Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-09-18
From he Broad,rev Journal
elLENCE-A FABLE.

The mountsin P'nnscies slumber valleys. ei

The mouhtsin p'noscIe. slumber valleys. e,,s,
and caves are silent
Listen TO me snid the Demon. as he
placed his hand upon mr. head. The re.
gion OF which you speak 10 a dreary region
IN L'bya, by the border OF the Zaire. And
there IS no quie, there, nor silence
The waters OF the river have n saffron
and sIckly hue md they flow not onw ards
TO the SEQ bu, pa pita,e forever, and forever
beneath the red eye OF the sun with a In.
mulluous and eonvulslve motion. For
many miles on eIlher side Of tho rivers
oozy bed is a pale desert OF gigantic wa,er.
lilies They sigh one unto the other in
that solitude, and stretch towards The heav.
en- their long ghnstly nccks and nod to and
fro their everlasting heads And there /.
and 'ndl'iinct murmur which cometh out
rom among them like the rushing Of sub
terrcnc ws,er. And they SIGH one unto
the other.
Bon there Is boundary TO their realm
the boundary Of the dark, horrible lofty
forest There, like the WIVES about the
Hcbrldes, the low underwood IS ngitsted
continually. Blu, there is no wind through.
out the heaven And the tall pr,mevnl
trees rock eternalIv huber and ,hilher with
acfash'ng and mighty sound And from
their high summns, one bv one drop ever.
lasting dews And ut the roots strange
poisonous flowers lie writing in peHGrbed
'lunrber And overhead, with ru,tling
and 'nud noise, The gray clouds rush west.
wardly forever, until they roll, a cataruc,
over the fiery wall OF the hor ION But
there rs no wind throughout The heaven -
And by The shores OF the r,fr Zaire there
IL nrIIher quiet nor silence.
III vas night md n. ram Cell and fall.
ing Il was rain, bat, having fallen, il WIS
blood And I stood IN ,hr mora.s among
The tall IlIIIrs, ond the ram ELL upon nv
head and The lilies sighed one unto the 9th.
er in the soIemnity OF their d,soIaiion
And oil al once, the moon arose through
the Tim ghaaIy mist, and WINS crimson in
IN color. And mine eye. tll upon huge
gray rock which stood by the shore Of the
river, and was lighted By the ligh, of the
moon And the rock wa. gray, and phasl.
~ and tai and the rock was gray TIP
on ITS front were Characters eneTnven IN
the stone; and | walked through The mo-
rass ofwater IiIr-s, until come close unto
the shore, tina, might read The character.
upon the stone But could not decynbcr
them. And was gong back into the
morass, when the moon shone with fuH
cr red and turned and looked again upon
the rock, and upon The characters; and The
charscters were pIsoLarIos
81 4 Laid l.
man upon the summit Of the rock; and
It'd myself nmeng the winter lilies tha,
might discover the actions Of the man ...
And The man was tall and stately in form.
and was wrapped up from hi. shoulders to
hrs feet IN the ,oga OF old Rome. And
The outlines Of his figure were indiainet. -.
but his + alures were the features ola del.
"; for his mnesle OF the night and Of the
mist, ond OF the moon, and Of the dew had
lef, uncovered the FEATURES If OF his face. So.
And his brow was lofty with thought snd
bis eye wild with care and i. the few fur.
rows upon HE cheek read the fable. Of
sorrow and ~er'oess, and di,gur with man.
Kind, and a longing after solitude.
And the man sai upon the rock and
leaned his head upon his hand, and looked
GU, upon the desolhon lie looked down
into The low unquie, shrubbcrT, AMI up in.
TO the nll prmeval trees. md % HIGHER r.,
the rusllng heaven, and INTO The CRIMSON
moon knd lay close ~fhn the rheter
Of the liles, and observed the a.,in.s Of m.
m7n And the man lrembl.d N nhe coll.
tide bm he nigh, wsned, and he sat 40.
90 the rock
And he man turned his attention from
the heaven and looked OF mon the dres.
~ river Zaire, AMI upon the yellow ghnsfv
vn,srs, and upon the pale legions of ,h-
s7Uer lHiss And the man hysnrd
The 6yhs Of The w7t~, ili~., md
D. t.e m1rmur hat oame VI rom =.
monr them. Add lay close within my
covert and ohsefVed the seiions Of the man
An6 b. Wemblrd in the solitude bm he
n ght Nansd AMI hs SIT upon NJ rock
Then w~n' down fut0 ue r,ecssss ~
he mofasi, ana Nnaoi sfr m smong ire
viiisrnsf a M hiss and called lrio me
B irnopolsri Which dvst among tho f-n,
10 ,he frcr,ses n rAc rporas-. Aod the
b ppopriau, heard rry csH apd raroe. prh +
ne t-hem7,h u1.s ~ No' 81 ne ro-f md
.5lrsl loudly ADD Earthly beaaaih ~