Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1850-04-16
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SpRING!

otis coming! though coming on variable wing,
Sin know Il is eoming-the beautiful Spring"
Bright, balmy and blissful, comes the bridal oil
seasons. Gardens and forests arc beginning TO
put on their g%arniture Of green, in welcome ac-
acknowledgement of her approach, and from every
bough, fcatbered Ministries are chanting pGns TO
her praise. Snbling in the open air, and slnm.
boring amid zephyrs, whose breath is sweetened
by the perfumes Of a thousand flowers, Spring,
beautiful Spring, spreads emerald lawns, where
vitality may bask, and where bud and blossom
may wreathe together their gems of promise,
richer than Orient pearls. o, glorious indeed, is
the eloquence of Spring. and rich are the lessons
which she teaches! From the tomb of Winter
her voice awakened the spirit ola generous trust;
and garlanded with the iris-hued offerings ct
Flora. she breathes joy, gladness, and laughing
life, throughout the multitudinous worlds OF or
ganic existency. With her, are the secrets ofthe
harvest hidden and the key which opens the trea'
sures Of the coming time. 1t is lin her smile alone
that "the idle hate" Of "Iife's arch.enemy, death"
is Knocked, and vitality, seated on the tyran.'s
throne, is made to receive nourlshnnent from Che
triumphs of this CHASTITY foe.
Though in every land the queen season of thc
year is hailed with delight, and "the time of the
singing of birds" is welcomed by " wlllte-armed
childhood and infrm old age, yet to few does
she come with breath as balm freighted as that
which 10 US is the herald Of her approach. In
the grove on the green award, or by the sunny
hillside, there is that 10 our own loved land
which can warm up the Joung currents OF exIHt-
ence, and make the aged forget their three score
years and ten.
The eloquence above alluded to, as the eio-
uuence OF Spring, is of & kind too high for the
poor portraiture Of words. II distances the high
est raptures of impassioned thought, in its hcn-
venward soarings, and in maiden modesty, its
poetry is written on the tinted petals of the low'y
flower.
And rich, said we, were the lessons taught by
Spring. Rich to the toil-worn and the bed-ridden
rich to those who delight in the change, the
bloom The poetry Of natpre-rich 10 those who
discover in them anaIogies to the Immortality
shall be put on by the mortal!
Aud then, how mysterious is the influence OF
Spring on the fevered brow and the languid pulse
-reviving, cheering, and full OF the buildings of
hope!
TO the artist and the poet. Spring furnishes the
Hottest ideas Of forms and tints and to all, tue
beauty and fragrance oE:its bloom are excellen-
cies' superaddcd to organic worth. For or
ganic existence, it we're not necessary that the
magnolia should be Of surprising loneliness;
that the bloom Of the orange aud the rose should
be fragrant and that of the modest violet should
be beautiful and sweet nor was it necessary
that Spring should be vocal with sounds hIrt
monious. These are benefcient offerings, scat
tered along the pathway OF existence, blythe All
Bountiful, TO render life joyous, and fill the earth
with praise.
Beautiful Spring, welcome again! !" and may
thy teachings be properly appreciated. Let my
harmonious sound in grateful ears, and to the
eve of thipps, let thy beauties bring delight!
IN. o. Della.