Litchfield enquirer., 1839-04-11
FOR THE LITCWIELD ENQUIRER.
SPRING.

Old Winter has laid down his sceptre; and the joyous
Gush offountains, sending sparkling waersdown
The steep mountains sides, and purling rils, which
take their
Course through lonely valleys. minglng in cadence
sweet with
The low hum of bees, and the wild note Of the gay
plumaged
Bird that carols through the sky, falls like spell upon
Mine ear and wakens in my heart tho echo Of their
song.
And the warm sun, and gently falling shower and
Southern zephyEs, the brown EARTH and bid put
On gayer vcstnre. The forests soon, crowned with
luxuriant
Foliage, will wave in living green; and Fora's fair
est daughters
Wreathe every plain, and hilltop.
Oh is not earth still beautiful though groaning meath
The curse Of an offended God? Does it not hold your
heart
In thral, and garner up its best afBectons7
But there are those, bowed down & well nigh crushed
By earthly sorrow, within whose breasts the melody
of nature
Finds no response. Yesorrowing ones what that's
Quenched your Spirits and bid the light of song go out
Has sickness laid it's whitening hand upon you-on
Disappointed hopes on loss offiends with whom your
hearts
Were closely knit dried up the streams of earthly
Happness2 If 80, the seeming friendship, pomp, and
Glitter Of cold and hearrless world, will but augment
Your sorrow. Turn with disgust from all that poisons
Joy, and seek amid natures soltudes that happiness
Which earth has failed to give. Hold converse with
the trees,
And flowers which "bear the bright impress OF their
Makers hand"
And make them your companions. Look up through
nature,
Back to natures God-make him your friend-then,
Then your wounded hearts will know an earthly
And when the cord is severed that links your spirits
To the earth, they'll spread their uncheck pinons
And soar away to heaven Oa*A%+
Litchfeld, April, 1889.
I'VE give place to the preceding not for any poetic
merit that discover in it, but make an intmation
TO some of our correspondents who undertake to per.
petrae poetry. or, in this case, blank Uerse That
is not always poetry which has at the end of line
word which will jingle with its fellow; nor does the
mere circumstance Of commencing each line with
capital letter constitute blank verse; To constitute
blank verse, there should be due proportion of long
and short syllabes, and every line should have On
equal number. tten,) as much as in rhyme. In the
above piece these rules are entirely disregarded Let
US try our hand at making this kind OF poetry. Take
for example our account last week Of the election in
this town. and make blank verse Of it. after the man.
ner Of some Of our poetasters:
After the most exciting and turbulent
Election ever held in this town. the Wings
On Monday last came gloriously out
Of the contest The most foul and base means
Were resorted to by tn loco focos-.
Even brute force-to intimdale and
Browbeat some Of the electors, and prevent
hem from exercising their own sound judg.
Ment, yet have the wings carried hand.
Some majority on every branch Of
Their ticket, &c.
Now. because this is all written off into lines Of ten
sylables. does any one discover any poetry in it-
Is it sonorous than it was while in plain prose
Yet has it the advantage over some ohers-for it has
the right number Of syab!es in each line 70. heroic
measure.-Ed.]
At hotel short time since, q servant girl in.
quired Of gentleman at the breakfast table il his
cup was out. "No," said he. "but my coffee s."
The poor thing was considerably confused but deter.
mined to pay him in his own coin. While at dinner
the stage drove up and several coming n the gentle
man asked. Does the stage dine here r. mo sir,"
said the girl, shut the passengers do"
A gentleman, travelling on a journey, having light
guinea which he could not pass gave it to his Irish
servant and desired him 10 pass the guinea Yes, sir,
replied league. but was forced TO be very sly; the
people refused at breakfast and at dnner 30 at the
turnpike, where had fourpence to pay whipped i,
in between two halfpence, and the man put it into
his pocket, and never saw it since.
A Distinction NTH and Witkout a differences. Dis.
tincton with difference: have no objection" said
leveler "ihat the ranks below me should Be main.
tanned just they are. but wish to have none
above be; and this my notion Of fair and perfect
equality" An instance of the distinction Without
difference was offered by the Inshman who hav.
ing legs Of different sizes, ordered his boots to be
made accordingly. His directions were obeyed; but,
he put the smallest boot his largest leg, he ex.
claimed, petuenty-"C onfound the fellow order.
cd him to make one larger than the other; and, in.
stead that he has made smaller than the other
Drealjal Accident and Loss Of Lite--On Tuesday
evening the schooner Experiment, Capt. McMahan,
staSted from New York ballast, for Manhattanve,
having On board the Captains wife, two children, two
passengers, and two negroes as deck hands. About
two O'Clock on Wednesday morning some persons re-
siding At the foot Of 18th street, heard cries as of
person in Distress and ct daylight the schooner was
discovered bottom up: All on board were drowned,
except the two negro hands. and as yet Of the
bodies have been found.-N. Y. Morning Courier.
The County Elections elections for Town and
County Officers show that the progress of the Wing
cause is onward. We look in vain for the reaction
predicted We have had the beginning Of re-ac-
ton. Ii is reaction from Regency dieiGiion. The
tide Of Loco Focosm, which at time babe fair TO
drown our State in disorder and ruin, is rolling back