Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-10-11
0gE1ER II.
9aNie4 4tpmtmtnt.
Written br the Spirit Of the Age.
An Eair Renaissance.
ny Nj trE, or VIRGINIA.
There's mol heart, however east,
By grief ID sorrow down,
But hath son4 memory Of the past,
To love anokall its own

OWs MANH H""H .HrAAbfI ~ L.
To love and ball its own
was a balmyleveuiug in the hOwery
tn Of May, wbp dame Nature presents
a lovely aud aAimating aspect, that an
man, whose thin locks were silvered
with the frost oimany winters, wended
way to an old ~mOss-covered and di-
lated building, once the happy abode
,ntentment and love. Tears were rap
coursing each other down his care-woru
furroBed cheeks, but with tottering
g he slowly advanced and being quite
ry, seated himself under the spreading
Of an old oak, in whose shade he
50 often reposed in " by-gone days
lily, it seemed that all nature had con-
ed to make him happy-for every shady
!, and haunt, and sylvan wood was vocal
b the wild and melodious notes of the
etest fcathered songsters of the day, ca
u their lay, in anthems Of praise
pwer goddess, too, was scattering her
sde Of floral beauties all around, and
ulets and whimpering stream
Rncing merrily along, ever muir
20 the bright aud beautiful
Eors that lived along their
rBolyssunsss s,.
ohe wistfully ga5ea
e deatbich appeared ~
6 an abb long cherished
Eating on some years,u,
(: Where aes he me9sf6es
bed so gracefullS togT dear
estead' in days or Where
ia and indulgent PHO in early
guarded me so tennd evinced
much solicitude conc my future
PPiness and prosperityd the fond
sters, where are they, yer greeted
10 with a smile of welcdo we're the
AaPPy participants of mlish joys or
sorrows Where arc tHoneY Sad
ecno answers where Pre- are now
no busy little footsteps sweetly on
my ear-no hum of chibices at play
y the green, and no goice to allie
Eiate the agony Of my nGessed mind.
DuS al Is calm, serene aiet-nought
70 disturb the trauquilit,e hour, save
now and then the merry of a bird as
= ~ swiftly hops from brao branch
me ola man was 0 %logloomy med
nations, while memory d him back
20 t1e fairy scenes Of days when
sng future was painted owing c%olors,
anu lne glided by like act untroubled
cream. Alas murmur, | was happy
shen, Tor care nor so,had not then
Iound entrance into myldish bosom
since then | have real that life haiti
ualA, o~,ershadoWing cb. l am nov
weary of life, and long tpose by the sid,
OF nose l love, who areE calmly sleep
ing their long, last sleetee from the Vi
Ssieuues and turmoils this cold an,
bitter world.
Aie was aroused from dreamy revert
by approaching foostepsond on lookin
W ne discovered yoth standing nea
HIM. Stranger, laid h, snardon me f.
lntruding, but waatNe mn doing here /;
your munro, auu wn3SSS arU y0R going
'Ihave no home repA he, but [ cam
to visit my parents, and y, the home {
my early childhood; butt find the plaC
deserted aud no traces ofhem remain
Fifty years ago, l babe adj to my friend
and left yonder roof whid had sheltere
me from infancy, for the off West, fl
the purpose of accumulate ,OeaLth. Fo
tune smiled upon me, and was soon su
rounded with all the luxles this life a
fords, but found that all til was not essel
tlal 10 happinessj and ribs take win;
and fly away Felicity hue felicity
sought after often, but rart ever fount
IT'S a gem of inestimable lue, possesst
by few. For many long ys l have bee
a miserable man, and have lndered fro
place to place, regardlessf self or Il
world. Would you know %tlcause Of th
unhappiness, then listen to simple st,
ry: In my youthful dayspassionate
loved a fragile, though beaJul being
She was too pure, too log, for cart
Oh! methinks | yet can see bse meltir
dark eyes beaming so teudg upon m
and hear that soft, ~silvery Ie soundir
) In my ears like the mild NOD of dista,
Emusic, when we know not whae the SOU
proceeds. Her delicate forr BENDER as
sylph's, was repleto with grac Ind her ri,
golden tresses foated in wavtnrls arouI
snowy neck. Languags inadeoua
I'd kpress her loneliness or 6%eekcellenci,
IA e was my beau.ideal of,amanlv :,
fectiO outlce it, we wereetrothed ;
won noble prize. Tn world ii
seemed yaradise to me, andife one 10
summer ddf, Ger which no clad, | fancic
could ever PINE to shadow M sunny hop
But, a tsadNchange came or the spirit
my young dfsams.' The cup of felict
was suddenly dAsshed from my lips. Clar
gentle, noble. gel erous, varm-hearted c
raj l was soon He'd to stand by thy b
side, and SEQ peacefully breathe t
last. Oh! w. agony l endured. i
thou art novn Angel in Heaven.
'Tis aream that is quickly Ger;
IthaMoched my heart with is golden wi
u | can love-can love no more"
The I'D man ceased speakiuc-his br
bfonrnfully touching story was end,
He build repress his pent-up feelings
longer, but gave free vent to them in a &c
oftears.
fwas much affected, and felt deeply
crested in him-offered my assistance, a
prevailed on him to go with Inc and sh,
my cottage residence. So we retraced {
steps homeward. The last, lingering ra
of the king Of day was rapidly disappear
behind the horizons bro y, and gray I
light was softly stealing on, bringing
sombre mantle of murky night the lit
bright stars too, were beginning to peep
from their far off thrones, and ike an,
Watchers looking serenely upon the wo
belOw-while 'pale Cynthia majestica
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