Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-02-26
OLD SERIES, VOL. II, NO. %.

indeed, were boldly aili sifonHlN hfNus ~ u
IN emulation Of a morc than her e, of IL
tantic modsl Dut the sublimity and stlloli-
ness. the grand expression Of dlyln, srmpa-
thy, that Illuminated the mountain vis,ge, and
rihcrealltcd IL pOndsrOus granite Substance
into spirit, might here be- sought in ,lln.--
Something had been originally lott oui, 90 he'd
departed. Aud therefore the mau'llou,ly
gifted statesman had always weary Fluom In
| tic dscp ca,rus Oi his ewes, - ui rbild that
has Outgruwn Ia playthngs, or man ui
mighty iicuitr, and llIilc aims, ahu-r lIfr,
with III Ms hGh performance, WIS ssgus and
empty. b'cau~c no high purpu,' bad endowed
. Il viii ralliy.
sui. Eunc,,'. ncighhor va, ilustpg hi,
rlbUW lulO hI, side, aad pressing hIH lui an
answer
Confess Confess l. he not the very
picture of your Old Man Of the Moupialn D"
I No" sad i.mc,,, bluully, q" &c LITTLE
or no lisru,ss.'
"ILcu ~ much the wur,c lar thr Goat
Sioue Face" answered. hi- nc' gubur aud
ag,,n be ~ up a shoal ior Old 1,ony PM
Hut En-,t iumrd away. m,isg-hply. anil
allfl.'i Js -PunJsut, Ior ttl. v1stLs llltrr' 90
I his diS.ppouimenis. 10 behold o uan Who
mism have Glhlri the prophecy, AMI had not
wiilsi ~ do ~. Meantime the CI,llcIdo, The
hlnn-rs, tho muse. aud the bIouth., sNHTl
PAS, hun, With Tie ,oelrruus cruwd IN the
rear. l-.,ing th- dust lo settle down. aud the
Great Slun, Face tu b- teyralrl again, with
til- grandeur lIal Il had worn for untold cyn-
turir-.
10. herr am. Emc.t," the henigu lip,
,-~mrd tu ~. ~ have waited longer than
thou, and am not Vet weary. Fear not tie
man Will cUmr.
The s-,r, hufrlel onward. if-adinr IN their
hale % onr another heels Aud 1uN thry
began " BRING hltr hairs, and srgttrr thrm
uSsr ih, head Of Finest tli-y made reverend
wrinkle, acru-. .hIsipf,h~ld, and iur7iw, Iuhl,
checks. lie ~as an aged man. liut not 300
vain bad IL grown old mOrr than 'Ir white
h1lr, on lu- head were lhr stpc thought, 100
hl, nnd h., wrinkle, and muua, Nrfr 300.
-cupiiuu, that Tine had gravel. and iu which
h- had written lrgrnd- Of w's.lom thlt ,ud
hr-it tested 10, tlir tenor uf O. DE. Aud Em-
rst bad r,1,-i lu b. ul,-rurr l'nzuugnt Ter.
uudr,Irrd. lld oum' tlr fame which ~ many
-cck, and u,Idt hlm kuuWn In' the gr.lt world.
rryuud ihr limits oi the valley iu which b.
,ddNelt -u Gul"ty College professors. and
even the ariINy men uf cities. came irun tar.
iu see aud cuN-rs- with Ernest Tor the o.
puu had gone abroad tl.l ,hl, staple hus-
Iandmiu hid Id-ls unlike lhusr uf other
men, not gained from buoks, but oi higher
i0ur--, Tranquil and familiar uJ pr.ty. a. Il b.
had h"ru talking with ihc angels as hls daily
friends
Whether Il we're sage, statesman, or Thl-
lanthupisi, En,,r ryrri,cd thr,' visitors With
lhr gentle sIucruiy that h1d chancierI'd mm
lrtm hONhu,4, -rd spokr freely With them ul
WhIi-,rr came urp"rmUSt, 80 iay deepest Iu
bon, heart VI lh,ir ovu While thoy talked
iuyrlhrr. lu, face would klndlc, uuaWar.>,
lud shine upon ih-m a. With mlld evening
light pru,nr ~llh the iullur,, ct ,urh di.-
cuurss. b., guest, took leave and went their
way, and, passing ~ thr valley, paused 60
iuuk At ll' GrpI Stone F,r,. imagining that
thry hlI -.rn IL lik,ur,, ne a human cUuu-
Jcuancc. but could not remember where.
