Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-12-20

at tue Ilsk OI NE anu hdpplucSS, u ulS
amongst the holes and corners Of the
earth, amid savage beast and men more
savage, for few handfulls Of yellow
dust So intent 4hall they be sitting and
grasping the paltfy ore, that they shall
forget the starry crowns that Heaven .aE-
fords them and ever and famine shall
come and sweep them like chatf from
the threshing foor to the great burning
And even before their livid corpses are
fairly stiffened, their companions shall
gather like vnltures, to fight and cash
each other for the gold they leave; and
in their turn shall fall. with all their i'll |
gotten possessions-giving their bodies
TO the ravening wolf, and their souls to |
hell Il, TOO, will sharpen the assassin's
knife, and help on the robber and the
burglar. Twill lay spell upon the
hearts Of men and women, that shall
mark their destruction. The young mai
den, in the pride Of hes beauty, and with
all her store Of holy affections, shall for
get her plighted vows to the youth who
loves her, and leave him heart broken to
die; and though sickened with disgust,
shall 90 to the altar, and wed she gray
haired wretch who hath heaped up gold.
Nay, men shall bow down and do him
reverence, and call him wise and good
and great. though every piece of gold he
owns is stained with human blood, or
wrung from the hand of want by cruelty
and oppression. Nay, the possessor of
gold shall himself become infatuated,
and at the black hour of midnight shall
steal from his bed on tip-toe, and looking
lcautiously around in fear Of robbery,
shall open his iron chest, and count over
every glittering coin, and hug it to his
heart and worship it. Then shall he go
forth and grind the face Of the poor, ta-
king usury, and robbing the widow and
! orphan, unmindful Of conscience OF Of
! God and when the death angel comes,
in his last agony he shall clutch the yell
low dross in bis skinny hand, and die,
, and come with all my votaries, and
make his bed in hell!''
Thus spake mammon, aud as he paus-
I ed, Satan grinned horribly a ghastIy
smile" upon his servant.
Then up rose Arimanes, the Destroyer,
, and spake thus:
30 thou arch ruler Of the damned,
listen unto me! The volcano, the ava
lanche, the earthquake, the pestilence
, and famine are mine! Be it mine 10
! rule the earth. I will pour down boil.
ing lava from the mountain tops, burn
, ing up the fruits ofthe earth, and over
wheIming the thronged cities with al
/. their wealth and people, in the twinkline
of an eye. will hurl the avalanche from
1.-THE glaciers summit upon the siumber-
! ing village, will dry up the springs
and send hail and blight and mildew up
lon the fields; and strong men and wo'
!. men and tender children shall go forth
Z Z and creeping under the leahess hedges
: and in me holes and corners of tht
!, earth, shall faint and die of famine.
!, will send the earthquake, and he shal
Il smack his mumbling lips when b,
4 swallows up city," and the pestilenc,
r shall finish what the famine and earth
: quake leave; and men shall fall in tn,
\ streets, and the houses shall be file,
!, with the dead and dying, and none shal
!. be .leftto bury them Dogs shall how
4 throughtke vacant streets Without mas
: ter; ia :he palaces and temples The ow
A and the raven shall build their nests
Y and the ship rot down .sailorless; AM
!. all the sons Of taen destroyed by m,
!. unwarned, will send 10 thee as tribute
!. Be mine the task, O Satan. to rule th
= earth for thy glory and mine !"
q LoudFang the plaudits as the fend 50
!. down. aud the rest obsequious. CAV
place. not doubling that Arimanes shoul
- be appointed ruler 0f The earth. TIL
thmult was hushed, and all waited ID
!, sepE their great masters decision, whe
Suddenly, from abeetiing cliff, far out |
fHe burning iaIes arose a hlue ian1hef