Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
From he Jjorks Of Miss F. Bremen
LITERARY GEMS.

will now celebrate Sickness and Shad,
will celebrate thee, bodily sickness. whei
thou loyest Thy hand on the head ane
hear; ofmnn, aud snyest TO the suffering
OF his spirit Enough" Thou art calcc
upon earth an evil; all! how often ar
t:.ou good, Il healing balsam uudc,
whose benign influence the soul rests after
Its narl struggles. aud its wild storms are
sill. more Than oHco hast thou prevented
suicide, aud preserved from madness.
The terrible. the bitter words which dcs-
troy The heart are by degrees obliteraIcd
during the leverish dreams Of illness; the
terrors which lately seemed 50 near Us
are drawn away into the distance; we
iurscr. aud WHEN al last we arise with ex-
, haus,cd strength from The sick bed. our
souls often awake as out OF q long night
into ncw morning. So many things,
during .he illness of The body. conspire TO
soften III" feelings; the still room; the
The mil! twilight through The window cur.
iailis: the low voices; and then. more han
all. tic kind " 1rds Of those who surround
us, tLeir attention. their soicirudc, per.
hapS Il tear in their eyes; all this does Us
sroj, sn'i whcm The wise Solomon enu.
mera,ct all The cool ihimss which have
their time npon the earth, he forgot 10
cciebrirr sickness among The rest.
Tile Spirit Of Lore.-Meanwiii!c the
spr'ns appeared. With an expression OF
G,j's love, the sun slnIcd down upon The
Earth; sil. irl. it awokc from her sleep,
and Jfc:;hed oui her morning prayer, in
the silcn; bml delicious fragrance Of the
fresh iswrrS. | would gladly know what
goes on w;'hin you. . Earth! when they
hcsln 30 sing. Thy waves to dance. when
thou nrrayesi thy.eIl in 50 beautiful gar
rncnr that even under The shadow olnisht.
:hc stars oi' heaven aud the eyes Of men
look upon ihcc with love. when millions
ol small winged beings arise from thy
flower beds, aud liil The mir with the har.
mouious mnrmur OF their gay existence,
when thrill OF JOY goes through their
veins. when the whole inspired nature is
= look OF lovc anl hymn Of cladncss; |
would gladly know il thou fcclcst The
SIadnces which goes on from thee the in
s:airc delight which lhnu causcs,. What
! know IS. that thou sivest new life 10 the
hear; of inan; 10 hi, blood quicker cIrcu-
laion; tha, ,hor leiivc.csi his spiri, from
the oppressive gray winter OF lie, that,
rcslin. or line bosom of Nature, he can
;cl! j,y independent Of all things else, i
pure feeling of love Tor he, love Of Iiv-
in:.-O! ,ha' could lead out whoever is
sick, in i,'dy or mind, Oh a spring morn
inG; lay him amons the young flowers;
le; hin lunS % he dark b uc sky, and on
the bIiSh, and living splrndor OF The earth
about him; lct him feel the warmth OF The
sun beams, the healing coolncss Of the air,
all the sweet influences ofiic and Of ma
,ure, which speak 10 the heart Ike the
voice Of 4 friend like sI.!ilc from God.
Certainly, the unhappy man would here
forge; for time The unsraiclul one who
Ia, injured him; forget the cafes which
are wasting away the threads Of !:!c
even rrmorsc would er her be s,ilcd DC.
licvins in forgiveness: The often deceived
would before his death. have fow hours
cf undis,urbcd felicity: VIXEN the evening
cones, Ec could still look back upon this
sprin: say have been happy upon The
eanh.."
Fame anil iolmor!gliiy.-"Thc consc.
quenccs which the actions of men bring
after them commonly lie out of their pow
or To CON pure, y small seed may grow,
up 10 Il great tree, 81 blazing fire may DC
smolhcrcI in usi;cs. Whether the viclo.
rics "f heroes have dunc more for human
i,v. Than the unob,rusivc life OF love OF an
unknown iran, IS only seen by the All.
seeing Eye above Us. Let each Que do
The good tina, is in hi, path and in his cal
ling, and h,s work s!'all remain, even if il,
seem 10 pass away. and will bear fruit in
is time Honorable fame, my best Eda. p"
he continued. turning towards her a full
and aiircIionu,e glance. "must not DC CON
founded with immortality on carth.-A
name may hc repeated BY millions through
centuries OF ycars--ihat is fame. The
good which you think and To, The spirr,
which goes from you, and which lives aud
pcrpc'nalss itself through endless genera
lions. rh:, is true immortality upon GARTH
Ckiidtn.-And chiId'cn--childrcn---
O!ye small. lovely, beautiful, innocent
beings. dar!inss oil God aud man, the
spring seems made for you, and you for
the spring; when see you among the
flowers, the brilliant butterflies lowering
around you, ! know moi wha, moro beau
,iuj higher lilc eau give.
Lorr-.-"T'ho genius Of love comes into
life before that of ar There are mcn
who perform noble deeds, others who sing
and immorraliZc their actions. Without
the deep, powerful love, which! causes re.
Iarions aud friends TO act und TO suffer for
each o.bcr, without actions which show
,ha, love is stronger Than dea'h,' pencil
aud chisel would not have created those
master. pieces, song would have broue,
| tears to no eyes, and music would have
been bu, thing. II is the aspiring
glance Of love which gives words of lire
10 the artists lips---!hey can utter nothing