Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1851-185?, 1852-10-13

fa sever ana iiy;
R. .sg art the lone star
Mote pure ior the flight
Ana glowing more brightly
r.. darker the nirhts ANTOiNETTE.
The Webster Letter.
81 following letter was written BY Mr..
r.Ira 70 friend, some years ago. Il
i. read with interest, not only for its
iria.ie beauties, but as purely literary pro-
ra.ian from this eminent statesman.
RICHMOND, April %, 1917, 5 AN.
Whether Il be a favor or an annoyance,
,oa owe this letter to my early habits Of
r..ne-From the hour marked at the top OF
ae fa-,. You will naturally conclude that my
companions arc not now cugagingmy attention
.us lave not calculated on being early tray
'.-. today
This citv has a pleasant seat. 1t is high
James river runs below it. and when !
gs. out an hour ago nothing was heard but
i sH.. The air is tranquil and the temper
a,.g mal Ills moraiRg, and morning
.ne aal fresh. aud delightful. Everybody
sa. ,ae morning in its metaphorical senses
.r.islt IS Is many objects and on 80 many oe-
,.~ .ns The health, strength and beauty
.4r'y year, iead us to call that period the
narnn. u le. OF lovely young woman,
II, H, shc + bright a. the morning. and no
oao iouhs why Lucifer Is called the son Of
incoming
Ba. .ae morning itself few people, inhabit-
aasor cities know anything about. Among
III oar 1esl people, %. one in thousand see
II. .an r.sc once year. They know moth
ias II the morning. Their idea Of it is, that
X n that part Of the day which comes along
a.er cup Of coffee and beefsteak, or piece
s. taast. With them, morning is not new
i.sainr of light new bursting forth Of the
.an. anew waking up Of all that has life from
Fl II temporary death, to behold again the
works 81 God. the heavens and the earth it
+. only part Of the domestic day. belonging
III iae roadingof newspapers. answering notes,
,.nr ,hc children 10 school and giving or
l.-. ior dinner.
lae ar,. streak Of light, the earliest pHrp-
lag 81 lie East which the lark springs up
L greet, and the deeper coloring into orange
arlral. ull at length the glorious sun is seen,
la1ent :, the day-this they never enjoy for
they never sec IT.
King David speaks Of taking to himself
Tia wings of thc morning This is highly
poetical and beautiful. The wings Of the
morning are the beams Of the ri ing sun.
Rays of light are wings Il is thus said that
'ae sun Of righteousness shall arise with
healing in his wings "a rising sun that shall
.catier life, health and joy throughout the
Universe
Milton las fine descriptions Of morning
1ut not so many as Shakespeare, from whose
e.i iugs pages Of the most beautiful imagery,
lnasl on the glores Of morning, might
illcd.
never thought that Adam had much the
advantage Of us from having seen the world
when it was new.
We sec as ine risings Of the sun as even
Adam saw, and its risings are as much a mira !
clo now as they were in his day, and think
a good deal more, because it is now part Of
tho miracle that for thousands and thousands
Of years he has come to his appointed time
without the variation Of milionth part Of a
second Adam could not tell how this mi ght
be. know the morning. am acquainted
with il. and love il fresh and sweet as Il Is
"A daily new creation breaking forth and
calling All that have life health and being to a
new alteration. new enjoyments and new graf
itude.