Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-04-12
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
SPRING AND YOUTH.
"Buds are filling. leaves are swelling.
Flowers on field. and bloom on tree;

Flowers on field. and bloom on tree;
Nature holds her jubilee,
The spring time of year md the spring-time Of
lille have many lesenblances. The one is to Ger
tain extent emblematic OF The other. The budding
flower and the budding form-how fresh, rosy, and
redolent OF oil thatis fragrant and lovely! What
is more joyous careless and bei uful than child
hood. How in the morning Of life, the present
alone is recosniz aud appreciated. and the bouni-
ing school boy hurrles home his daily lessons con-
ued. his task of toll completed, utterly re
CARELESS Of the morrow, and the coming cares Of
The future. The world 10 him is bounded within
narrow limits. He has few wishes, few desites,
few objects Of pursuit, and fewer anxeties. The
rosy light of hope kindled in his eyes, and olorns
and brlghtens oil that the eye rests upon. well
spring of pleasure gushes from his heart, and
thus the morning hours OF life, like The sunny
scenes of spring, glide pleasantly and rapidly
away. And SO, step by step, until lie attains the
years Of manhood, and even then il often happens,
that the buoyant spirit still lives and fingers, aud
the world, its chances and its changes are regard
ed in cheerful rather Than deSponding split;
anu pleasure is sought in a thousand fairy, but
sometimes deceptive retreats. Tits we'll that il is
so. TIE ways of Providence are full OF mystery
and wisdom. Better that The future of this world,
the many AND the varied scenes Of life, should be
concea ed from us by an impenetrap curtain, es.
pecially in the golden hours of youth. Ii is prop
er, TOO, that that happy season should be epioyed.
Care, and pain, and anxiety, will come soon
enough, aud should not, therefore, be anticipated
The sprIng-time OF the year has just commenced.
The fields are already green, and soon the buds
will burst, and the flowers will bloom The woods
are vocal with the songs OF birds, end The air is
Galmy with the rich breath OF nature.
''Oer the moistened fields
lender green Is spread; the bladed grass
Shoots ,orth exube ranti the awakening trees.
Sy sa as ae yyS atm put forth
The warm ebuilieLce OF internal joy,
The h birds is hymn forth r,h song Of gratitude
And fed them thu ugh the winters cheeress gnon"
But how many who live IN crowded cities who
are ISnneu n, IL within he hrirk
have no adequate idea of running streams, teen,
ing gardens, grassy valleys, and the many other
tempting scenes of this delightful sea:on OF the
year! How few wander forth to commune with
nature, and 10 direct their thoughts TO the Grea,
Architect OF the Universe, whose hand bends the
gorgeous bow and paints the tiny flower! Aud yet
II is we'll TO go abroad occasionally 10 forget for
awhile the busy hauntS of men, aud 10 revel in
contemplation among the quiet scenes and touch
ing sights { { nature. With man there is but ono
spring. Childfo God and YOUTH once Departed new
er return. The flowers of life. once wthered,
cannot be revived, and made 10 glow and 10 lush
again with their early tinls. and give forth their
rornng sweets. Not at least in this world. But
Nature teaches us i'll the return OF the seasons and
in the renovation of al her works, that the appa-
Iently dead may be Quickened with new life. And
70 the mortal may become immortal. The perish
sable here may become eternal hereafter.
he thohshtless are apt TO regard the change in
the seasons with apathy and indilTt reuce. And
yet lie has its changes as certain and as unerrng.
Man has his spring, his summer, his autumn, and
his winter. But these not so pnlpablc, be-
cause the progress is less rapid aud all are so thor
o"ghly devoted TO the pursuits of the world, that
lew have the time to pause, reflect, and contem-
plate the prospect. Nay, there a,e some VIII de
Jude themselves with the belief that the wimtef of
age and of death will never come or at least thew
act MS ii such were the impression. Alas for The
Jolly, and yet how widely il prevails. Year after
year glides by, and each record of its departure
only brings us nearer to the grave. Aud yet how
many shrink from the fact, and not only shrink
from It, but AVOID all its obligations AMI RESPONSE
bllitieS! The spring time Of the year ;nd the
spring time OF life are, or should be, Joyous and
happy seasons. tt
All whose eyes rest these lines may moi T. alize
both. but there are few who may wander abroad
when "the leaf is in the bud and the bud IS on
the bougb," without feeling The influence of the
season in every vein, without enjoying the SIP ri OF
nature, II we may SO express 1t, without rejecting
upon The wonderful process by which the earth IS
made TO yield forth its many fruits for the use of
nan,-without casting the eye and The mind up
ward, with sense of gratitude and of awe, at the
uncomfortable wisdom, skill and power of Provi-
dence ramble in the fields, and through the
woods, or Chamber up the mountain-side at this
budding Al d gushing season Of the year, can not
hut prove heaithiul, as well for the mind as the
body. Good made The country, but man made the
towni and II we look only 10 the workmanship
OF man, we shall be aptto forget The mighty won
uers oi The Universe, and the countless mysteries
oi the great Creator. On the one hand, all is
bust e, lie; activity and the pursuit of Alammon.
t-aen ihuiSiuuai JpstleS against ms nelghbor, and
seems TO have no idea, object, but the GAIN The
position, and the power OF this earth On the
other, nature is nutsprend IN many temp,in.
form, and hill, and rock and tree, and valley en-
chant the eye refresh the mind, AMI lead to Thoughts
lul and saluta1y reflections. How many who we're
here last Spnng will never see another ON this
earth! They have gone like the enrly flowers;
but may we not hope that they will revive in an.
other sphere, and wander through fields, and amid
scenes that are not only bright and glorious, but
everlastingl
Look Nature III oush: tits revolution all,
All CHANGE o death Day follows night, md night
The dying day. Stars rise, and set, and rise;
Faith takes the example. See tile Summer gay
W I'm her g. cen chapets and 0mbrosiaI flowers,
Droops into paid Autumn Winter gray,
ilorrid with frost, and buent with storm.
Blows Autumn with his golden Truits away
hon .rnes into the Spring. soft Spring. with breath
paVonian, from warm chambers OF the South,
Recalls the first All, to elourisl fades,
As In Rwhee all seeks reascend
Emblems oil Ean, who passes, not e4pires!n
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