New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-09

The hand OF Time IL ever busy amid al tie dit
ferent scenes and objects that surround our path
and though w msy not mark his raysges, or dis
Germ the impress Of his fingers, yet The changes
that he works are none the less certain, the rsvs
ages he commit. none the less appalling, because
they are o. gradual We may not see them As
they occur day after day but even dunnyour own
short lives We cannot had a single ohiec. that has
0lrgDs worn the same aspect IL nor bears. And
Il we trace the history of the past We hud IL but
record Of continual change. One empire hes
sprung from the ashes Of another, and Tor lew
BRET years has aou'ished IN all i,s PRIDE pomp aud
Circumstance, aye and may have reached A pima
Gle of fame aud glory more lofty than the wori
has ever known before bat rs very emiuence has
made itamore conspicuous mark TOR the unerring
shafts Of Time, and. ere a century has swept over
1t. that power AMI spiendor VIII with the wings
Of wears. have sped away
We 60 forth into the solitude Of Nature, and
mark her beauty aud her majesty. her bounde"
forests. like an emerald sea are spread around u.s.
waving their foliage With every passing breeze
Myrads OF sweet songsters pour forth their strains
oil harmony, while now and then, the low growl
Of the savage beast, the stealthy tread OF the
hunter as he pursues his game, or the dip Of his
paddle as he gdes on the bosom OF the noble
river, are the only sounds that break the solemn
stiffness Yet visit that same spot a few years
after. The wild subhmity Of Nature has vanished
before the rapid march Of civilization and the
arts Instead Of the green monarcbs OF the wood
now stately palaces and gorgeous temples rear
their columns and their domes 10 Heaven IN place
OF the sweet music Of the birds, IS heard the noise
and din Of tumuliuous city, and in lieu OF the
light canoe, msjestic vefses ply through the yield
ing waters Of the boundless ocean, ireighsed with
the wealth Of foreign lands And let A ieS more
summers shed their warmth upon II. few more
wintry storms beat over IT, and the traveller as he
passes Oy, sees usught but ruined monuments.
crumbing arches and ivy.clsd ruiss TO mark the
spot where so much power, wealth and luxury bad
their abode
How often ha. tbs been the history o. cities VI
the Old World single century hss marked their
rise. their .plendor and their downfall has seen
the sun glitteriug on tower and palace and light
inz % 70 citizens % their daily toll and the same
sunlight streaming over mass Of deso.aiion and
rum Il may one day gaze upon broad and noble
avenues. replete with life and activity and tire
next behold them engulfed by the rspaoious earth
-uske. Or smoldeung beneath the burning lava OF
the volcano. % the same spot where hostile ar
mics rushed In their mad career. where conquer
ing heroes earned their brightest lanrel', and
patrots freely shed their life blood Tor their com
try good the peaceful shepherd tends his hocks'
the village church points hesven-ward with -
.pre, Or the green earth smiles above the last sad
relics Of these ssnguinary scenes
And NOT only are such changes taking place 10
the political ard natural world bot even 10 o1r
own .oc.s relations the hand Of Time - no 'e's
busy We part perhaps from friends p no wear
the aush Of health upon their cheeFs, .hs .sughter
Of contentmeut 10 their eyes-s1c ~aeo lew
more suns have rolled their round, and on'e more
We grasp tie hand OF friendship the v.lhsrsd
form. the funoTed brow the silver locks marx
alas how plainly, the ravsgss o. Time. Add no"
often. aftsra separation II few oriei years, IS
the hand q friendship that We offer avoided
altogether. or received with c0olness more bitter
than actual disdsin aad tie avenue 20 the heart
thst once beat warmly and devotecy toward Vs.
whose very puisatiou was N unison with ogrs' q
closed 1Don us forever By 'is,rust Or selhshnes' -
A. the eye that ever frightened AZ oar approach,
s ayerted beussth oar gszs-ss the coantensnce
hat once was wrsa,hed ia smiles, row expresses
Nd emotions Of pleasure. and the voice once fore
most 70 bid welcome remains row silent as the
tomb. box bitterly 90 We feel the changes that
Time hss wrought aud mourn or departed friends
And rhers are changes, To-, ia ourselves Not
oaly does or personal appearance bear .1di'Puta-
bic evidence Of this fact. bat escn day tssches
so-ne new lessen Of wisdom sut as friend si.er
friend tsr r,s. or orr Affections are transierrei y
rev All w5rthisr o. .scts. we may earn bow i1A
ofdirss. change is lie how OK Tine lays or
5-zhts.. prospects IN the dust' ard naAes exist
epes lone and derolsEe I'll Ne lean 70 tx oar
-.zs mon tia. better is1d. where the destroyer
"a. OF b,. power and where there is 10 sra 20
so-rox and no change
The following composition commended b. the
Committee. ras. by 20 usst.-esd BY J HoVfg. Esq
NY HEART ..-. Dse.c-tsa % rly Cassaiaer
p EMIT CHzsrER
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