New-York tribune., 1841-11-22
From Mrs. Austin. German Prose Writer.

The HARrz-The mountains we're here sleeper,
the pine forests waved beneath like deep green
sea, and white clouds foated across the blue hca-
vens The wildness 4f the scene was, as 1t were.
tanned by It's unity and simplicity Nature like a
good poet loves no abrupt transitions. The clouds.
however Gautastic be their forms, have pure and
tender colotng which harmonizes with the blue
SKY and the green earth, that al! the hues OF a
region melt ro each Other like soft music and ma
ture under each Of her aspects, has u traniuiillz
ing and soothing Influence.
Like great poet TOO. Eature can produce the
greatest effects with the fewest means. There arc
only sun trees, flowers, waer-and love. 1t Is
true if this is wanting in the heart of the spectator
the whole may present but poor unlnterestiag
spectacle; and the sun is thus only many miles
in diameter, and the good for irewood
and the flowers are classified according to the num-
Der Of their stamina, and the water is wet.
little boy, who was gathering brrshwood in
the forest for his sick uncle, pointed out TO ne the
village of Leerbach He seemed to be upon
footing of the greatest intimacy with The trees he
greeted them as old acquaintances, and they rus
tled their greetings in reply. He whistled like
linnet, and the other birds all around answered
him: and before was well aware he disappeared
in the thcket with bis naked feet and his bundle 81
brushwood.
Children, thought |, are younger than we, and
can still renrmber The time when they were trees
or birds and can therefore understand and speak
their language; but grows old, and have
too many cares, and too much Jurisprudence ana
bad poetry in our heads. Heinrich lIcnc.
They came, saw, and conquered-ull whs were
at table expecting them. Heavens they were en-
hghtencd eghternh-century men, They stood
up stoutly for moderate freedom, and good anus
ing reading, snd moderate deism, and moderate
philosophy. They delivered themselves most clear
" against the appariiion of sprits-aganst all it,
lusens and all extremes. They like very well To
read their roets-as models of style TO be advan-
tan,ageousy used in business, and reaxations from
solid affairs; they relished ightneales--roasted
and liked myrtes, as Spanish bakers do-to heat
the ovens with they had killed the great sphynx,
who sets US the riddle of life, and carried off the
stuffed hide and they held it for wonder that any
body else would now submit TO he puzzled Ge-
MUS, said they, we would certainly nos throw
away we would keep it for sale. And their icy
souls burn but for one obect-i.r the body; this
is solid and real this is the state, and rell
gion, and art Jean Paul.
Lima stood in the moonlight behind the plaShy
water. Albano tore asunder the branches which
o%structcd his view, and looked, uncovered and
brcathless, ON the holy beauty of the vision. With
the unearhy station and look of Grccian god,
Lane stood resplcRdcnt in the moonbcam. and
the cntranccd youth beheld the young, open, Sc
rene Madonna brow. which none OF the world
sorrows and disturbances had traced iarrow or
thrown "A shadc--and the small. delicate, scarcely
urchcd e>chrow-and the face like perfect peal,
oval and viii e-and the loosened locks lying on
the lilies of the valley at her heart-and h slen-
der, graceful form, which, with her viii gar
ments, gave diyner air to her beauty-and the
ideal stiffness Of her whole being, she stood
LAYING only her fingers, and not her arm, ~,
balcony us il the Psyche only lowered over the
iilv-be of her body, and shook or bowed 1t never
and the large blue eyes which while her hcoS
sank little, Enclosed with inexpressiblc beauty,
ard seemed TO lose themselves in dreams, and Ill
distant plans glowing in the evening red
Thrice happy man! The only visible goddess,
Beauty, appears to thee suddenly in all her might
and majesty, and accompanied BY ali her heavens.
Jean Paul
How rarely do men accurately weigh what they
have to sacrifice against what they have TO gain
How hard is it to will the end, and 10 tutn
with repugnance tron the means Many transpese
them, and deligh, themselves in the means, while
they lose sight of the end. They seek 10
every disease topicaly on the spot where it first
shows itself, and take to discover the point
where 1t really has lis origin, and whence 1t acts
Hence it is 50 difficult profit by advice-espe
celly for the many, who intelligent enough
about their everyday affairs, bur seldom see be-
yond the morrow This ii happens, that when
in any popular institution or scheme, one man
loses and another gains, 1t is impossible TO come
at fair comparison of the respective portions of
good and evil All truly common good mus, be the
resul, OF an act OF the uncontrolled sovereign will
Goethe.
D,ocyr.s Avn