Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-05-05

nually recurs, affordng admiration for
lovers, and qualification to her admirers
Stern Winter, that, IN our sweet and sunny
cline, "no undsputed sceptre sways.p bas
with becoming dignity wrapped his mantle /
round hm,and hiedaway to his kindred clmes
his murmurs no longer reach US borne on win
try blasts, but, instead thereof, fair zephyr fans
his airy wings, and greets us, as we wander
forth, waiting, on the balmy breeze, The redo
lence, oftbe Jassamine,iho eglantne, and the
myriads Of opening flowers, which bud and |
bloom andeblush unseen 'gladdening the woods |
andwilds, "where nature sows and reaps her |
crops"
Living, as we do, amid the wonders Of crea-
ton, nothing delights us more than, the vari-
Gus aspects which the ceaseess changes ofthe |
year produce. After having escaped :he long
confinement OF winter, and when Spring, with |
her bright and laughing countenance, is usher
ing in her lovely train of sweet flowers, and |
green fields, and decking all nature with her |
bright and cheerful garments, with what delight |
do we hail each springing blade, and opening |
flower. Our hearts expand with the vernal |
blossom,and our feelings awake TO livelier emo
tons, as we behold tho daily progress of vege-
tation, dressing the landscape in smiles and
loneliness, and enamelling the face of nature
with flo Eers of the most delicate texture. The
influence, arising from rural scenes, IS kindly
calculated to elevate and refine our feelingsand
to impart that sweet and amiable disposition
which is at once the most valuable and endear
inr accomplishment ofour nature. No part Of
nature offers more pleasing attractions than
flowers. Their endless variety, Of form, COLOR
and colours, never fail 10 excite our admiration
of that wonderful display of Infinite perfection
tod bFIp- and
bic structure
sIIe that hath not love Of flowers in his souh
is fit fer trcasons stratagens and spos."
The vacant moments of life are often beguiled
of their pains by those emblems purity and
innocence they please us by their fragrance
| they please Us by Their beauty--even their
| evanescence pleases Us and we hail Their re-
| turn with JOY that would be unknown were
they the abiding objects OF creation.
The "gentle flowers" have appropriately
been styled "The language Of Angels" They
breathe US lessons of humility, and peace, and
love- They are benefcently scattered over all
creation, pencilled by the hand ofGod, who
annually renews their BIRTH" To gem the
virgin robes of nature chaste."
Something of the spirit which has convened
us TO day, seems to have pervaded time out
of mnd' all the nations of the earth. The an
cient Greeks were enthusiastic in their love,
and lavish in their use offowers. The Bible
frequently employs them as lavourite symbols
of the beauty and fragiity OF life, comparing
man to the flower that fadeth, and the grass
that withereth." Let assays Solomon "crown
ourselves with rosebuds before they be wither-
ed,and let no flower of the Spring pass by US. ;"
But Of all the poetry drawn from flowers, none
so transcendently beautiful az that in which
Christ himself inculcates an entire dependence
on the goodness of the Creator by a reference
to "the lilies of the field which toll not, neither
spin, but like which, Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed.
/ THE speaker addressing herself to the
, Queen
And now fair Queen, permit me, repre-
; sentative of your willing subjects, to address
you upon whom we have freely bestowed the
; homage of our hearts, and selected, from among
all our companions, as peculiarly fitted, by you
amiability and gentleness, to preside over the
y present occasion-long we hope, and eve
i no doubt, while memory holds her little tene
ments within your bosom, wIllIhe recollection 0
b this glowing pageant remain deeply enshrinet
: within your heart cherished as one of the
= greenest spots on mcmory's waste-May the
benign influence you possess over our youthful
{ hearts be precursive of that which YOU shall
= exert over that society which as vet you have
o but viewed ''thfough the loopholes of retreat -
. May you do much IN exploding the absurd and
. Anticipated Hutton thdl The intellectual cultlva
ton OF the daughters Is less important to the
Improvement and happiness of society than that
of the sons, and may you do much towards re-
- storing woman to her legitimate position by
, the side of man, as his equal and companion IL
D. all the relations Of intellectual as well as soca
T life. For this Is her primitive place. Her
J. she stood when in Eden, she came forth from
the hand Of Jehovah the arast flower ofall il
fragrant bowers.
Let those beautious buds, which now encir
Gle your fair and open brow, read YOU and a
of Us profitable lesson. They were not form
ed Just before the dev elopment of leaves an
flowers, but last summer and autumn, with
sort of conservative power they prepared them
selves to meet the cold and trying hour {
winter. May you too make timely preparatio
i and when your gentle spirit wings its flight t
= yon undiscovered country "lrom whose bourn
:" no traveller returns" may it find in stor
If worlds more pure than fancy has ever sougl
/ to feature in the brightest and loveliest of tn
=, stars"
4. The ceremonies ofthe day were closed wit
tie following song by all Of the young ladIe;
y Air.-"ruE YOUTH RODE on"
y May comes may comes,we have called her Ion!
J, She comes DER the hills with light and son!
, You may trace her step Ger the wax ming cart
lie BY the winds which tell of the violet's BIRTH
$ BY the pine ree.sfringe Of softer green.
IS And the fresh gay moss where her foot hat
d [beel
ne Come forth! o We children of gladness com
h Where the violets lie, may now be your hom
~ You of the rose lip and dew bright eve,
. And bounding footsteps to meet her, fly
With the Tyre and wreath and Joyous Law,
Come forth to the sun shine,and welcome Ma
Bring flowers, fresh flowers, for the Queen
y wear,
81 They were born to blush in her shining ha
For this throu' its leaves hath the red rose bur
For this, in the woods were the violets nurse
For this, its fragrance, the iassamine pours,
They are leaves, our gift-bring flowers, ire:
FLOWERS.
From The North American.
THE pRESTDENTsS RITPIAI