The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-07-07

Of % fine summers day, can indeed REQ tlii
I young shepHrdehr ~ she lrHds her flock q
| bo wulared al the l0unian, bul cannot heHl
either her Joyous spuR or the tiuging Hnuuf
Of lne sheep ! con SEQ lho lark n,
swiftly 10 tho valley where iHf nesi lies hii
/ den, but hear not har melodi0ua voice
I mingnR with The whisper Of Tho hreeze,-
/ on, music harmony il ID NJ" lilei hm, nlas
/ IT, poca expression n lost 90 ma forever
/ let me, pray youb read the pages Whiri
/ have % deeply stirred you lle rose lOuh
I lle sheet iu lis baud, q sudden HhleueHs %
yerrprshd his features be- sunk upon his zen
overwhelmed with emotion,
t Tie had just read upon the cover "Allegret
[ 20, iiom llo Pastoral symphony Of hgulliu
yun' Al gathered around him, nnd iuqul'
/ ed lhe cause al his agitation, When lao WA
able ~ lenglh a. command his ,oire, hg %.
rose itOm h,AFHhk hnd said, 81 an BffNh0rfu'
ii ~ lAg AnilLd nl lliis nlnin ihu iHflicr hiiUd
I HE Wnulen cap from his hrnd, aid lhe Honr
bowed with ihe deepest reverence, Br0ihO-
ven preEEGd rherT hHuds m hr, and WRIT tot
! JOY, Tho good peasants kissed these yeHer'
ulrd hnud1i for lhia man they irlt was tho
1 genius who Ind lighlened i0r them tho daily
hurlhon of liio-Iba ReAius 20 honorod III
( Vienna, that when ho took his daily walk,
the passers-by exclaimed, "lboru b. lietho-
NfN NlNl FlNfiNlN NlMAlN way W. Nlillt lfNl
they should interrupt his medilnli0uH, The
tcnsuulg looked with uhwearied delight on
that n0blo brow where grief had indeed
stamped ils fatal mnrks, bat which hlill was
eurlrrlrd With The hnlo ofgcuiuH.
Beethoven ih0n seated himself at the harp,
sichUrd, and desiring thr young ItlpiH o.
take mp their iusuumvuif, he pinyed iufthrm
hiH own symphony. IL was a uiplpcut OF az,
rprgaallu happiness,
When they had finished, Beethoven impro.
rigea sublime mcludirr' HE hprit, sbfehking
through the bonds which enchanted him Ia
Garth, seemed 10 ilso ttlumphGnuy towards
Heaven,
The poor lmrpsichord under hls hand gave
forth uuWuulcd sOuuds--soiucliurs mll, site
~ tie Voice ufihuudrr, sometimes uiynlrfi-
Gus ms ,uc signs Of The dying.
Ans II was HE song Of tho SWIM 4
part u, the night Illus glidcd on. The bed
ufuuly uccupicd 10y lltc father of the hWily
wns prepared oralicclhoycn, aud hu was
rotsltriir-tl Ia accept -.
Duriup thr night h0 hernms lc,cri-h. mud
10 cuul his bIrpiug brow, ho arose and went
put INTO the u,cu air too slightly clad. The
air Wna biUcrly colds thc wind groaucd m the
branches OF ihe trucs, md Penetrating rain
dyllird over the country. When the old man
returned, lg was houumbcd, The dropsy
nom Which l,o bad long suffered mounted to
lis Chest, Hud too suon u became apparent
tlat uti remedies were usuletz. lie Wus with
difficulty transported 20 Vienna, wllnra hr
nas visited 10y physician, Who PRONOUNCED
his rHse u hopcrEs ung. lluuturi, liF dear
osi mud iricsL FREUD heard uc he dmnger
and flew Ia uIloud hiu ~ his lnsJ inouruts;
bat lac was almost insrusiblr. /IHt words hr
sought TO utter expired uu HE palid lipr.-
Slll hc recognised he pnrly iiisnd ,s'.d 'l'-"t
ed him with u moufhlui sunlr. liummc'
livssod the icy.cold hand within hls own
win deep cmuIiou
When IlIe dying unu felt The pressure, his
glazed eye kIudlrd wl,h n nIomgulary cou-
scIuusursr,
llcsuuk heck upon tho pillow. With
gentle SIGH The spirlt had He'd