South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1853-04-29

absence, like "Peneiope;;" that the "wheel
Of time may sooner bring round his return
but his spirit is with her
Although his pathway may be traced,
Upon life's dark and drecIy waste,
Memories of home his spirit will bless,
With thoughts oi life, love and happiness.
Like a>star in the mist. his home fits by,
Fancy sees it oft, wishing it nigh
1t comes IN his dreams, his spirit to Iull,
Making life seem all beautiful.
Every lovely path he treads, and every
flower he sees, reminds him Of the joy he
is losing, tn. bright faces he has leit-he
cultivat-s no other "Howers" than "hope'
and "memory"- no other music than the
| name Of home. He recalls 10 mind
"'Tis sweet to hear tho watch dogs homes,
bark,
Bay deep.mouth'd welcome as we draw ncaI
home,
'Tn sweet to know there is IN eye will mark
Que coming, and looking brighter when we
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Home is mans paradise, and world
"The bird will drop into its nest, though
the treasures Of earth and sky are open to
iw-thus will woman make home hrr
sphere, in which TO think, 10 speak, to act
and true woman never departs from it
only to "raise those who fall, to comfort
and help the weak-hearted," to sympa.
thize with her fellow beings and teach
them how TO be good and happy: Home
is woman's empire. To influence, to
brighten, and make happy one noble, wor-
thy hrart-should be the height and extent
Of her ambition-to make that one forget
the strife and storms without for the light
and iove-lit smile within-should be her
highest aim.
"Happy, happier far than thou,
With the laurel on thy brow;
She that makes the humblest hearth
Lovely but to one on earth"
The youth who leaves his fathers hall
to search for wisdom, wealth or fame, ne
Yer forgsts the home Of his childhood his
heart will oft be sick 10 breathe his native
air, TO tread again his native hills, 10 gaze
upon the gentle flowing river, to listen 10
the melody Of birds, whose voices were "a
milisr to his boyhood, and not more merry
Than his own-and whose soarings taught
him to rise trustingly above the ills of life,
even 10 the sky Of Heaven.
He may win wealth, honor and fame,
but not without strife and toll, di'appoint-
ment and vexation, which often wearies
his heart, making it long for peace and
quiet. Then his mind wanders back with
unerring instinct to the happy homes Of
bis infancy and boyhood he pines to rest
again beneath the roof which sheltered him
in early years, TO lave his parched lips in
the spring near the cottage, or from the
''iron bound and moss covered bucket that
hung in the WELL"
"Sweet voices OF home, then come in his dreams
And carry him back 10 his childhood scenes,
To that fond mother, on whose faithful breast,
His childhood was feared, and gently earcssed.
Such memories come over tho weary
spirit like the summer rain upon the with
ering flower; or like the dew Of morning,
beautifying and invigorating the dropping
soul, raising our thoughts TO higher and
purer sphere.
What an earnest and soul-thrilling plea
sure is homeward journey, after an ab-
sence Of years7 How the heart bounds
with delightful auticipation,! In fancy,
we meet with our friends many times ere
we reach them, hearing and saying thou
sand kind words the hopes and fears, the
exces, Of joy, which becomes almost pain
full, cannot be described; for the deepest
and best feelings of our nature cannot be
told. The first familiar object that meets
our eyes has power 10 check or hasten the
beatings Of The heart which seems too large
TO end room enough for it's breathiDgs in
this world, and it would break asundsr its
prison door, were 1t not for tears, in which
we pour forth it's earnest overflowings.
But we cannot endure to see a change,
the shadow Of change, even an improve.
men, darkens the spirit---it says, passing a.
way, passing away! that we and all else
must soon pass away, and our places have
other occupants. But sorrow aud regret
are forgotten in The pure and heartfelt Joy
caused by family meeting. The attach.
ment Of brothers and sisters, the devotion
OF mothers is Of no evapeseent natsre. It
not only brightens the present, but occu-
pies the memory with an undying influ-
ence, and is often in after life q "grsen
spot" an "oasis'' in . desert. 'Tis there
we learn to govern ourselves, and Danish
every feeling which selfisbnes, engeud,rs;
we there learn TO exert ourselves foy The
happiness Of others, andthere we learn the
value Of existence.
Ia after life,, when surrounded by trials
and temptations, we find our rec,itude en-
daugered, perhap, shaken, how sweet and
dear is the remembrance Of that period,
whca ws enjoyed The highest delight from