Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-12-27
From the Watchman and Journal.
IDEALS.


SO wilt thou part from me unfaithful,
With all thy kindly phanasic,
With all thy pains, thy joys grateful,
With all wit thou Implying flee 7
So swift thy flight thou cnnst not listen,
%! llies sweet golden time, TO me?
lis vain! thy waves incessant hasten
On TO Eternity vast sea.
The brighter suns are now ext'ngushed
Which on my youthful pathway shone;
The fair ideals rCllnqulshed
Which swclled my raplured heart alone;
1t has gone hence, the sweet reliance
In beings, which my dreams did bear;
Yields 10 the actual compliance,
What once so godlike was and fair.
As once with vehemence of longing
Pygmalion embraced the stone,
Till spirits 10 lis cheeks came throngng
And warmly glowing feeling shone;
So with youthful loves embracing
Held nature in my arms careased,
Ill hIes warm food was through her racing
Folded IN my poetic breast.
And with my fiery impulse burning,
The speeches. then a language found,
And NV love-klss TO me returning
Replied to my hearts joyful sound;
Then lived for me the trees, the roses
Then sang the fountains silver fall;
The sDulless, even, sense discloses,
Awaaed by ny e's echJing call.
iltH SNtlcIlcu WIN all lis power OF STRIVING
The nile Universe, my breast,
To plty lis parl AMONG the living
In deed, word. form and voice expressed.
How vast world my fancy moulded,
Whilst IN the bad 1t lay concealed
How small aias has II untili,d
This small, how Little and h Nv meant
How sprang then forth wincei with bold gladnes:
Blessed il the illusion Of his dream,
Unchecked us vt by care or sadness,
he Vputh ui lf, "a uust,4rtIv
Up TO heavens !nin'est constellation
Bore him the II gh, Of enterprise;
Nought SO remote, no elevation
10 which lis pnons did not rise.
EDWARDS how lightly was he elnnclng;
was nugh' too hard for youth 50 gay
And how, before LIES chariot dancing
AIRY Cpnp1u ms chepred hi way!
LOVE, Of sweet Gift aud Joys ndulgrnt;
FoRTrNE, with golden garland bright;
FAME, win her crown of Stars reiuIgrnt
And TRuTH arrayed in solar light!
But all long ere the journeys ended
Nv gay companions disappear;
Failhless they turned, Their wings extended
One after one ill none are here;
Light footed FoRruNE, she had vanished
The thirst for knowledge unallayei,
And doubts black storm the light has banished
Which once TRuTu's sunny form arrayed.
And then saw FAMEs nallanAs holy
Unto the common ROW prGlaned;
And LOVES fair time retired, not slowly
But swift. md scarce an hour remained!
And ever scr twas, and thinner
The passing crowd On my Oh way,
And scarcely now feeble gmmer
Hope cast upon the darhening day.
From all the crowd that sio d beside me
Who lnrficd, loving evcrmoro!
VINO sill doth comfort M AMI guide me
And follows me to Deaths dark door?
Thou, FRiENDsHp! who with gentle healing
Soohcst and curpsi every wound;
The burden from ite's journey stealing,
Thou whom carly sought and found.
And Ihou, who with her gladly paires,
Like her the spirits storm canst still,
EMPLoYMENT, thou who never wearie.t,
Dost slowly make yet never kill
And T. F. entity vast temple,
Thug th1u can't only grains supply,
Still thou from Tines vast deb, canst cancel
Years, days, and minutes as they fly.