The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-05-21
THE GRAVES OF THOSE WI
LOVE.
60. BY WAaaINeToN IRvIra. -

sssgssas sfBY WASHINGTON tRvENas
,.s The grave IS the ordeal Of true affection.
It's there the divine passion. of the soul
maniissts lis superiority 10 the tns,incliye 7.
Eimpulses of mere animal attachnIant. The
latter must becoAtinually refreshed ana kspI
alive by. the presence Of the object but the
love that Y seated in thessoul can lire, on
leng remembrance. The mere lnclinations
ol sense languishing and declining with the
charms which excite them, turn with shud-
der and disgust from the precincts Of the
tomb; but Il is thence that true spiritual az.
lection rises purified from every sensual de-
Esirs, and turns like holy fame 10 ilumin.
fais and sanclify the heart Of the survivor.
Tho sorrow for the dead iS lheohly tsOr-
row from which we refuse to be divorced.
Every other would we seek to heal-eyeryl
otheT afliiction to forget; bat this wound we
lconsderi It dutYitO keep openAthe aEfiic- /
4 tions we cherish and brood over ia solitude. |
Where is the mother. who would willingly /
forget the infant that perished like g bios
som from her arms, though every recollec
ltion Is a pang4 Where is the daughter who
would willingly forget the most tender Of
parents, though TO remember be but 10 10
ment4 Who, even in the hour Of agony,
would forget the friend over whom he
mourns? Who, when the temb IS closing
upon the remains of her he most loved
]When he feels his heart. as 1t were, crushed
in the closing Of its pOrtal--would accept
consolation that must be bought by forget
falness1 No, the love which survives the
= tomb is ono Of the noblest attributes Of the
soul. Ifith has woes, it likewise has its de
!. lights; and when the overwhelming burst Of
l. grief is calmed into the gentle tear Of recol
j. lection--when the sudden and the convul
40 sive agony is.over--the present ruin Of all
! that we most loved is softened away into pen
a. sive meditation on all that it was in the
! days Of its lovellnessa Who would root oul
~ such q sorrow from the heart? Though Il
ut may sometimes throw passing cloud ovel
.es the bright hour of gaiety, or spread a deeper
no sadness over the hour Of gloom, yet whs
"a would exchange it for the song Of pleasure
= Tor the burst of reyelryl No; there is voic,
ed from the tomb sweeter than song. Their
ore il a remembFance oftt dead to which ",
h. turn even from the charms OF the living
IN. Oh, the grave!-the grave! It buries ever
ter Terror; covers every defect; exlinguishes evi
i'm Try resentment. From its peaceful bosor
bat springs none but fond regret and tender I
. 3 collection. w no can look upon the grav
) a even otan enemy, and not feel compun,
aid i've throb that be had ever waTred again
ing The poor handful Of earth that lies noulderin
nb. beGoreahim g aua aas asasaaea a3
ash But the grave of those. we love; what
'ald place Of meditationl There it is that v
90 call up ia long review the whole history
0hh virtue and happiness, and the thousand /
e" dearnents lavished upon US almost unhe
red ed in the daily intercourse of intimacy; Il
the tenderness Of the parting scene-the bed
in death, with all its staed .griefs, its Hoisele
,nld attendance, It's mute, watchful assiduitit
po- the last testimonials of expiring love: I
nge feeble, futtsring, thrilling; oh. how thrilir
un- pressure Of tho hand; the faint, faltering
tie cents, struggling in death to give one mc
Mr.. assurance Of aftection!
ct Ay, go. to tie grave OF buried love q
locn mediate! There settle the account "
lhat thy conscience for every benefit unrequit
y every endearment unregarded, Of that
;kea parted being who can never; never return
lucA be so0thed by thy Cohtrition. an
!, Lha' lfthou art child, and hast ever addeC
Ilas1 sorrow to the soul or fuFFow to the sill
snle brow ofan afectionate parent-if thou
, MN !. husband and hast ever caused the fond
7 Oy som that has ventured its whole happin
.hao in thy arms to doubt one moment Of
sutsp kindness and truth; if thou art friend !
7 7 ~ hast ever wronged, in thought or word,
: ~ sns deed, the spirit that generously conided
su1aA thee; ii thou art lover and hast ever gl
s'sus one unmsrited paRg 70 that heart that /
: : Po- lies cold and stiff beneath thy feet3 then
t9.n sure that every ,unkind lock- every uug
sen Ia Gus word, every ungentle action, will c,
sO thrOnging back upon the memory and kn
1e..y dolefuIly upon Thy soul; then be sure
sss9 wilt lie down sorrowing and repenting
9 lhe grave, and utter the unheard grOan,
81, pour the unavailing tear, more bitter,
us cause unheard and unayailing.
-ePeis Then weave the chaplet of flowers
Spy slrew the beauties ofanature about the d
81 consolesihys broken spirit, il thou q
i i with those tendersyet fertile tributes 0
...sse gret, and take warning by The bitterness
this thy contrits affliction over the dead.
esse hencsfoTth BE- more faithflla and afIectio
- in the discharge of thy duties to the Iii
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