Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-25


sea- the and sky exhaustess in interest as IN beau
y, WHILE the comparison, you drink up The e crop
Of satisfaction in fields and trees. The sea externally ssc
mates by its infinite suggestion, and every man upon e
shore is still Julian or Maddalo;
because the sea
Is boundless wish our sosis TOD
Besides always the which 10 the cnaim Oh
shore resorts that have more variety hsn Nansn ho
alone, then in combination. Even al ne eye
satisfied until it rests upon the sea, and as seaside scenery
with lis monotonous there rather more OF ne same nins
Newport than greater variety The genuine ocecnon %
Nahant the feeling dulness on the part OF inc
and of its intense sadness OF ASSOCIATION wan e eoes
air is full of ghosts to them. At twilight they zee figures
glide paid along the cliff and hear vague voices singing
airy songs by moonlight in the rocky caves OF tne snoe
Every sone every turn 50 familiar that the absence OF
look and the word which IN memory are in'egr paris VI
every rock and turn sharpen the OF change into acute
Nor to the ver Of to-day, who hears the stories OF
old Nshant days as be reads omance possible to watch
without tenderness Of thought even without KIND OF sad
ness you will, the pleasant evening promenade along .ne
Lynn beach They bound the beach IN the iavorng
those graceful rm fresh and as the sea that
besks languidy beside them, and slips smoothly to their
horses hoo do not wonder that slips 90 softly towards
them and touches their flight as with musng KISS do
not wonder that breshes bsmy upon their cheeks and
lifts their hair as lightly If the fingers Of vewess spirits
were towing with their 1cks do not wonder that as they
turn homeward in the moogh and leave the sea alone
gently after them, and fills the air with sof sounds ss they
retire. nor that rises and rises until has gathered into It's
bosom the light tracks they left upon the shore The sea
knows the bevy that glad bound along the beach These
are not the @ they shall surely not be the last and although
itself shall surely stay forever, fresh and unworn as now,
there shall be fuows Poughed elsewhere which even its
never smooth.
No harm done the younger Nahanese sometimes catch
gmpses Of the ghosts that the elders 30 shall the
that rpens the brilliant promise OF spring into the
mellow maturity Of autumn, touch deeper dye upon the
petals Of the flowers that make the city fair AT Nahan you
shall live with the and sky, and yet not lose that pleasant
social intercourse which has secret sweeter than the sea
the sky can whisper Society Nshant does not imply the
poka, indeed that last perfection Of civilization but regard
IT, if you choose, the anechsmber to the ballroom Of
Newport where you may breathe the fresh air awhile, and
collect your thought and The and the stars and
member with regret-f you cannot help it, and will promise
smother the thoughts instanty-he days when happiness
in something else than dance, the days when you dared
to dream. Nor be surprised if you inger upon those
cliffs remembering, of the ghosts the elders see should
lay his light hand upon your shoulder and whisper as the
sun sets
Break, break, break,
At the foot Of thy crags, o sea
But the tender grace of day that is fed
Will never come back to me.
Your af. HowADJI.