Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-03-20

o.. Ea-dsr CONES .|e powerful Hnga tsy
krrr.E a iA- ea-t Ia- .---,aiag r.oud,
Tie ,.lIr- --. .l. me r1lr,44u's ar1g
lil' . a.ih cord z &. Die a-.- approach
f h.'.a-u at H. alr, apparent IN,
f-.sHt iar CIV ltE g. elrth. nnt s..ardlr,
tle oH1s il 1rlu- F-s ue ss-y abroad
faa shed. 'he ,IIat1. t.s. t..t 1su.-bd PLAYS,
burprE- sHd atis s.I '.., rs, s. wand rag streams
H'gl cleaning .fau a.fr
That ya.sag- b. universally al o.raJ, tu, there
Is ano Der 81 tie Samo-r ui.ch /. quite eq1a
10 It ia beauy and r.ipuey tho i, /, rot 50 Of.
Ten rcsd az qaord vs. here give n:
See, bea a, once 'ae taght-etTi'seut sun,
Ri-iug direct. .a'' chasing .ru tie say
The short F'd rRi q ard .Hb ardent b'aza
LOCKS g.iv fierce trough IT the tszz ipg air.
tie mouhis h'- throne; bat sind before i.n sends,
ls-uing from oa' We portals o, the rnarn.
The general rre,za ID ritgs'r hs fire.
Aud breathe r-.fe-bmen, on lsiutIug world.
The Autumn is perhaps one OF The most m.
differently written seasons Il Is rather pro.y ~
Hyle and dull IN thought, yet it contains one Of
best tales that ever came r IN The pen Of man,
We mean biz Palemon and IAvinia We be.
iiesr it wa written peviau, to, aud published
s'parairl, from the AuumH. Aud was after,
watds incorporated ia that poem for the purpose
Of giving grace aud 5rpn'y to the Effort
Bat We pass 10 bis Miner, which /. tic chef
de ourrc The masiet plece Of bis works. Well
do We remember il. opening. We read il thirty
years ago, and We have read i at las, tliny
times since Il opens thus, spanking and beau.
lifui--
See Winter comes 20 rule he varied year,
SuiIen and sad, w,th me- hi rising train:
Rsp'r-, & Clouds, & Storms. b. these nv theme.
These that eAat the sool 10 solemn thought.
A. heavenly mu-ipg Welcome kindred q,ooms!
Congrnai houor-, bail WIN frequent DOT,
Pleasd have t. 10 my cheerful morn ai lite,
When nar-d bY carelea. Soil ude I'vd
AID sung Of Na'urp N,th uace,sius 1y,
Pic,-'d have WANDERED thrp' your rough domain:
Trod the pare virgin SHOWS. myself as pure;
Heard the W'nIs roar, add tie bl1 torrent burst
Or seen the Experimenting tempest bsew'd,
In n. grlm evening sky.
There Is nothing IL The whole range of Eng
Literature superior to, or scarcely comparable
with hi. account If the man prri.hins in The
snow. We have read i thousaud liui~. ana Al.
wsysA uh increasing drlisb aud renewed 4dmi.
ration. 0ar attention is fissd. and our hsarl IL
struck when b. tells as:
--aud down he sinks
4 Beneath the shelter NJ tie slapae.. drin,
I 1hnaag DER all The bitterness % Aesih
M,Xd with the lender anguish Mature shoots
/ through the wrang bosom OF the diving man,
4 HIS wife bta rht tlrun aud bls frtnuds uo-nan
But the finest pah follows, and u tells lhp nlc
Of the Poet Of he Seasons IN his best style. He
thus goes on
In vain inr him III ofliclous wife prepares
The fire fair.bhzng and the yos mont warm.
10 vaiu hs little cbi'dren paepiug out
Into the mngimg storm demand their sire,
With tears Of artless innocence Aasl
I nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold
Nor friends. nor sacred home.
Be-ides bis Seasons, Thompson wrote seye al
otber poems # dc d'd merit, but thu the criic.
say Otherwise, W. never ihough BIN haopy in
IN his tragedies. There is suflne,s--eyen a
dizziness in bis plays which supernduc.s ,omno.
Ieuce instead ol piessureabIe excitement He
vas EVIDENT, no Shakespeare, nor the nulh par,
ot him. The reader m perhaps remember the
scene which occurred in The London theatre
when his tragedy If Sophonisba was first per.
formed The lrouing line occur. IN Il. I'VE
quote from memory, nol hasng the plays before
us.)
o Sophoni.ha, Sopboni,ba o.
Thompson was present, aud when the acor
poke this line, wag Ia the pil arose and point
ing to the poet exclaimed in true theatrical
/ style,
O Jimmy Thompson, Jimmy Thompson O.
The effect was electrical, and the poet had tC
"cut stick" and run
Bul we have extended this article rather 10,
far, and viii close. Nnh the following eIrrac
ON The closing HMM Of Thompson
"These, "a they change, Almighty Father these
4 Are but the varied God The rolling year
| l. full al Thee Forth IN tie plea inc Spring
i Thy beauty waks,thy tenderness lud love
Wide flush the field, the sotening air Is balm
Echo the mountains round the "a. ct smiles;
Ard every sense, aud every heart is Joy.
Then comes thy glory IN the Summer months,
WIN light and heat reinlgent hen thy sun
Shoots u perfection through the swelling wear !:
Aad 90 Thy ,aga IL dTeadta, Thunder speaks
And OF Al dawn. deep noon, III falling eve,
Rs brooks aud goye>, in acknowledging gales
Thy bounty shines in Autumn uncouiod,
Md ,prcsds common feast tr ali that lives.
In W uter.aWhl Thou with clouds and storms
Around thee thrown tempest DER tempest rolfJ,
Majestic darkness on the whIrwmds wing.
Riding sulDime, Chou bld,t he world adore.
And Aumbas nature with Thy northern blast"
SEmaus ArfRsy .--Our whole communit
va. shoct a on We'd, a.day evening, says tn,
HnsiSsippian BY bloody atray which occurre,
q he curuerot Capitol and State streets Isaac
/ Edward. and VIM. GrAil htd s"m' slight di
onie and ahetcauon, when G.. slot at t., bu
~hb"n' riiael. Gahn then lpG, bar returned u
about hitf"n minute, the alteration was re
ne"ed. aud he saal Edvatd. ihr#uah tie lpi