Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-19
BEAUTY AND sUBLlMITY OF NATU

BEAUTY AND SUBLlMITY OF NATURE.
The world appears to have been made no less for
The delight than for the use Of man. Wherever The
eye wanders through the varied landscape or up TO
The azure heavens, beauty rises above beauty and
rapture succeeds 10 rapture. when we wish TO be
entertained, what can afford more delicious feast
TO the mind. than the general loyeIncss spread 50
proin ely over nature. Who can examine the flow
cry kingdom aud not perceive that it diffuses a fra
GRANGE and unfolds bloom which reveals n @
breath and pencil OF a divine acentl What son
and delicate Iinis shade the violet! What rich col
ors glow IN the tulip! How various are all those
ornaments which grace ard perfume our morning
walks! 50 various that no two Of the same specios
arc exactly alike yc; perfect in beauty that the
highest effort Of human genius when brcugb, in,o
| ihe comparison sinks INTO obvious teG,rmjrv From
viewing the rich ond iuierminglcd bues that cIo,,
m The garden. we ascend 10 the bright and bc.uri
'ni appearances frequently exhibited in tho sky
When the sun is just emerging from beneath a clear
horizon, what bright and golden colors does he
paint up1n The floating clouds, and what lovely /
spectacle docs be present 10 all nature. which has
Just awakened from lis sumbors and opened lis
thousand eyes 10 catch the transient beauty. Anon
The sun rolls forth his flaming chariot" and pours
down flood Of glory on the day; and when at
length lac has descended beneath the western sky
who can behold without admiration the scenes |
which he dscloses and which exhibit some Of the
most beautiful well as the most magnificent mp
pcurnnccs of nature. As evening advances with
noiseloss tread the glare and hurry Of day yield 10
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universe, and nature begins her rcpose. What
delightful hour is this for contemplation; what
soothing solitary sensation gradually steals mon the
soul aud capiiyacs The Imagination View now the
unlimited canopy Of the heavens end feed your
mind with the most ample and sublime ideas. This
- the august temple Of the Deity; and hero hi.
wisdom, his power. and his munifgcnce arc visiblv
portrayed Hero The moon and ten thousand star,
beam forth their "miid clulgcnce;" whore worlds M
vast magnitude move with uncomfortable vcI,c;,,
and yet preserve the most perfect and upipfcr,,,,
harmony. Here numborlcss systems that ,-g,,,. 4
b"undIess space perform their amazing revolutions
And What sublime idea Of the Creator az u I
does u inspire when by the all Of a tclcscone ,yc
discover stars uHumorIbc, suspended IN "GcLt. -,
ether, iar beyond the search Of the naked ,
ana as our glasses become more perfect o,crs shin,
siill beyond Others u Imagination itself fail, il d.
eiiJu "a reach Tic limits Of nature Can tha,o H.
hale The vital mir being so devoid Of corpman
sohe' as 70 Deny The existence of a God while
N'wiug the brilliant aspect Of those raJianf gI,b.
which roll above the skicsl Reason recoils a. A.,
Ide1. md "pity sheds tear NJ ira humanity" Io,L
around The wUrId-casi your eyes through uub.,ppI .
ca crcoiiun-froin heaven 10 earth iron, earth 4,
heaven-aud say. DO not sublime objects ov,ry
"hefc ioree themselves upon The mind Ascend the
rugged and lofty mountain. aud look over the dre9d
% limo. #faarHr ]
sufenbic ocean. How grand the prugpccfi Nyb,tI
amazement docs 10 produce a sudden ienpesto,..
sc'' and ihe swelling waves look black md frcmep
dnnE With rapid fury 10 falls upon the ocean. which
now rises into liquid mountains md f17tos and ,,,
i1iIy Toars Nothing bot a droory wasio--a bound.
'' P'ri ~ 'lHiIsl1 and terror b. presented 10
WOW. DIrA clouds roll ~ irigbn1 pOmp md hide :
ho Sun md shy while distant lhunders roll through
ihc vast cypInsc II heaven" To complete The q
'nudouf Of iho scene. night approaching throws
vel 1i darkness over The whole and Sudden n,slcs u
li lightning no dreadful intervals lust serve 10 g,y
Transient view Of understandable horror Bot tho u
mariner ihCrc2 l. that his vessel which is f,sseJ
lp io iho heavens and again pungos boadlong into v
pc deepi j. ilai Tho cry Of despair aud the last
OIL Shrek of expiring nature before The wave. q
over them ioreyerf D. there mo eve 10 pity" no G
1Dd 90 snatch them from the devouriug deoo,- q
r.. oven from Ibis awful elemental war the arm d
& Providence can save. o.
And now in The general calm that succeeds bis b
eariDl strife observe tho approach of The majestic %
alnhow. which. i5rmcJ BY rcir1ction 81 The s,,r b
nys bonds .n mild majesty over the earth. and po b.
ds every hue from tbc deep red % The fdigy a
0lci, adding beauty 10 The Garth and Do the be, 30
9ls. and Shedding soR mdanco on The landscapo 81
truly ths b. ono 81 The most ch1ruing visions I'D fu
aiure. and rsrn iis lovely niducss methinks 10 y
emblem oi peace and tranquility To-,
DO we delight n the touib'o2 Lot r4 eo,ier,. v,
Toto So e moment an earthquake Whole ,naa W
d provinces 1rc SUNK % once INTO The aIy Tbs lot
"a 1oculi, h-r place sHI llld ulc- rh.fs r- iu