Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-04-06
Wakes and starts around
The sleeping fragrance from the ground,
And scat,ers o'cr the living scene


Her freshest, ienderest, smOolhest grecn.'
- Snrian-.: Ennnnl If you intend TO call 10 ytur
aid the lines of enraptured yet honest voary vi
mine as classic Thomas Cray Of " Churchyard'
| memory, I WELD at once admit the soft impcacn-
mcnt and allow that mildness is one of my chnrac-
teris,ics-But upon what premises do you proceed to
erm me halmy!'
Upon the simple ground that thou bringest h, aiEg
on thy wings conn,eract the ills inflicted upon tie
children of men by thy hard hearted predecessor II
this thou hast not done, then wrong in calling
thee balmy
Spring. g Not wrong nor altogether right We
will however refrain disputing puint, which
your (so.called) Medical faculties. The" pros and
Z" cons of my healing ability wonld each have
enough Of advocates. 1t would he said by good
many sapient NJ D'S., doubtless, that whae cured
some killed others.-But say OH, and tell me wien
tlou oamest to i knowledge Of tho truth that was
love.inspirng -
Long, long 20, in the houghtess days of buyhoo',
was this same knowledge impaired 10 us by several
little well.remcmercd experiences. True, the feeling
then cngenjGrcd was what is called puppy-lovc,
and passed away with the leeting hour. But enough
Of those passages is remembered 10 know that they
were invariably and inscparably conncc;c. with thy
sweet in:ences, Thy moonlit nights, thy gardens of
owcr,, thy rural sports and the cirpcd and ,riled
melodies of thy fealhercd songsters. Since those
DAYS we have had more than occasion to confess
thy ovc.insriring power. And, 10 cut the matter
short, we at this very time know of several old
bachelors hereabouts who will come before you and
sesli(y on oath that they still feel at thy return, n
glow at their old Hearts and tender ycarning among
their ancient affections after object to fasien
upon winch they never know at any other season.
Spring. " And why callestthou poetry knowing! :"
Because, having glanced at the poetry Of all
Chrstcndom. we find thy name and thy charms ever
prominent in the ode, the sonnet or tho lyric. So
frequent indeed is the mention Of thy beauties therein
that we are forced TO the conclusion that thou has
,hyscf insligaed them in the great majority Of cases
Spring " But am / really lassiludc. bringing"
rs thou hast said ~
With the highest admiration for thy many merits
and beauties, oh, Spring, we must still say III candor
that there is this slight defect in thy character Thou
dos make us lazy, after dinner especially. and more
especially if that dinner thou hast administered 10
dish of that flvorte narcotic Of thine, known TO
mur;als ~ Lettuce. Yet it cannot he called an un-
pleasant sensation, this lassitude thou hrngcst upon
ILL.,. Many regard it glorious relaxation.
Spring. " Attempt not to palliaie my defects; but
tell M, lastly, (and be very brief oo, why it is that
thou hast attributed to me "memory weakening
power!''
Well we arc rather put to it for very satisfactory
reason. But We feel that the expression is not
inappropriate ono TO myself There is something,
we know not what, in the whispering Of thy breezes
at cv.nng-lide which carries the soul lit may be by
assoca,ion) to the pleasant days of the past There
is that in the melody of thy tuneful choir, which
touches chord in the human heart, whose vibrations
resemble nearly what we felt in our earlier days
TO take back, in The spirit, 10 those with whom We
once enjoyed the delights inseparablc from thine np
proach There is something too IN Thy genial sun.
beams, which tllaws our caOus sensibililies, hasens
the flow of sluggish blood, and enlivens
our imagination and makes us love 10 muse upon all
that is good and kind and true in the lies which
united us to those who are now numbered among the
"jus ones made perfect"
Spriag. Then, mortal, let al improve these
gentle Influences to the refining and enobling of their
natures, and my annual mission, while imparing
pleasure in life may not be without good fruits in
eternity.