The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1847-01-29
SIR scYTHE-oR, THE nEvoLUrIor OF TIME.

cAO oCI I1c'--OR, REVOLUTION OF TIME.
From Heath Blossoms by Mary Kerr
Alexandra dit plus Pune que ne puts lie revienne
dams trois quatre pourcontende de ouee ma
mere les hommes parlerOnt de moi"
Now It came TO pass in the spring of Time day,
nat he strolld TO a city where laurel and bay
Reachd the buildings roofs spendidly gilt:
And he said TO maiden of seventy four,
for the ladies' were young then at three four score
Pray how long has this city been built 2"
" hro' my own, and my fathers and grandfather, lives
hath this city thus fourShed and hnvd as it hIives y
SAID the maid 10 the noble Sir Scythe
And i've hundred years after he came 10 its site
When wheat field he found there uxurIanty bright
Fliid with harvest men, sturdy and blithe.
And he said TO the reapers, How long hath this part
Thus delighted the eye and enraptured the heart
With the best gift that nature can Weld 2"
" The succession Of seed-me and harvest has blest
through long ages this land 3 the reapers confessed
And our oreiaibers gather'd this field
And five hundred years after, Sir Scythe came again,
And line river ran where the wheaields had been
Pray how long has Aow'd thus 7" he said
10 party of fishermen grouped on its side;
Who (the strangers hard question not sovingl replied
by The ANciENTs Was dug its old bed 2"
And again after FIVE hundred years did he come,
When behold into dry land again twas become
With forest Of slumbering pine;
And he SAID TO shepherd attending his sheep (deep
Pray how long has this place formed shade rich and
For the focks OF thy father or thine ~
And he answered, An old race Of shepherds are We
And the far forests musings our young ambkins be
Oh no folks so happy and blhe!''
But-gone was the shepherds mild race, flock and ben
With the forest and raisd The proud city again
When-(hve hundred years more)-came Sir Scythe
LABoRING TOO MUCH.
People do not have Relation enough in New
England. They too generally have a care-worn
expression, from infancy to age; and the fact
cannot be denied, that anxiety is a WEAKNESS TO
the flesh We are all utilitarians in this country
especially in the Northern States, hardly afford
ing opportunity for eating or sleeping in the
manner which nature demands-for she can only
conduct her chemical operations properly, and re-
adjust the deranged vital machinery. while we
are quietly slumbering. We recruit ourselves
and grow fat during a refreshing day--but ex-
haust the system, both physically and mentally.
IN pursuing to excess the ordinary round of eyerv
day business.
"All work and no play makes Jack dull boy.''
is proverb based on profound knowIedge If
the laws of our being
Females in New England are worse off than
the other sex in the privations of QUITO door re-
taxation, as custom has made it vulgar to breathe
the fresh air of Heaven unless il is done in .
lady-like manner. Hence they make feeble
mothers-look thin, saow, lank and die by thon.
sands, prematurely, OF diseases that never would
nave DeeH utFeloped mad there been less educa-
ton OF the mind, and more of the BODY in girl
hood.
sad mistake is produced by too implicit be-
LEI in the adage that slime is money!" since the
first object OF pursuit is, in consequence. made to
be cash. Those who attempt to rest reasonable
from their labors, at proper periods, are either
afraid OF not having enough or are perpetuallv
reminded that idleness ends in want. So the
shuttle flies faster than it ought to go; the farm
er cheats himself out of that worth having.
health by denying himself and his boys holy
oay because Tune is money and example is ev.
cry thing; merchants in cities toll for the i,nme.
date benefit Of thieves and paupers-payipg tau.
es in proportion to their ncome-and leave the
world unsatished, having never found themselves
ready to rest and take comfort
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