Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-05-29
Miscellany
NOBILITY OF MECHANICS.
BY MISS NJ. X. WENTWORTH.

OIL on SuO-Dufnt mecndntC. 0Od UHS
placed thee in thy lot, perchsnce to guide
the flying car that whirls us on from
scene to scene, or friend to friend; bind
down the warning waves of ocean, tenn
pest tost, or cham the red artillery of
Heaven.
Toll on! Without thy power, earth,
though her sand were on" vast Pactolus
Of gold, would be a waste oftlnseiled tears
and gl,ieriug grief, and want and wo,
and splendid misery, CLEAN out from all
her treasured mines. Rich soils would
pr IRISH in their richness, acd the fruits of
seasons changing, die pngathered from the
harvest.
Toll on! Jehovah was workman,
too. in the beginIng God created beav
en- and EARTH" and from confused chaos
sprung this perfect world, the perfect
workmanship of the eternal, uOcreated
power. Up rose the mighty frmameoi,
| a I'D back swept, submissive tanned, each
to their several bounds. And then he set
great lights, the gorlcus sun to bless by
dav: the tlmId moon to wear al night the
mi der lustsr of The rad mt orb. He PAIN.
ted heaven with mingling blue and white,
and in the vsuted arch model star peep
d "a. seemed, by the mages:y If sun and
moon, like stray Ily breathing out It's
lure 81 meek and blushing loveliness, in the
CAV nts f opening bud and rich volup-
tuous blossom.
WONDERING, there dawned another, and
third, 'tll clustering, cling NJ TO the
stacIoas canopy, they read, 10 the calm
waters Of the sea, The story Of their radi.
an, Lowell ness. From thence assured,
they fear, nor sun nor mour, but faithful
" dist their pensive light. Old ocean
{ st her cresc' nj spray, and from her hid
den depths creatures of life CANE up, and
| flew above the earth; winged fowls and
birds, and aying fish and the great whale,
dark emperor otthe sea.
And God created man Six days he
lsbored, and the seventh he reposed; while
from the sea, the earth, the air, and all
that in them IS, wen. up d chorus Of extat-
&c praise to God, the first, eternal archl
tect.
Toll on, sun burnt mechanic; heard We
not Of him whom babbhng Jews despised ?
The manger-5 'rn Of Nazareth?-Exated
to be Prince DER death and hell. Read
We not in The Rock, OF the uniaught ap.
preuuce, who laid his hand upon riberia's
rugged name, and it was stllltd
Toll on Drlnk from the dews that
heaven dlstls. Fragrant flowers, the
bursting buds, the blessed ar, is untold
wealth to the hard browed ard brouzed
mechanic. Rich Golfers bring snare,
canker and heart corroson. Gods we lth
is yours, wealth to which decaying gold
is vanity and dross.
Toll on Proud peer and prince, and
pedant, sage, statesman and priest, now
claim the tribute of tomb, which fam
would drive away the greedy worm, and
splendid eloQu' nee and knocking tears are
shed and spent above the dust which lies
as common as the plebeian herd. Tue
grave is the great leveller. Blesl grave
Crave OF The tanned mechanic "A spirit
spe ks from thence, and willing ears may
learn some task, which monuments ofgold
have not power TO teach. Proud man
Learned mango sit above That tomb
and weep 10 think tina. when old time shall
tire, the sun 60 out with WEAKNESS, obi
vion's sulIep surge shall sweep away your
greatness ard chvslry, above "the wreck
of matter and the crush Of worlds" the
hand work Of Gods own nublemen shall
hive, lmmutable as time, while time his EN-
pire holds, eternal as eternity!