Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-12-30
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wood. hoy sec--ihe window. ranes
re dzzend Ger with frost flowers WINTER rsigns,
4 he orb Of day looks aud aiose,
eiuotant rises, early seeks rrpose;
ercpme of late, perhaps he breads the fight,
or longer deems himself match for Night
) opurpossy eur,a,s The unequal hay--
keeping ia his distant couch away.
moving him no more, pale Nature sighs
1. Ike 'ome lone mourneT when the loved one dies.
! vain, compelling 10 his cold embrace,
aek.icainred Night the sadness would eface-
Dgage the heari--or win the smile ii one
eli Of her bnght-eyed pnrafnour--thc Sun:
h, no the more he takes her TO his breast,
l. ooks she more shrinking -cold-and distressed
N ow from where Winter or his northern throne
. polar ice sits aresdful and alone,
n oars thai Stern despot's voice-a ruflan-wind
ushing through space. resistless, unconhned
y aeh sproutng grass blade dies: the bat
+ litsb at 10 chase the sporting gnai:
u nheard Is now the song bird and the bee
: eeks not his nectar DER the howery lea;
T. '.n streams the tyraDts voice submissive hear,
A nd stand arrested in their mid career
hanged-see the noble lake, whose breast before
II oayed its broad surges, to crystal floor
X einark how mute the Borcal breath has made,
! but one night, the boisterou. cascade;
4 TRANCE pillars, rich in every rainbow.hu
4 here hung inverted meet the wondering 9iew.
nj Ighiy the Frostking, who can thus at will
fray in splendor, change, bind, hush, or kill
= Don as this dark deep midnight Of the yenr
y reyails while Nature looks mos, chill and drear,
X ises lat least To some OF Europts nRtiOns,-
+ seaped so far from modern innovations
+ npping old usages, where folks vet show
j. steem Tor what their sires did long ago.
N ew ligh,--a Light Divine, more pure-more bland
r han solar shcen-to quicken and expand
r he souls Of Christians; cen the feast sublime
q fChristmas, big with thoughts o'erleaping time
r he world and death, and serving to remind
u ow great the love OF Heaven towards mankind
T. ager and loud--the childrcn-arge and small
= our forth one ery,"ts Christmas festival"
q il, tallow, wax ga, SPERM their powers combine,
o ubrave the darkness, and the stars ouishine:
X ich streams from, savry meats where'er he goes,
Z ateh emptingly the hungry travellers nose,
A round from door to door the Chrismcn deal
are things for Christmas gifts; the Church bells peal
Il eloieingy. the Church at day break opes
/ Is bosom filled with and tous hopes
+ arth shouts her JOY, and hallelujahs rise
X inging from happy millions TO the skies
ay, why this ght--his joy In ages past,
q fsprng of Virgin pure, appeared at last
+ rom heaven God, incarnate as child
I hat he and sinners might be reconciled.
II y came-io save a world which mel tied
l. ternn Death offer in its stead
l. lie everlasting, and TO make the Tomb
Y eld up the human pris'ners in her womb.
N light yelled the sky, but shadows far dense
G ura,nd mans soul with ignorance intense
II T. camc,-an ocean of screnest Light
urs, through the human spiritual night,
u ncosed deep myspries,-and To favored man
X evealed the wondrous Mediaorial plan.
40 ood will to men," resounded through the AR
ocal with mnstrelsy of angels there,
Informed by whom the shepherds took their way
r light To the manager where the God babe lay.
q rand thoughts these are Of which we never tire
indulgence but increases the desirej
N strength from them to healthy minds
I n them the sick its bethesda finds:
nd such thoughts on TINT once lowly One
N crowned with glory on the Eternal Throne