The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-04
a Day sf Idisnsss'



1T sRaxcEs a. yuILKh.
AZ carly morn laid this page before me- =.
Meaning to mar is whi'sne's WIN some
Bs, an invisible web Of dreams fen Ger me,
In which my sps' 'sa'e'i0n' all were
And .o iS,ssnss ,e.,e.d of wisely thinking,
Aad watched the shifting shadows glide snd
An the while fancy unto fancy linking"
In pis.ssnt idlsness The lire-long day.
The sossnsd light within my silent chamber,
Cones through the branches Of tall graceful
trees; /
Nov brightly golden aud now paIy amber,
Az the unrsstfal boughs obey the breeze.
And shadows Of the leaves are always glsncing
On carpet or on easement Of my room, IL
Changefui In place and motion as the dancing
CaPricious waving ofa warriors plume.
II every shadow vas fairy being,
could not watch their g'soeful motions
So mirthfslIy intent they seem on seeing
Which shall Guidance the other on the floor,
The wster Of my soul take of the motion,
Aud ripple, ripple, ripple like a stream,
IA II they we're not deeper than the ocean,
Aud only sleeping in this quiet dream!
Thank God! the tsmpss, does not last forever
Be IL the strife OF elements or soul;
As calm succeeds to storm in Mature ever,
30 sorrow has Its 'thus far" add its goal.
Peace from her cup Of holiness and healing
Hath sprinkled Lethe once more on my
breast;
And the torn PiniOns Of my spirit healing,
Fold themselves softly In this happy rest
The little shadows on the AOor keep dancing,
And the leaves whisper family on the trees:
The yellow 80 Might Is between them CHANGING,
And In and out eoquets the playful breeze
And with full heart and idle 6ners,
Have watched the airy creatures all the day.
In Pensive' happy dreams, whose sweetness
fingers
For many measure Of life's weary way.
We End In the I.iisrsry wnrIA tn. E.IIs- ISg
passage from the forthcoming Life Of Gold
smith by Washington Irving.
GsIdsnith en- his Travels.
"a ehsPsr from the forthcoming Life az the Poet
and Hamorist, BY Washington Irvius.I
His usual indiscIetion attended Gold.
smith at the very outset of mis- foreign en-.
tsrPrise. He had intended to take shipping
at Leith for Holland; but on arriving al
that port, he found ship about to sail fol
Bordeaux, with si1 agreeable passengers,
whose acquaintance he had probably made
at the inn. he was not man to lesis. a
sudden impulse; so. instead of embarking
Tor Holland, he found himself plowing
the seas on his way to the other side Of the
continent. Scarcely had the ship been
two days at sea, when she was driven BY
stress Of weather to Newcastle-upon-T Tyne.
Here ''of course" Goldsmith and his agree
able fellowpassengers found it eIpedient to
60 on shore and "refresh themselves after
the fatigues of the voyage" "0f course -
they frolicked end made merry until late
hour in the evening, when, in the midst o
their hilarity, the door was burst open, anC
sergeant and twelve grenadiers entered
with fixed bayonets, and took the Who'll.
cornwall party prisoners.
IL seems that the agreeable companions
with whom our greenhon had struck up
such sudden intimacy, were Scotchmen
in the French service, VITO had been in
Scotland enlistng recruits for the French
army.
In vain goldsmith protested his limo.
eencs; he was marched off with his fellow.
jewellers to prison, whence be with diff.
Guilty obtained his release at the end of q
fortnight. With his customary facility.
however, at palliating bis misadven,ues,
he found everything turn out for the best.
his imprisonment saved his life, for during
his detention the ship proceeded on her yoy.
age, but was wrecked at the mouth Of the
Garonne, and all on board persisted.
Goldsmith's second embaIkation was for
Holland direct, and in nine days he arrived
Of Rotterdam, whence he proceeded, with
out any more deviatons, to Leyden. He
gives whimsical picture, in one Of his let.
sers, OF the appearance Of the HolIanders.
"The modern Dutehman is quite differ.
ent creature from him OF former times: he
IN everything initiates Frenchmsn but in
his easy, dissngaged air. He is vastly Ger.
emonlous, and IL. perhaps, exactly what
frenchmsn might have been in the reign OF
Louis XIV. Such are the better bred.
But the downright Hollander is one of the
oldest hgures in nature. Upon a lank
head OF hair he wears halfcocked. mar.
row hat, laced with black riband; no coat.
but seven waistcoasts and nine pair of
brooches. 90 that his hips reach almost I'D
TO his srmpie. This well-clothed vepeta.
BILE is now fit to see company or make love.
Bot what pleasing creature 10 the object
OF his appetite! why. she wears a large fur
cap. with deal Of Flanders lace; and for
every pair OF breeches he carries, she put.
on two Petticosts.
"a Dutch lady burns nothing about her
phlegmstic admirer but bis tobacco. You
must know, SIR, every woman carries in her
hand stove Of Goals, which, when she sits.
abe snugs under her petticoas, and at this
chimney doing Strephon light: his pipe"
In the same letter he contrasts Scotland
and Holland. afhere hills and rocks 10. |
tefcePt every prospect; here it is all con. |
tinusd plain. There you might see a we'll. |
dfessed Duchess issuing from dirty close,
and here dirty Dutchman inhabiting a
palace. The Scotch may be compared to
mllp. planted in dung but can never see
Dutchman in his own house, but I think
OF magnificent Egyptian temple dedica.
Ted to ea OK"
The country itself awakened his admirs.
ion. Nothing" said he, ''can equal its
basuty; wherever | tnn my eyes. fine
houses, elegant gardens, statutes, g,ottoss.
vistss, present themselves; but when Won
enter their towns you are charmed beyond