalmed with Tapping sails,
hear with astonshment the mellow note
| of the Trlton's shell swelling upon the
ear as the invisible pageant sweeps by.
Sometimes the quandom monarch oI
the sea is permitted to make himself
VISIBLE to mortal eyes, visiting the ships
that cross the line, to exact tr butte
from newcomers; the only remnant Of
his ancient rule, and that, alas! perform
ed with ta,eted state and tarnlshed spleb
dor. ...
Here all the treasures lost in the deep
are safely garnered. The caverns Of
the shores are piled with golden ingots,
boxes ofpearls, rich pales of oriental
silks; and their deep recesses sparkle
with diamonds, or fame with carbun-
cles. Here, too, lie crew, long bewaII-
| ing as swallowed up IN ocean, lie sleep
4 ing in mossy gro,toes, from age to age
II wander about enchanted shores and
grovesin pleasing oblivion of all things.
IL Such are some Of the marvels related
II If this island, and Of which may serve
brow soma light on the following le~
v lend, of uneuestlonable truth. which !
recommend 10 the entire belief Of the
reader