The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-19
Farewell to sum mer.

Farewell to Sums er.
Another Summer has quickly fed; its pre-
cious hours are numbered with the irrevocable
past its golden opportunities and sweet en-
ioyments are gOne-gOne forever In those
few brief, eventful months, how much of Joy
and sorrow have left their traces in the hearts
of our feilow-beings. How many hopes have
budded-how many have faded forever!
Another glorious Summer, with all its
bright, rural charms-its pOmp of grOves-its
garniture of fields-ts exuberant f0liagc-=its
yernal frcshness-its lovely fowers->its gOr-
geous woOdlands-its beautiful birds-its
morning splendor and its evening beauty-its
bright Joys and hopes, and plcasures-are
gone-all gone, to return no more. All, how
swiftly, how imperceptibly, has the departed
season passed away! 1t never sped so quick
" before Fleeter and feeter its footsteps, as
lifes pathway becomes more rugged. Bright
or and brefer its reign, as increasing years
Ioll around. Brighter its sunshine, sweeter its
pleasures, but far more transient. More love
y its flowers, more fragrant its blossoms, but
sooner withered.
We know that Summer was bright and
beautiful for its light and general radiance still
fingers around us. The earth is not yet be-
rcft of all its summer glories. True, there is
mellow, dreamy haze above and upon the hills
and the Cricket and the Katydid sing more
soberly than in Summer time; but then behold
how the bountiful treasures of Autumn are
lavished in rich profusion upon the dwellers of
the earth, spreading common feast for all
that live. The orchards now rejoice in all the
riches of the golden year. Autumn's radiant
hues tint the ripe fruit and gld the waving
corn.
" TIE golden fruitage noddlng to the breeze,
Breathe Aufumnal anthems in the fading trees"
Fruit, rich, luscious fruit, how pleasing both
to the eye and the taste. And how admirably
adapted to the sustcnanCe of man arc the va
rious delicious fruits of the season.
Though the view of the "scre and yellow
leaf" reminds us of the presence of Autumn
thank Heaven, there is still beauty and grand
eur and magnifcence presented around u.s.
We may still enjoy the boundlcss store of
charms which great, glorious Nature ever to
her earnest vOtary yields. How fair pros
pcct rises to the vision in the distant land.
scapes where beauty yes in all her varied
phases, forever pleasing and forever new. BY
the cool, delicious breeze that already fans the
brow; by the rich flush mantling the downy
peach and the grapes growing purple and lts-
ciOus on the garden wall, we know that Au-
tumn is here For time everything will be-
speak her glorious reign, and then we shall
hear the shrill piping Of the winds, and see the
brown nuts dropping down upon the crimson
forest leaves.
The poetry of Nature is fading out It was
beautifully set to the music Of the winds and
streams. The thrilling melody will lingcr
while the poetry has passed from earth. An
other Spring sun will write the same beautiful
language on the fields and woodlands and the
glorious anthem again swell up to the Great
God OF the year. Like passing cloud, too
Will this delightful season drift by, and the
chilling winds be stirring the golden and Grim
son drapcry of Nature, as it rustIes and falls
around us. Cold Winter, too, will soon come
and weave its snowy shroud over the faded
beauty and loneliness of Spring, Summer and
Autumn.
The bright autumnal season, with all its rich
bOunties, full granaries, fading glories, gOr-
gcOus landscapes, brilliant sunsets, and impreg-
sive grandeur, is rapidly deepening around rs ::
still there is beauty and loneliness, there is Joy
and gladncss over the face of the earth. With
the departure of Summer has fled some of
earth's brightest, lovelicst things and yet there
is enough of beauty and glory abroad. Chan
ging seasons and ever varying prospects are
afforded for the pleasure and benefit of man.
This season has been peculiarly auspicious.-
The smiling, glorious Summer, has passed
away with a serene and gentle bcncdiction,
and the gorgeous, golden tinted Autumn, has
been ushered in, all bright and merry and
musical as marriage bell
The departed Summer has brought also
some sad changes to many homes. More than
one heart that beat high with blssful antici-
pations and fond hopes, in carly Summer, now
lies cold and pulsclcss in the tomb. Many
fond circles have been broken more than one
" silver chord has been loosed" by the unspar-
tiful and noble of the earth have left this for
more congenial cline. These are some of
the thoughts awakened, as we bid farewell to
Summer.
We now live upon the rich bounties of Sum-
mcr and Autumn. We have witnessed with
what activity Nature has labored during these
delightful seasons, to accomplish the bencfcent
designs of the Creator in favor of man. Let
us now, as we gather around the cheerful fire.
sides of our happy homes, expatiate upon what
we have witnessed and enjoyed during the de-
lightful months that have hcd-let us devoutly
reflect upon the lofty moral teachings of those
things that are fast passing away.
Thoughts of the rapid fight of time throng
upon our mind. Time, thou art bearing us
swiftly along-months and years are feeting
away. Bright, smiling Summer, with thy
mantle of light, with thy chaplet of flowers.
with thy vernal beauties, with thy tunefnl
birds, with thy spirit of gladness, and songs of
praise departed, lovely. smiling, radiant Sum-
MGR, farewell.-N. II. Herald.