The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-21


goes It I, % Il should be- but Il Is lementa-
" dofrieni ia an apes
You eau have IL @ what Il Is worth, aud
rcdit the same 10 my account.
A VISION OF AMBITION
rr1IE Si"sr.
One fammsr mou rd stfellsd away,
10 phs. tlc smoky, sntry day,
Anart hum dust nnd dIn and strife,
Wlthln grove, whose shade h rio
with calry splrlis by whose spell,
Visions Of earth, or sea, or fell,
.ihnca inr OF urnr fuiurc-ur pust, -
on mortal sight came lifting fast.
Tall Ehns aud Naples, branching wide,
sent up thelt trunks Oh every slide,
Unlike pillar seemed each tree,
Supporting the arehcd canopy
Ofircnhlng loaves, o'erIead That hung,
wherc squirrel loaped, aud Mid bird sung
While here shrub, and lhorc q Dr.,
Stood on the Green, Ike wo~hipper
IN earthly temple offering prayer, .....
wlihn tbs grolto's cooling shade,
Ful on tie sward fountain played,
And elauced like Sllyer b. the CLEAN 10
Urruutninr, "a u wEndrrtrg BEAM
lind Ti-rc-a-t twisted bouphr lHiaaig,
And Ike y sm,lo on bonuiys face,
Itelrmore lovely for its place, --,
Brrlh DER the gushing fountain hung
FROM ihis clear fount there issued forth
br-,k that muraurod- To the north,
And kissed the flowers thai beudod low
To greet itin ~ onward now
And, where II issued IN the sun,
bright Ger the flashing pebbles run.
And whore Il wandered IN the shade,
And sporicd the Wild iowcrs among,
So Nlldlysweot tilcsucumlet sung,
. rpought some h,iry ~ the.riadc'N VA
th'triT'ins nu''esInu,t have made l
Almost enrapl ufOd via, tsii- -ral, -l-----.- q
throw me down wIthln,u,e rui,
Ile.do giant rnaplc's base,
Upon ~ lovclness 10 gnzo.
I Thought ofPocts sonE- ofold,
wbeu on the ivugpago there rolled
a tide of magic numbers on,
Inspired by muse Of Holicon,
ofalI the swcct aud wondrous tales,
r'crrung orfdr Tcmpcan wales, f.
Of idn's mount whore mighty JoVo
Game down to meet his earthly hove,
otsircnIns Mhnse erl.stal lyaiers rnlled --------
Through Gelds Of aowers, DER sandsofguld,
ufisle. who're ewes of Hours glanced,
Ard on the verdant swnrd RlG danced
While in each gently lapring strpan, ftflH.
Nymphs dWot a. fair NJ poets dream.
Halt drunk with v,ions such ~ those.
Md miled 70 siurnbcr by the brrcxe
That whispered through tho living grove.
A, low ~ murmurcd words ofloye,
Adrcpmy lapguor o,or me Atole, l.f.t. .,
2 |nceloiH ecstasy OF SIOUX ID , I..
Thntmndeme feclns spirit Gcc.
AZ though chrlthaa nechaint for me, -
ItWas No, deer, forsstln Tkucw 3 p r
,rsztEsiFit % tho sense ANA true. 80
And sense a. spirit vet that both
Had gained q power unknown ill then,
.roseo aud hear far more tlnn when
Awake duh earth bound mortal doth,
thought mo In a,emple vast,
Almighty structure of the past,
With pillar, shan and architvnvc,
Rich rrc,ted roof and ysllys, pave.
'fhe fount TINT in the centre played,
Changed to II dancing Nereid,
While sweet knoll, and moEy stone;
Grow up aSNo stately throne.
Zach tree sent forth a fairy spritc,
Each dell n being angel bright,
RisnF ns still upon my sight,
- though each were a beautianA flower,
That grow up there within an hour
Among these beings there was one,
Who seemed fragment OF tho sum-
shining ray by magic caught,
s." Aud into this fair being wrought,
a single jewel, brighter far
THAN Iespcrus, famed evening star,
Shono on her brow, while in her hand
Sho waved the seeptre Of command.
Hcr robe was from the rainbow torn, -.
Her scarfrgni from The sky ut morn.
Whom Sol hrst,mounts his giittering car,
And w the west frrirs rngruing'
Upon her banner high Pnrolcd,-- r. ,e
So high mcthoueht that all tho worll
Could see this g,rnishod Nag unfurled,-
Was writ in chnrnctars -ef gold, ----------
Flashing M stars, vet thin ms air,
One word that nude the wide world stare
IN wondcs as Il Haunted there.
T. wasa brigh t,and burning name,
so bright Il almost seemed a flame,
That worl that in my vision came
-,, upon that banner; it WIS FAME. -i
The end Of "l'yttc first" Perhaps ii
thread Of the story will never be connects
for fanrirs are slow TO come at my biddir
now; and Lean hardly be, raekpned among q
Young mch Who shah see Visions nor PC
haps have we fallen on The latter days G
prnphccy. have hope that some note Of Il
ola song is yct lingering in the chambers {
-mtmory. and that in the rcvciics ec n fntn
hour | may sec the end Of thiA beginning; NJ
that, too, bct6rc EhAye' in deTNi0 rglispos'
OF my rhyming dictionary, BY .'s.
When | hive anything more to eornnrur
rate, rUadGr, b,lIeve me, I shall TorThWf
."6utwiltitN ,,e-f &.I.
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