The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-05-15
AN ALLEGORY.
BY MISS SARAH E. LOWELL.

BY MISS SARAH +. LoWELL.
Man was fallen; no more was he an inhabitant
of those Elysan fields no more for him did the
sweet birds carol forth their morning lays Of love
and gladness no more for him did the beautiful
flowers bloom in celestial beauty, and scatter SO
| profusey their aromatic sweetness on the MUIR
| mering zephyrs. Amidst all the beautiful and
harmonious arrangements of Nature amidst the
wonderfully magnificent and complicated machine
ry of Heaven, he beheld the language of dark
and uncertain future, written in ndelibIe charac-
lers. This was indeed picture of perfect de-
spair.
Sand must he thus perish :" exclaimed Pity
sis there none of all this Host of Seraphs bright,
none willing TO leave this happy, heavenly home,
| on this errand of love and mercy, and become an
| inhabtant of yon dark world scatter the dark
| cloud so long resting on his brow; perform the
| delightful task of cherishing, soothing, and d.
recling his thoughts upward :" cts but just !!
| said Justice, and the roaring thunder re-echoed
| the stern reply to the distant Earth. But Mercy
| interposed.
| Was ne not created in the image of God 3
| Was not the impress of the Deity stamped on his
| noble brow +! Was he not intended as resident
| of heaven, and recipient of it's joys Stay .
| stay, the dread arrows of thy wrath" Justice
was silent The beautiful spirit, Hope, approach
| ed, and knceling, she asked one boon. The stern
| brow of the Judge relaxed as he babe her name
| it. lis this: let me go far hence to yonder
wheeling orb, encircled by midnight darkness !;
there let me spend my hours, months, and even
years, in endeavoring to convert the darkness in
to light. Let me but try, and if all my plans are
unsuccessful, | will return Ills granted, on
one condition. and the stern brow of Justice
again darkened that in once becoming an in
habtant of Earth you forever dwell there
Hope babe adieu to all, and took her flight to
Earth. There she commenced her labors of love.
TT,da bor fopdor object heUan
to wear different aspect. She was the constant
companion of Religion and, joined hand in hand,
they wandered through Earth's remotest bounds.
They cheered the dying, by pointing to the haven
OF rest and when the pure spirit was loosed from
it's tabernacle of clay, Hope bore it on her wings
to the gate of Paradise. To the mourner, she ex-
tended ner hand, and speaking words of heavenly
wisdom, babe her prepare to meet the lost ones
there. Hope also mingled in the more minute
transactions of life, and all felt that great indeed
was the change she had wrought.
At last, as reward for her generous and per-
severing self sacrifice, Justice revoked his man
date, and she was again permitted the privilege
of dwelling in Heaven. But she preferred to re-
main on Earth, to smooth tile rough path of life,
aud when the last remaining mortal shall have
passed from Earth, then will Hope ascend to
those bright regions from whence she came.
ENvY.-Envy may justly be defined to be that
hatred that one person hath for another from some
supposed or real advantage over them. Igno-
rance fortifies this vice, and knowledge destroys
it; because knowledge teaches us the doctrine
of necessity, that things must be as they are,
and, therefore, we discover the folly of being en-
vious, because to be envious of the inevitable
destiny OF another is to repne at our fate, which
could not have been otherwise; consequently
there could have been no remedy, and this en-
vious feeling can only be the result OF the grea.'
est ignorance. Therefore, knowledge suppress
seth envy. Indeed, man might as wen oe GU