The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-16
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.yoUNa AMERICA,

"YoUNg AMERICA
BY YGEoRGE w.crRris or pons rrgRY.
There {. land, -aid Mr. G., in which
the sun Is always rising, history is obso-
lete, and destiny forgotten. Every man
is poet there, and the elixir Of life and
youth aud b auiy. flows freely for all.
IN that land lifc Is round game. and
accounts are always upon the square.
There the normal state !, ihat Of an cN-
Lau.ted receiver and Nature nlhors
vacuum. Scrcuaders are tolerated
there. for tbe flutes and hand organs
are played for love aul nor for money.
Games are won whether at billiard. or
business; polite, are honest and poets
have money to lend at one per cent
IN that radiant reason Djogcnes has
long since eNtinguishcd his lantern. and
the man IN the moon, a, most lovers of
moonshiuc know, turns ont 10 hc a Wo-
man. II j, laid down on no map
Ponce De Loon sought il in Florida.
and DE Soto pursued it to the Missi>-
sippi. But 10 mariner ever found those
fairy shores Millions have set sail for
them with the fni'h OF Columbus, and
the fate Of Sir John franklin. We
have all taken that voyage at sometime
in our lives. 1t is rs large as The world.
and has but one. owner Ii is the re-
eion Of impossibliiics. !, is the rosy
Realm Of Fncy.and it belongs to Youth.
The world is full OF greatness and
success; but they are nothing TO
Youth. II says well done" TO Alex
andcr, and put, Hannibal on the back
it smiles paironi1ing on julius Caesar,
and will acknowledge Homer to be
good poet. If you insist upon IL and
and even admits That, at present , and
, makes four But i, is secretly con-
WINGED that all these works Of antiquity
are only partial and incomplete affairs,
not 10 be compared with what can be
done in our day, and resolves that the
time skaH come when two aud two shall
make five.
II cries aloud in very wanionncss,
What is lIecuba to me, or to lIec-
cuhn-or what is Julius Caesar p Like
the Summer in Victor lIugo's song, the
Future sings;
have roses,
have golden fruits
And the bewlderel little boy believes
Il al, and sets out 10 gather them lie
put. out lis hand for the moon, and
promises to distribute the STARS lorplay-
things lie rushes into Tie blaze. mis-
taking Il for glory, and meets with the
fave Of ofEmpedoclcs in Eina
Bewildcred little boy No. ?, hears
bis cries from the crater, and dcspiscs
him for bis presumption. Foolish lel-
low, be says, to put his head into the
lions month Aud straightway he runs
10 put his own into the wolf :.
lie says to Renown, What great
cars you have gotr 'The better 10
hear you with. my dear And to Love,
. What great hands you have -
The better to feel you with, my dear.
And to Money, What great teeth you
have got" The better 10 eat you with"
Aud snap be goes.
Youth, sublimely audacious. insults
Fame and bullie, History Il builds
stately ChaieaHr en- ESpagae, and goes
walking Spanish, over broad green
fields TO get to them, aud in the highest
tower Of The castle, discovers that black
Is white
IL individuals this youth pas.e, away,
bot in States u Is perennial. Romance
Is is hiugraphcr. Il has ils social. po-
iilical and moral aspects, DO, il i, found
iu all times and all countries. Infinite
contempt, sublime hope, and restless
ambition are iis characteristics every
whore.
Aleibiades IS ihr type oflhis spirit Of
ynu,h-alWay- ieasiiug ia maguiGcvnce,
always ia purple garment. He Aoulcd
age, ptccdeuen and re.peciabiiliy.--
lie ua. q ralical who bollel the regu-
bar nominations when ihey dil not hap
pcu 90 suI bim. lie Nas fllibn,tcr
ol a large sgalr-S.c.Iy wa. his Cala.
Al one time Do Was capiially coudem-
ucl. ai another he achieved glorious
victories, and rciurarl from them in
ucA triumph a. drunken company
from = lebauch. Yet be Wa, srli-ry-
ing aud sgrec..fuL H. had ihouand
cucm.es, but SocHies ua hi, fuend.
l. seem, rutiols uOU 90 read iLe history
Of Noars An RIGA, in ihis Greek Fer-
SION, iv3 lhousni years Oh
Il De lad lived in our iimc he would
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