Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-02-26


manic, d r,i,es. i, b, irus with il disgust, tot
in youth his streams of lie were pnisnncd. and
the flowers which he rn,hered nv the wuv
breathe but nuonies yud death Lonk abroad
in our own happy Innd-observe the general
intelligence of this peope--n people who DIS.
claim nllppisuce to n Monnrrh-and see them
(Oh! virtue where IS thv hlush2 bow down
with more than eastern idoatry at The foot
stool Of Prince Alc"hul. How many, ny kuerl
inl al the shrine of l}IcchHs, have rGen redu>
ced tn ah>oluie deSpnisn, the mare d!tefnl a.
Iiiumphs over mint? How many once clevu.
ted in the scale of responsibility, prniract M
existence more miserable Than death? How
many who we're once the ohrcis OF ajulalinn
IN the sunshine OF prosperity, have now he
come he kissing and hy.word OF The urg aitiu'
e 'ter, the subjects nj scurn and aversion, when
| over their devoted heads have burst The clouds
Of adversely? How many that were once sur
rpnrded with Splrndor, endenr"d In friends and
endowed with lalan'S that would raise them 4"
the skin s, are now reduced 10 nenurN and dis
grace? Aud when health, wealth and charoc
ter. the brightest I"wel OF the human soul. have
brrn har,ernd tor poison, the deluied victim
sinks nto the grave, without Que conS"latory
reflection Thai his mem"rv viii be a source Of
consolation to those who survive him.
alrd description OF those VIII" daily walk among
YOU, with "g"d.'ike form erect" aud with the
impress of Deity stamped upon that form
How has man fallen from the dignity Of his ma
sure! Placed ~ his Creator upon II lofty emf.
nencc, he could view the beauties Of creation
spread before him. lie looked with rapture
IN heavens camerated vault: he guZcJ with
te'ght on the earth enanelied with hcr ver~
dure of green; every gale was iIaugh' wiz,
fragrance, aud earth was one unhnunis.i para
d,sr whose periphery was creations circle
FROM nn>n ;, eles Of rgbian. bc,I'v he win
irew hi, eyrs. al gaz'i E,r Il rnu.nant. o.. tn
e grns that lay benea!h him H. then h3heIi
the .spnrklGg b,w!." emCirc'ei wi thu:e
wren,h> Of love, which ~ often mad. Auacre-
On's suut divrln, and 'Iurei hv its sparkling
hrIIlaucr, he stuopcd from his cele>r height
| o las ut its crystal waters. Oae cup he
took, aud alIured by the excitement. repeated
| the pnialnns, until suddenly his limbs re par
aIyznd, and he is no longer able to regain III"
eminrnce from which he stopped. The stream
| of pleasure bee mes the iuunt Of misery; The
pure and relir shng nectar is as burning aS
the h0ry waves OF PhHgathnn; and the spark
ling b,wl' he finds tn he u volcano. arnulI
whose bow may now and then be seen n fl W.
er, but from whose crater ascend noXi"uS eX.
amid the horrors that snrrnu rded him. he lay
like Satan extended on the hlrnng lake, IN.
An Angel svmpathiSlng with his condition., d.
sends 10 raise him above the vo'canne'> a I'M i.
and places him once more on III" 'nrIr'nin o.
safety. That Angel is tE NPHRtN - -
she has saved. ana WIZ saw 'iVrIa1i mare
"' ""', ,, h,,,L.n 80 ,i,a 49,, -, ,''
az! l ''''"'' '" ~ ''7
w,h.r-thn mex, iays.tiIe nav hart ven he.
re,ih l.a,h.'s wave. Tnoush rms h. hr il,
,r. ,ct Vim Lnnn,s TN. .,h,., rs,l,f,1 W
bos no, rel, The urnmD,iup, of mi. "E,l D.
man" sid nv the anci,.nrs 10 preside oy-r nm
j..,;,,i.. mr,iur him ~ i,d,ly, ,n ayc.s.
t,c Measure. Of the b,wl2 Wn, h,s mn, f4,,
tho ;,.tness # the ra,,nrk ..v,,.. f -, hc,r,l,
shain. and ,i,sginca in,n our wprrd"2 rhis
NV friends. i, A brief uic,ure of The drunknrd',
career. Haw!errlfic! ,ow ap,,lluul rn,ra
| i, no,hinu ON winch the mind can .eo.,ss
win, measure. no halloypd e<.n,i,,i,n. cnI. =,
his memory :I,shnnore hrr.l ~, h,,.. boy,,I
the tomb! NJ flowers bedawed win tho Ion
Of ah;.c,ion. ,yuye above Ihr Jruuk,rd.s gr,va
| No epi aph is written comnnrnn,rnry Of his
virtues and his death; no rell.ctnns pleasant
but npurnGui 10 the soul. gently swell rh, has.
ON Of ,IutenuS daughter a, the name Of .FA
TIER - no fond bereav.d cnm,,niun r.,e, ~
'rwiligh, lovely hour to m,isten his grave
with the tears Of affection, an ho'J co.nn,
Mon with his spirit. Bat in tn, urn Of IN r.
raItv he rests "ulwep', IN Nonrred nul un-
SUM-" his history unknown; his memory with
cred from the earth: his life barren waste
with
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