The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-07-05
ROMANCE AND REALITY.

ROMANCE AND REALITY.
The following happy illustration Of sso.
~ Of tho Arabian Nights, by tho inventions
III the present day, 10 from!a lecture By DE-.
Oliver w. Holmes, Of Boston:
open Tint volume Of cncha niments, the
'Arnbsn Nights, to tho story Of rrines
Ahmed aud the fairy Pari Banou. The
Sultan Inns promised tho delicious Princess
Nouronnihnr-the Light Of the Day'-ia
marriage 10 the ono among his three sons
who should bring him tho most cxtsaordi.
"ary rarity. Ious,nin finds pisse sf cor.
pet upon which one 'may I've transported in
an instant wherever he desires 10 be With.
out being stopped by sUy obstacle
Ali purchases tube, which renders vie.
lille tho most distant objects or rersoas, BY
Iooking in Al ono end Of il. Ahmed obtains
m artificial apple, which cures oil sick
pcrsons' after the easicsi manner in tho
world. merely by the patients smelling Of
it,
They met to compare their treasures.
Houssain takes Ais tube, desiring 10 SO
the lovely Princess. She appears but sur.
rounded by her weeping women. and d.
most ready 10 breatho her last. The shsse
brothers get instantly upon Houssain's car.
pct, and are transported 10 her chamber.
Prince Ahmed, says tho story, roso IRON
the tapestry, went 10 tho bedside and put
tho apple beneath her nostris. ia few
moments tho Princess rosc and asked t. b
dressed with tho same freedom and rccsllec.
,ions ~ il she had swaLsncd out u SQUAD
Sleep
This il the dream Of oriental fancy. ~
you IRE smiling over this childish extsava.
gance, = messenger suddenly appears and
puts q slip Of paper 10 your hand. Alas!
your own Nouronnihsr-the light II your
dny-far away beyond the fair lludson o.
tho broad Susq"channa, 10 even now 10 sbe
extremity Of suffering and danger. A ne.
gic, - wonderful ~ that or Ais tube,
brings her image before you. and breaihss
her sigh Of anguish upon your cor, almass
N it issues from her pnlc and trembling
lips. oh for the carpet Of the lloussaiae
Il 10 before you a roof over il, walls around
it, windows in them, through which you
sec tho panorama-like landscape % you ~
0sOUk ssH0s uuu Ussps tScSIS uUU sb0O1 UOWs
ing in broad torrents on cnch side II yeu,
~ il the great wave which they say pss.
cd over tho continent, were sweeping BY
you with its whole freight II drill and
bosIlders.
You are there! O, Tor the apple Of Al
med 10 soosho the pings that are convuls.
ing the delicate frame before you. A little
flask is placed in your hand from its mouth
exhales q sweet odor, as if the richest fruits
of the orchard had yielded il their perfume.
Go TO her bedside, like Ahmed, and let her
inhale ito virtues for a few moments. The
deep burrows Of pain grow smooth a. her
forehead. Tho knoilcd limbs relax and
fall pcnsive ~ in slumber. Her lips are
moving; thoy seem 10 say
.What is this dissolves me quite.
Steals my sense. shifts my sight,
browns my spirit, draws my breath,
Tell me, my soul, can this be death ~
II may be that in this siladowy eclipse az
thought and scnsation, tho exhausted lamp
"f nature shnll be rcplenished, and that
when the soul returns TO tho temple L
seems 10 have quilted, il shall find I'll ID
chambers irradiated with the rekindlioR
glow Of life.
How strange TINT civilization should call
out, ~ palpablc realities Of our own svesy.
day existence, tho creations which were
tho idle dreams al story -tcilsrs ou the hanks
Of the B,sphorus and the Euphra.esv