The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-11-02
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A PLEASANT VIEW OF LIFE,


Ghcrc IL but little music Ia lhe aboyo'old I,
aw, unless Il bc the harmony OF truth that
l. we'll sometimes % look at Whoever the
uthor, IL isclear ho had an inkling Of the
Iatumi ways Of man. shakspcaro's Ages
ave not halfthe philosophy Of these quaint
ines. Poets generally have blundorud in
heir portraturcs Of life, They have either
elaborated ihe picture 20 ~ 90 make pre-
sentiment Of any thing but the original, or
hey have fit out 30 uiany details Of feature
ilighting the nice and delicate touches which .
give expression "a character that be must be- /
,hrcwd who would guess what the outline .
stand. for. An instance suggests itself just
now, Two centuries OF 50 back, there was a
poet Ia England hy the name OF fmncis /,
QWrlos To u a pleasant companion even
now, although great many of his best
thoughts are mere conccts SOME OF
his pictures have the short comiugs We speak
Of lie once described life a.
lhcG1ud.hug array
uGylg pN.uI summer meadow which today
Wear, hcr green lu-h und b, tomorrow hay"
lie might just ~ we'll haze taken his idea
from the cod aud chccrl,-- aspect Of winter,
and found u the -uov-drilt, which soon mclr
away under lhr ,plilc, oitlmtmu-t dclightdil
comvr the Jauuary lhaw,a type OF. the human
litr be- wished 10 depict \ pgct Of the last
oontur, draws q picture Of liic ia what he
calls "cach just and genuine shade" 10 him
IL
rfc.rnt. % rucfl Wild
Where uu' % summer. .uu has .m,lrlj
lhr road with uuu, b. covered tidr,
And greet ,,t- Ncypiul, by the eide
Here tcnr. with constant tenor flow,
And luuu muuunil lake below
Whole silent water, dark nud dccp,
'-iitt.,.pi..4ll i4G gloomy AAlcH cucln
The first poet gave rs litdc green grd'.
and permitted a. to iuhalc, fora while, the
fragrance of new mown hay, but the last dee
ME, as the hay, even after tits dry, sgcutlcss
aud in tile stack. Life !, neither nll ".upmcr
meadow ".nor "ruciul wild" Il ha. it, sou
and iroon aud stars, and it ha. t- dark days,
aud it- darker nights. II ha- it, spring, SUM
mcr autumn. winter, with all the poetry aud
prose- uf these SEASONS. Whether these, iu
their inevitable aud woll.orIcrcd succession
shall bring us happiness or misery, depend.
more upon our,pl,c, than We are apt Ia inn.
a2uc. Oprcpniou IT, If We follow very
simple rule feel right, by right aud do riph,
that ollwill hc likely togo rightanJ whether
irr.hc,, tempest, couhagutjou, pc.tilcncc, on
famine supcrvcnc, all will bo pretty certain
to come out right
The author Of thclinc, AT tho head uiil.
article probably was not poet, or he woul,
hardly have stumbled upon so much whole
somc truth. Il i pleasant To annl.lc thc.,
oll-rrpcatcd, but little pondcrcd, old saying
that have become interviewer in the every
day literature ofIiic. The allotted pcriu,
of man. in his walk upon the earth, is three
score years aud tcn. Many live beyond tha
period. aud more fall short of it. The only
wonder is,that in the present physical dcgcn
.eraoy Of the race, any reach thrccscorc.-
Childhood youth, manhood aud old age max,
up the seasons orliic, The rivucts that gusl
out from their natural springs may form
) streams that shall dash fcarfully onwarls o
b glide gcuHly along in ever broadening bed
: Nature, in its moral as well as in its physca
: economies, forms all kind, of channels, but
/ is only made subservient to the higher pur
poses of life by our own skill and labor lie
US now see what the old saw teaches.
AT TEN \ CHILD.
b Before the age often, man has been clan
tt,rrir M, tlrririii irrf;,t,, -,,,rrelY
, scious of what hc was after The few year
o he has seen have been blank to him, but ne
blank to the impressions of powerful hom,
! influence, good or bad. Without knowing j
Z hc has absorbed in himself the elements of
= future character that shall bless or curse b
- species. lie has had his heart filed up wit
Il suscepubilitics that begin to assume shal
Il and cxcitc thought when he has reached tn
y threshold of childhood. Yet even now he
mere child, and so he continues Tor Zap
of Years after he has crossed the thrcshol'
The life hc is passing is a llowcr garden. II
skps along the gay and sweet paths as ligh
~ and as chirpingy as a grassho7per II
fits here aud there among the flowers wit
the ariness of butterfly lie draws fro
them their wealth with the assiduity of Il
busted aud happy bee. lie is child in-e
cry sense, with just impetuosity enough
piye his ccstasics intensity, and his mind
times a contemplative mood IT, at ten he
not all this, shadow at home has passed
yer his soul, and though yet one Of the lit
children whom Jesus loves and takes to h
bosom, that shadow may thicken upon hi
until light can hardly penetrate it. If tho
who have children will take this view {
lgcnt than aii'ectionate, they will fill II
u l,4t,.e.- eir.la with radiance of childhood th
shall gladden. their hearts.
AT TWENTY WILD,
The child approaches more uncertain p
ROD point of life when the impressions
4 infancy and the thoughts of childhood beg
to play an important part. There isa holm
" saying that boy is sowing his wild oa
1t is fortunate if, at this age he sows all