Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-05-06

Shine ,hGse stars, dothey not'' with .abcauiy so
bright,
As to chase from these Courts all the shadows Of
night. -
What mr., could have furnished such state for our
Queen,
As Nature hath spread DER this carpet OF green!
For you sec, do you not it is spacious. and high
And canopicd DER with the blue vaulted sky.
SECOND MAID.
But the pleasures of friendship, the rnp,ures OF
love, ~
More dearly we prize, for they come from above!
They are 1cnr, are they not or to nortals are
given,
To furnish fore,nstr Of pleasures IN heaven.
In the May.day Of youth or In LIES winry gloom,
In sunshine or darkness alike they will bloom
And they grow, do they not! in the warmth OF
the soul 80
Frufn The sun totrid heat the fross Of the pole
FIRST MAID.
The magic Of beauty the hear, may beguile,
Live may die by hown, or may live on q smile.
], MAY sting. may 1t NOT to the heartsrery core,
And the victor and victim together deplore.
Then strcw we the roses on life's thorny way,
As the erthlrf1s Of beauty and branty's decay.
they will die will they not! yet they'll leave in
their stead
The breath of their fragrance, tho withered and
dead.
SECOND MAID.
Round these a1tars we strew all the flowers Of the
Spring,
And round them will gather rs maidens to sing;
For Eve drcafled, who has not! hearing m1sic
so sweet,
Of joys ton ccsihric III. senses to grcct.>
rhen n health to the lovely, and those who de.
frnd her,
And our daiy and 1otc, Queen, to thee we will
tender.
| Then we'll part, who Must mol with our friends
and goul cheer.
And bid them adieil for another long year.
It was nor tho time of the seasons to speak and
claim their place in the picture. Accordingly
each prononf,ced modest address in keeping
with the character she acted and the period she
represented.
The addresses, al in verse, wcrc either otigi-
nal or well selected, and were generally delivered
in handsome manner, both as respects voice
and gesture. attitude and action. OF course, no
reasonable person expected. or could expect that
| Mrs. Sddons should b. recalled 10 mind. The
Coronation over, the band, which lrad been
playin: ut proper intervals, again struck up Tire
lively air Of g God save the Queen" when the
procession headed by her Royal Majesty and
j"incd by the admiring crowd, moved off a,
right angles from the bowcr 70 where a tempting
feast was spread.
The Queen, attended as before, took Zip her
position at the head Of the table, nearest the
bower when her followers parting to the right
and left, marched on, each hal,ng at the nea
plate, as he passed his neishbor in 'front.' fill al
had got plates who could, and all divided plate.
who would. The crowd having paid assiduou'
devotion to the substantials, sweet meats ant
cooling beverages, adjourned to thesscats Onct
< In short timet!lc sum had declined benin,
the Western hills and fred the proud tops Of th
Eastern Pines. Again the music bursts: on .tlli
car, the shrill fife and clarinet pierce the balpD
air anda the loud ccloins dunn rolls along tho
hills. The.sisnal for. the ,lance7 Away TO iii,
dance! Again the procession forms and is ol
in an instant, carriages rein motion. footn,eh
astir. and horscmen in the saddle The painting
crowd are hurrying on all sides in irregular bu,
splendid confusion toward the great point Of at
Traction, Colonel BorLwARE's S mansion. There
al eyes, al steps, all thoughts are tending.
Having rcat he'd her fathers house, whittier
she had been escorted by the beating hearts Of her
merry Subjects and the tender care of many a
sigI,ing swain. three loud cheers, with valves
aborc tho head, died away OH the distance, for
the lovely Quecn Of May. She disappeared aud
all is TItsIrel. But ere long the shades of nigh,
are ch,si,ig in and the sprightly eloqucncc Of
feet is heard. Holly llill house is brilliantly
lighted and 20 is the calm wide world without.
From the zenith of clear sky, deeply, dark
~. beautifully blue, with here and there but a
sparkling gem Of the first magnitude, the modest
Queen m night, pours firth her rays, broad,
round and bright, DER the pale Garth. Whip
poor-wiIl warblcs in the AL jaccnt woods and the
night winds creep from leaf to leaf. Occasion
ally, solitary CUES. waH'ltrs aTr,nt the grounds,
enjoying his nwn rcrerics anon he pauses in
the dark shade Of a signing Oak, or cmrrges
into the blazing splendor Of the full moon.
There is dangerous silence, and an evil still
ness in the hour, which makes the full heart
open itself, and that too, without the power Of
calling wholly back its scr.control, for
.:ThesIver light, which hallowins tree and tower,
Sheds beauty and deep soffness, DER the whole,
Brenlhs also to the heart. and DER it throws
4 loving langu0r, which is not repose."
Who can sleep, in such scene, on su.h
night? and how much mischief is caused by
keeping awake. Meantime, three measures are
trca'ling in the house and piazza, putting life
into the feet Of age and Rhcumatism-all hearts
beat happily, and mellow music lends its sweet
ness To the soul. Soft eyes look love to eyes,
which speak again, and all goes mcrrily till a
late hour of night. But by and by, the ihrorg
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