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Mr.. WEBSTER on THE MORNING,

The following beautiful letter, from the pen Of Mr.
-webste-, was written to friead years ago. 1t
will be read with much interest, not only for its in
trinsic beauties but purely literary production;
RICHMOND, Va, b.
5 o'clock, A. NJ April 20, lS47.
NV Dear Friend wv neither it be a favor
or an annoyance, you owe this letter to my
early habits Of rising From the hour mark
cd at the top of the page you will naturally
conclude thot my companions are not now.
engaging my attention, as we have not cal
culated on being early travellers today
This city has pleasant seat II Is
.'s .ss,as below it. and
morning in Its metaphorical sense, applied
te SO many occasions The health, strength.
and beauty of early years lead US to call
that period the morning oflife Ola love.
~ young woman We say sheis bright as the
morning, aud no one doubts why Lueifer is
called so of the morning
But the morning itself, few people, inhab,
itapts Of cities know anything about A.
mong all our good people, not one in thou.
sand sees the sun rise once year. They
know nothing Of the morning Tleirilea oft
IS that 1t Is that part of the day which comes
long after cup of coffee aud a beefste,k or
piece of toast With them. morping i
not new issuing of light, new bursting
forth OF the sun, new waking up Of all
that has life from sert Of tenn porary death
to behold a ain the works of God the htay.
ems and the earth il is emily q. par. Of the
domestic day belonging to reading newlpa-
pers' answering notes, sending the children
10 sehoet, and giving orders for dinner
The trst strea1 of hight, the earliest bur
ping sfthe East, which the lark springs up
to greet, and the deeper and deeper coloriiug .
INTO orange aud red, till at length the sslo i
rlous sun IS seen, regent Of the day'-ihls /
they never enjoy, for they never see it
Beautiful descriptions of the morning a.
bound III all languages, they are the strong.
est perhaps in the East where the suH &
often an object of worship.
King David speaks of taking to himself 1.
the wings Of the morning This is highly /
poetical and beautiful The wings Of the
morning are the beams Of the rising sun
Rays ofhght are wings Ii is thus said
that the sun of righteousness shall arise
with healing in his wings rising sun
that shall scatter life, health and iioy
throughout the universe.
uaS AuC descriptions OF morning,
out not SO many as Shakespeare, from whose
writings pages of the most beautiful image.
y, all founded on the glory Of morning, 1
might be filed.
never thought that Adam had much the
advantage of US from having seen the wsrld
Then it was new
The manifestations Of the power Of God,
Ike His mereiesa are new every morning, |
md fresh every menient
We see a. fine risings Of the sun as ever
Adam saw, and its risings are as much
miracle now as they were Ia his day. and
hink good deal more, because il is now ! :
art of the miracle, that for thousands and q
thousands Of years he has come to his Aap- j
'einted time, without the variation Of i mil. i
lcath part Of second AdamEeould not {
ell how this might be. I know tie morn. Il
ag--I am acquainted with il, and / love 5
!. ] love il fresh and sweet as itis-aaai. i
! new creation, breaking forth and calling d
Il that have life, and breath and being to
ew alteration, new enjoyments and new
ratitade DANIEL WEBSTER