Litchfield enquirer., 1840-01-09

Unheeded down the stream, And as the mower lays the grass
 Beneath the suEnMer's gieam, s So man beneath the scythe of death. Will coon be laid full low, ..9F And all of life is but breath g. A vapor, taught to glow A moment in the solar light, H Then vanishing atar- F" But who can trace the spirits flight a' Beyond each distant star What then, in one short year remainss To be rehsars'd in song ' ' Yet endless joys. or woes and pains.
 May to that year belong. He only tha, is wise to-day.
 Has learnd the weight of yeaEs; His soul can hear, in reason's ray,
 "The music of the spheres" To him the pas, is like the shade That on the dial moves, Events are bu, the figures made.
 Which Truth unsrrng proSes. Each circling year rensws the tale.
 For nothing can be new. But what has been, and time would fail t To read all hiss'ry through. While fertile fields have pour'd around
 Their lavish stores of grain; And Heaven all ll.bounteous, stil has crown'd The farmers tolls again; Disease and death have cast gloom
 Der many southern climes And tn the north, have s.rips the bloom
 From thousands, lost to time. Consumptions wan and levers dire,
 Have held their fatal sway; lnsemp'rance, with consuming firer
 More to be fear'd than they, Has cast his wrc,ched victims down,
 By legions to the grave; And conscience and meek virtues frownv
 Were both in vain to save. The red-man in the iores. wild,
 Where rich magnOlias blow. Hns felt himself again despoil'd i < or all bus hope below, Hialands are wrested from his race,
 And burning OCT his wrong, Death oft his rapid footsteps trace,
 Ofaged men and young. The mother's wall, the infants cry The msiden's shriek of woe. Stay not the arm 6plified high,
 To strike the murd'rous blow. In him revenge was never taught
 To yield te reasons law; Nor from the gospel has he sought
 His rule of life to draw. M Yet come there are, whose nobler mindk Have learn'd to bend their will To all that sofiens and reines,
 And taste each sparkling rill That from the mount of Science fbwss
 And would that all were taught M To mitigate their fercest woes,
 By calm collected thought; < To look upon the monday light
 or learning and the arts. Anahail the gospel clear and bright,
 Teheal iheit wounded hearts. Then will the scourge of war no mors
 Excite 10 burn and slay. But peace extend from shore to shore, And wrath be thrown away. Men were not made to curse the world,
 By av'rice, blood and crime; If sos why have she bad been husid,
 Beneashthe wingsof Time. Down that dark gulf of night and woe.
 Where none sheis mem;Tes keep7 Why have the good been taught to know, .. That they shall never wesp7 !" That in those worlds of peace above, gasg Their souls shah ever dwsh. And angel bands their mem'riss love, ' And guard snd guide them well ' Then how can they be led alright, Wac make 10 sacrifice ys 2 Fer viFtuous freedom and ths liehs .ix That in religion Iiesi If rulsEs once forget the aim aa Of patriotic ruth. And sink in incidence and shame:
 Hass and ssoyant yOash. Unmindfnl of sAs pablic sood.
 Are msEg'd in sel6sh ease, And seek h all sheiF dsviae sad, Themselves alons to pl1aae ; Then are the aoCs gates opsn wids. To bear their jOys away; Rslieions hops and Fsss8om's psids Ass rushing ss decay. CoErspsicn never backward turns
 Her undsFmining power, CFumbiing alike Egyptian uEns. And Freedom's priceless dover. The lust of wealth. the love of sway. The luxury, poznp and pEids That wind uuchsek'd thsir serpent way. Spread ruin far and wsds.. 'T5sto shs plough, and thss sions.
 That men must lock fOrpowsr Te cheek the scouEss-n0 kingly thsoos. No ussaarch's golden showsE. Can here avail 10 move the man From honest Virtues causs. Who siils the soil. and learns tO sesa The God of Naturs's laws. A hnmaw r,m..,.s,anvs s., .,..~ frspmaal