Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-09-12
From hs philadelphia Model american Courier.
THE OCEAN

eRAcEY or NoRroIK VA.
Love tn lok hack into ihs, portion OF my lifs on
which tho long shadows of Eage fness have fallen, and
where memory like he dove of Noah can find place ~
rest her tired r'aons, and then to up t' that
line whore ihr gloom Of oblivion wildly blends with the
light Of remembrance. mud seq VIII desires and
Tins mnved NY breast IN rhdhpnd's earli"s days
aud while thus lnking the past with the present. per-
cclvod thai until my sh WA gaiicd desire 10 see
The oeede was the pe-eminsn, Of my life. Oilers
had sptong up like the ue tuit If grass up, bar
mck. nnl had wiihered bsneah the scorching SIN
Of disappointment. had been forgoten they ~ers
realized but this still liyes-n could not be or.o.-
ten
had hrcn oraded 10 one # lhase eild and romrntic
regions ii cuniry where the rocks pled ard the rls
snp had wandered a,ug the shady rad hy ,he side Of
the mumnflng brook, aud heard the distant mllk-mas
sony; had stno op tho mount in boS when the naked
granite glslened IN the sunlph and had seen The howe-
~ vale beneath and the sieam that wound thran9h IL
ike serpent ot silver had gonc down there and
plmked the yiac that grew halfh,dlon beneath soma
messy stone and gathered the lilly HAT bent its head Ia
listen 10 thu wave, o kiss ihe thy rppi IN The stream;
Ind seen the cascade g',ler the mnonlgh'. aud at
noooday Ind sough, tho wa'efll IN quiet glen;
had gazed On the western cloud at the sunset hons.
aud sron II pped with silver sk,ed with god, but
SUI turned fm thrs'. ard sighed Ia see The "cean.-
HIS one desire seemed T. thrill my soul. aud wake il
rchn 10 m, heat had seen the quiet lake omh'son
ed N hlls. That hal caught TIN imigs If he stars 10
dock lis o"n breast ha heea upon ,he calm aud quiet
hay, when. lar ~ tn" eye could reach, nmght hut the
W'''h hhfl hh' INV 'NtI hithiE pine WlS Nl~'i' "hu
there had stond and lha day gm fse from III.
svely tniacc. aud have almast looked Ia see the war
dripping Is he nsccndci, bai sl felt that this was
moi the deep blue scn" lot which my sui was l1ng
lug.
had heard Of lhnusanls VII se Last expng btea h
had bnhbed l., IL, surface aud who then Went dnwn b.
"ssep their last s'eep, with lhe sea-wecd for their
win ling shret and the cutn fr their tombstone; had
hoard hat he Tapping Of the turn canvass aud the howl
ng If lhe midnight tmpes. and the shrill stream of
the sen bud 1t dashed the main, their
"U, funeral hymn but had read OF its mighty bill
lows thai
----efolled the wild, profound eternal bass
Innature'r anti hem, aud made music
Such a. pleased the "a, ol God"
ard on this though, and searched fr all the ino d.,
scnp,ans on which IL feed INV desire.
Il lenpth The inns rolled r,nl l. and on the night
proceeding tn day o1 which my desire fn years was III
h" pra'lieJ, stamped within few miles ii ,he
"hIUd I'D ocean," aud IN the snes. Of thu ni ight
wander d, onl aud them for the first tine, fell upon my
cnr l'sdafp hoarso IN aning. but aiill my heart was
hrRiiun hgh with desfn l., H. And oh! when
that day really csnc--w when my approach toi sandy
brnch clearly told hv he deep toned mnsic "f the
restless waters growing louder aud lud.r then II WIS
that "expectaliun stoud tip lne,' and las. when
the foam crsed wave of the drep. deep sea- 10 led
bctre ny eneh,ni vim. Gtling swell,d up fmm
the imnst reress's Of nay hnafr, aud had !, been my
own death dreo that wss singing, |, loo. must have
cyGlimed /
"halou, thou deep and dar. blue ocean, roll"
sload upoa that shore.