New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-24
GATHERED LEAVES On MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.
BY Miss II. F. GOULD
And in each branch there budding gem,
And in each gem there was hidden stem,
And in each stem d leaiy diadem.
And every branch Of that prophetic tree
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And in each gem there was hidden stem,
And in each stem leaiy diadeu.
And every branch Of that prophetic tree
Was emblem OF some mightier mystery.
These lines which Miss Gould has adopted as
motto TO this volume, happily expressive those
causes which make the little things OF daily life so
fruitful to her Her mind is so easily lured 10 med
ilation her Muse so easily moved to reproduction,
that she does not need TO abstract herself at all from
the common scenes of life. Sunday shines no Sab
bath day to her from precisely the opposite cause
to that marked in the original application ofhe line,
because she finds in every day thousand occasions
,ha, serve as texts 10 her good thoughts.
1t is on this accoun. that she is great iavore
with those who need cheerful thoughtful compan-
ion in the busy walks of life; she comes TO them
like kind sister, finding sermons in stones and good
In ererythiag. And persons to whom she has stood
in this relation will receive from these leaves the
same pleasure they have from other tokens from
her hand Il is neat volume suitable for holiday
gift We extract the following poem; X
THE LINDEN LEAF,
From Tree Standing near Sir Isaac NeictOns Dealing
LEAF OF the green and shadowy tree,
That guards the window where the eye
The glorious hosts arrayed on high
Thy root holds fast the distant sod
That gave his foot resting place.
Untiring, while his spirit trod
Ethereal nights. the spheres to trace.
Thou art 10 me beaming page
Ay. volume and in radiant lines,
The story of a deathless Sage
Onthy fair, verdant surface shines
While peruse thee as tome.
To fancy S eye dear visions rise
She hovers round his earthly home
She scars where he surveyed the skies.
bend in homage TO the worth,
The power, the beauty OF his mind,
That shows whereer ii moved on earth
Bv brilliant tracery left behind.
And he 10 whom falling fruit
Mysterious Natures problem solved,
Unerring up through space could shoot.
And span the spheres as they revolved
AS through the solar world he moved
Among its beamiDg mechanism,
His lucid thoughts at WILL he proved
To have the power OF lens, or prism
And measuring those proud realms aiar.
With angel speed and prophets sight,
He sci his foot from star to star;
His wav.marks were the orbs of light.
Yet not alone for earth and time,
Did that aspiring spirit rise
But for the science more sublime,
To bear the palm beyond the skies.
His soul with love OF Truth inspired,
No rest in baser love could lind
Till that vast mind divinely fired,
Broke forth with light for all mankind
He sough, her. studying Natures laws
And these harmonious proved TO men-
He traced her 10 her great First Cause,
By prophets voice and gospel pen
And she then made so strong and clear
The crystal OF his telescope,
1t brought unearhy wealth so near,
Twas seen by Faith, and grasped by Hope
NEWTON TO thee, where Truth unveils
Her lovely image TO thy view,
Are no, the philosophic scales
Thou here hast used proved Just and true
Did not her clear, sweet accents tell,
While she bestowed thy dladem,
That when that earthly apple fell,
IL Was her angel snapped the stem =
That when she saw thy soul ascend,
To seek her. from the blushing fruit
She bade that holy servant bend
His pinion for thy parachute!
To that fair attribute OF heaven
That daughter of the King Most High,
When thy young heart so soon was given,
She gave to thee thy seer's eye
Then many bright celestial hue
She 10 thy vision made appear,
Which others ne'er discover through
Earlhs dust and vapory atmosphere
She taught the fair anal ysls
or rays which made Thy spirit mount
Seeking n irucr world than this,
OF lights pure ST. cams TO find the iount.
And thus thy high discoveries made
The science so attained by thee,
Have made thy memory ne'er TO fade
Thy glory for eternity
7 is from the freshness Of the one
NV leaf hath verdure not its own
While from the other, as sun.
This radiance ocr the green is thrown.