Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-09-24


warmth 81 Inc ATMOSPHERE. and the freshness
&c all around Autumn las couse, not brown
Autumn, hot the s'soher AptumnN q the
poet--the sere and yellow Leaf ol The sessf.~r-
As vel the greenness OF midsummer salkes US
from tree aud field and the earth, ii yielding
back 10 the sim rafE ef rs borrowed heats
keeps at a distance techilllng wind .lhntinakes
the terror Of the season. The field, THAT Two
months since was brown with tie harvest
stubble. is now green wilh the upshootiug
grass. chat had been held 10 allowance by the
overshading gian and the stately maze, that
claims the klngship Of The field, spreads Out
It's yea uacuIied leaves, and stands N a sort
OF pyrennlal pride, as if it could sustain ts
burlhen Of trnit against tie yicissltudes u the
season. To the common observer, SO lttle
change has been wrought BY \ change Of
season. SO little strikes the eve. that The heart
is wholly untouched The motions OF time,
like the homiy % the preacher. is so nnva-
rita, thai Il passes without comment, wstavat
effect. Aud Yet he who looks in;enily. aud
closely. viii discover change The iliilness,
the strong perfection Of every dectlaous plant
OF foliage, shows that tle next stage is decay.
But as yet, the moisture aud warmth Of q t;i-
vorabie summer are Acknowledged in the nj
most undlnlinished richness Ok all 81 Vegetable
life. There il tnuch in all this to cheer, much
to keep the delights Of summer, the pleasure
of natures beauties, and her minisiraiions are
thus prolonged. The well poised mind Of man
is like this fresh Autumn. II has used the
Spring and Summer powers, 70 give eharac-
Ter and beauty 10 the quiet that sueceeds.--
There is no shrinking up Of mental foliage, no
w'thering away. because il must n some time
fail; but cheerful in all thai remains of us
greenness, Of its foliage, aud IN tie great full
fully relieved by the eheeriuiDcss oflnanhuod,)
il stands forth not merely fof tie admiration
OF others, but for its own enjoyment
Beautifully Illustrative OF all thai Is rich IN
mans defending path, such an Autumn
and the wisdom and goodness OF man never
show more 70 his advantage. or for others
pleasure, than whoa he can meet the changes
OF times, without the miserable decay that
makes Time terrible in It's conquest. aa3 its
VICTIM contemplate in his defeat There 10
no part Of life that hath nor 10 own ph'aslIre
sacred TO its season, and as abundant, taOugh
variant, rs these oiany ether Time and lit
tie use must he have made OF Sprays genIal
showers, and summers lie expanding heat, il
he hath not gathered enough Of what esein-
sure. tomaIe unyegiatmg Autumn slghhy and
pleasant The season Is, indeed ,nnpudeetige
oil blossoms. or ii blossoms COME. they come
Z like ages iollies. only TO make ridiculous is
decay; bat all Of the hopes ofinan's labor, and
the pride Of Vegetable life, are there, and they
should bless
/ But they soon fade; flower life. and stalk,
must shrink away before the storms and frost,
and all that was delightful, pass into waste
and b8rTenhess Let them fade the same
hand that has spread them out hath gathered
them in. and wiz, when another yeinal sun
returns, give them leave 10 blossom, aud be
beautiful again.
4 But man stands on ihe brink Of that grave,
that shall never open 10 give him back 70 all
these honors and delights; and, therefore,
when his Autumn comes, he uembles al the
blast which is sure to strike, and shrinks from
the grave that is unreendng
But ii is something To have had al tall and
that very grave which yawns 10 alright, pas in
It's lowest depth, lirht that streams ont upon
the pathway, 10 a d ring that is stiil OF flow
ers, which blossom lorno winters blast. tits
leewardly not 10 think Of it thns. for il is thus
that man should ugardit lie has 10 right 10
disturb his kind with continual fears Of change,
to meet every incident OF life. as bitter
Judgment, TO mar the peace OF Others, bY shy-
ering al every imaginary blast. Life Is full
OF pleasure 10 those who deserve il end the
man who has not lived life Of complaint at
all that Providence has sent, may. without "a
dread, see his pathway teaaing downward 10
The open grave. Nay, while he is stepping
into that retreat he may turn and write upon
is margin. that the philosoph, which takes
for enioyinent the bright things Of bic, is con-
nected with that higher principle, that STRIPS
death oiits terrors.--U. s. Gazette