New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-04
THE 1 I':lI:i;;lI:i TRIBUNE.
BIZ ROBERT =. GREELEY.

TIE ISLAND OF LovING-KiNDNEss.
BIZ ROBERT =. oaEELET.c
THERE Is q pleasant Isle, o'crgrown with trees,
Through whose high canopy the MONDAY sun
Darts here and there a few bright struggling rays,
That fall, Ike bass of gold, the ground upon.
Almost shnt out from sisht by creeping vines,
Amid whose leaves the robin builds her neat
Upon the slopipg bank a cot reclines-
"a The blest abode Of happiness and rest
Here Nature In her simplest beauty dwella,
The wild deer royes beneath her sheltring arm,
Fearless of danger, in the shady della,
3 And crops the heritage rich, secure from nMm
While meath those ancient woods whose quiet sheoe
Knows not q sound beyond the birds hthe song
Often you see hare that, half afraid,
Drinks from some springlet as you psfs along.
Al mellow twigh. haunts the forest paths.
Whose leafy roof keeps Of the burning sun,
Filling tho breast with mild and pleasant thoughts,
Turnipe them toward the high and holy One.
Malice and dark.browed Envy, nerce turmoil
Jealousy Discomfort and worldly Strlie
Relono NOT 10 that unpolluted soil
Nor any OF the ills that wait on lie,
There Pride and Ayarice are things Unknown.
Man bends not there the knee TO fellow man
gepyars II hath not since tho world begun,
For each one helps his neighbor as he can.
Love, Friendship, Truth and Honor, Charity,
Are the high attributes of that lone isle;
10 600 alone - peopis h UeI dis annroypS .me
anu lney orc O''''o ~
There YOU win find no Ariaoeroey-- l!ords
Save of the MIND mo kings-no purse-proud
There all are fcstered with sacred lie
There all ere brothers; for the Bibles words
They have been taught religiously to keep
And each one loves his neighbor as himself =
Thus all the fruits Of uprightness they reap.
Nor lose their principle In search OF peii.
They live By honest labor; as the world
Who dwell In towns and live In idieness,
Lock down on them. so look they on The world
Stunning the very thought Of s!othfulnes1.
And yet they have their pleasures. When the toll
OF the warm Summers day is past and done,
Iney take ,he ,t ,ha ,nu ,an 'o
Anu Jolu Iuo PossA' W. 'A0 e'
The old ones sit apart, watching the glee
OF the young children playing at their feet,
Or the gay dance of youths and maidens see,
Around the wreathed pole with motions feet:
List to the merry laugh. the jocund song
View with careful eye the harder sports
Pursued a. ;,h rTn ~, n ss,or.
FOR h1i'lu wiz s''''''
E.rJv thew seek repose and early rise
Repin tho dny with toll and end with mirth
Tbns Care the bane of our existence hieu
& Wanting the common Ills that give II birth
Than there 3 village church. that stands half.hd
In summer's ample foliage, with It's spire
Pointing 70 Heaven sIaseyaro wnere .ne deaa
hePoso n'a'-' ''i'p'' '"o'' =
And whom the day of rest comes slowly round,
Innbuipg all things with its peaceful spoil,
Over the list'ni landscape doth resUund
The holy music Of the Sabbath bell
Cleanly attired, (no coatly silken robes
Or idle Jewels may be witnessed therc9
i1sousu tuo D,oau pas. ~ *. L., .h,,r.h sanei
DON oiu anu y0une - 'N"' Nv 49,
II In ioy 10 wander through those shades
Where every step some food for thought reveals-
tn aanoter through the unfreuuented pladcs--
iris In such scenes the soul It's wcakness feels
wild vines on eyry side appear In view
Fashioned In strange fantastic shapes, that take
Ai.honsano VARIOUS iOs%s 40 on snake
A cfoSs-A of'u'"'Ds "A" o'' 'N'Ae
Here, peeping tlmdly from out the leaves,
woodland nymph is seen-her nutbrown hair
Reaching her tiny feet; a sunbeam cleaves
The dusky vista next and shows chair
Wherein hermit, with time.honored beard
Mods DER halEclosed book upon hs knee;
Or mgnI seem n sage anu , t1isnh nenu'
dreaming 'Pen VI po'o"' "N'i9'
Anon. az you progress, savage form,
With knotted club seems stealing from the trees,
His eyes all FIRE, and beard that ne'er shorn
But sudden, with the rustling of the breeze,
II sinks and vanishss and in its place
A Hon sleeps beslde a truant kid;
Uy1,o,fh hos aarep nYl a N