While Ernest had b-rn growing up lut
growing old, = bUuulIiul Providence hlG
lrart a urs pet q" this earth w. like
Wlsc, VAS anliSr oi the valley, bat h-i spDm
lh- greater part ot hls late at dI,taErr ium
that rumanl0c region, pouring out hus swy.i
mu,ir am.d tn hustle AID din ui cities ct
ten, however, did the mountains wurh bad
hrrn familiar tu him In hIs childhood. Uit ihrlg
snowy I-.la. into the clear atmosphere ui uls
poetry Neither ~, thr Great ~iuuD tarH
forgotten. lur the poet hId celebrated II 200 lu
uls. which VI, grand enough 10 have been
uttered hy ~, own majestic lips. Tn, man
II rrulus. ~ mas sIy, lad come down from
h,a,ru W.Iu wonderful -uduNmcuS. II Hr
sluE Ui mountain, the eyes ui All man.
Kind b-hrld q mighllcr grandeur rclUslug uu
TO hr~lst or soaring IA %, summit. than had
Irirfs hrru seen there. Ii hIs th-Hr were t
lovely LAX, celestial smIlc hal uUw hrcu
thrown Over u. to gl-am forever Oh %, sur
face. Ii II wsrr the vast, old "a, even the
deep immru,lty oi Iis dread bu,Uu sfruri 10
swell the higher. - u moved by Ihe emotions
ur ,he ,Oug Thus the world assumed another
and q hrttar aspect irUm thr hour TINT the p"-
Il hlrs,-i Il With hl, happy ey,,. The Irr-
atur hld bestowed hun, ~ tlir last, h,st touch
10 hl, own handIWors. Creation was not iu'
shrd iIll the poet came to interpret, aud io
complete u.
The rll,ci was no less high and beautiful,
when his human brethren wcrc thc subject "i
hs verse The mln or woman, surll1 with
the common dust ul life, Who crus,,d the dai-
In path, and the llttlr child Who played In u,
Srrr glurIhcd Il hr bchcld them ~ his poetic
faith. lie shaved the golden 'uhs ui the
great chain that lnlruwIncd lhcm with au az
rrlic Kindred hr brought out the hidden traits
If A celestial hIrih, THAI made th,m w"rlhyoi
such KIN. Spuc. indeed, there were, Who
thought 10 shUN the sUundnc>s ui ihnif lufg'
mrut by affirming that all the beauty aud Dig
ulty ni the natural world eNIstcd uuly M ihc
poat', fancy. lat .Ich ncn speak Tor them
selves, who undoubtedly appear To have been
,ra~usd forth by Nature With : cunlempious
bitterness she having pEslefcd them uP out
uf her refuse slui., alter all The swine ~crr
made. A. rtsI,cis all things else, lie poet
id.al Wa th- tsursI truth.
The ,ougs Of ,.c poet found their way Ia
Ernest. N, read them, after hs customary
iuil. stated on ths b5nch stiuT' his cotilgr
door. where, tursuch l.n.th OF time, he hAd
EIIp,l m, rrru,c With thought by gazing O.
m. Crrat Stone Face. And nov, ~ hr read
si,p,as hat clus.d the soul To thrill within
him. hc lifted hl, eyr, TO the vast countcn'
lpc,, h.amlng on him 80 benlgnahily
"Oh. majestic Trend, he murmured, AL
dressing the Great SlOGc Face, "Is not 'hIS
man worth, TO resemble thee
The Fac, scrlned lo smile, but answered
not a word.
Now II happened that the poet, though he
dN,lt Nd f,r away, had not Onl heard OF Ern-
est, bu, had mcdI,aicd much upon his ch1rnc-
ter. until he deemed nothing ~ desirable as
10 ncr, this man, whose un,auehi wisdom
walked hand IN hand with the noble sImPL-
cit, of his lIlc. One summer morning there
fore he took passage by the railroad, and, IN
tho d,clin. of the afternoon, alIghtcl irOm
,h. car, a, no great distance from Erncsts
cottage. The great hotel, which had iomsr-
liz been the palace of Mr.. Ga,hcrgold, Was
close at hand, but the poet with his car TEei'bAg
on his arm, inquired at once where hrn u