The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-17
DAILY CRESCENT.

~ III following admirable traveste the lines of
,ref Iopesow entitled To Sands from the Desert in an
3our. Ian" we copy from the Boston Post
From sartain Magazine for April First;l sc,
WATER OF THE NILE IN WlNE-'hA0'-
AN IMITATION. by W. h. TALh"A
A cup-full of pure water of the nue.
F5om ; d;t. mt! EsyD sB.. fHscop.
A fount Of brilliant thought
A, water, vapot.ice. compound or pure
!Whis sC @uoas.,f ~. vc asHs aS"
And stories has it known!
p.,b.m this is the liquid which the sun.
Rev made 4 Is III sa, ari T.. s1 spUs.d by
Tbs 6nt-creatsd whale.
Perhaps it il this water that did Stake
Young Adams earliest thirst;
DID wash herself the frst.
In this. perhaps she first reflected saw
Her own bright sinless face
Or first adjusted her first hg- leaf robe,
BY this first looking glass.
Itmsy b. when God drowned the ancient world
Tbs very water did the drops compose.
Which were the first that fell.
Or when the whelming rains had almost ceased.
sudden inons ,o ns I'M; dscked the clouds
With RAINBOW Number one.
Or this for Rachel did young Jacob draw.
Psrchsnce. from Laban' well ;u,v
Did manage, a. they tell.
Perhaps, when Pharaoh's pincsly daughter bathed.
III: touched hsI "a dainty ,,|. ; Ia1,i II ark
Child Moses Hoated in.
II may be, that by this was Pharaoh drowned
A. ancient histories tel
Or this. perchance. did fanting Samson drink.
From Lehi's wondrOus WE'LL
II may be- this from Aaron's seething-p
Once rose in savory steam;
Or from the rock, whence Moses water drew.
Gushed with the sacred stream
Orof that water it may be, wherein
An axe of ancient note
tThat borrowed sxe) did, at the prophets sign,
Inc0ntnenty hoat
OF this, perhaps. then deep in Bethlshems well.
Or poured, with pous thought, upon the ground
And nobly would not drink.
This may be of the water, whereupon
The yacht did glide or lie
OF Egypts queen, mute witness Of the loves
Of her and Antony.
What time-fermenting alcoholic fumes
Were a. fluid fired,
Perhaps the first intoxicating draught,
Was with this water Mixed
II may have coursed the veins, and ducts and glands
As life sustaining blood
of mighty kings and queens, or giants huge
Before and since the Hood
Through counties changes (some unmeet to name)
These imped drops have passed
Till now. within this little crystal cup.
They all have met at last.
But do dream ?-They seem to rise in mist.
And scud the plain
And borne aloft in dark, dense. dismal clouds,
Descend in drenching rain !...
The vision vanshes II wondering nake,
And scan an EMPTY CUP be-.
(The eau douce had been mixed with eau de ric. y
And had drank it upD
NorR-To induce children and goddess persons read
heir Bibles shall here refer them the passages alluded
the order in which alusion made The narratives will
- found interesting See Genesis chapter first also Gen
H. 4: vii twill 2-x 49, 14-xxi. IA to I9xxix. 10-xxx
% Exodus H. g. 5-xiv % Judges 10; Exod xxx. 81
Ivi s: I'd Kings vi s. I'd Samuel xiii. To- IL, T.-P0st.
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