Georgetown weekly news., 1854-10-19
Rss~ We presume that there are but few
who will not appreciate the following beau
tiful lines from the Waverly Magazine:
Adieu.

tiful lines from the Waverly Magazine:
Adieu.
Farewell, farewell is a lonely sound,
And always brings a sigh;
But give to me that better word
That sweet old word, Good bye
Good bye! how full its meaning, How re-
plete with various memories and reminis-
cences its thrilling utterancel The child
lisps it, as its fond father imprints on its
sunny, dimpled check, kiss and hies away
to his avocation The school boy, with an
affectionate embrace and hearty press of
the hand, brayely speaks it-when first leav-
ing to go from home, and attend the clOis-
tiers of Minerva. Lovers utter it, when the
manly, bold, nOble-hearted young man takes
adieu of his loved one to gain in some for
eign FL Dorado glittering fortune which he
may cast at her teet-whom he loves ardent
ly, yea passionately. The crystal tear, un-
hidden, steals quickly down their cheeks,
and seals their love; their hands tremble
with the parting grasp, and their voices
quiyer as they brokenly say, good bye"
for they cannot say, farewell" no, It's too
ominous of wo; while good bye carries with
it hope, and her dancing train of joys
Friends speak it as they separate for sea-
son, knowing that soon a glad reunion will
take place,and a cordial, reciprocating COM
munion of hearts will again bring mutual
pleasure.
Farewell is sad word. 1t bears with it
the cypress gloom. 1t suggests the close
curtained room, and stiffness, and pallid,
emaciated form, gasping for one more breath.
That silence, so awful is broken. Gather
around that dying bed, ye mourners! Put
your ear to those Iips-nearer still, for the
voice is faint. What is that magic word
that one solitary sound, which has caused
irrepressibe peaIs of lamentatiOn and bitter
weeping? List We, now, Farewell One
loOk-and who will forget that last look, so
pregnant of meaning-one smile, sweet as it
were an angel's-the face is more radiant
by preternatural light, the effulgence Of the
immortal, leaving the NOR tal-all is over.
Those eyes, which never opened but with
love, are closed forever; that tongue, which
gave consolation to the afflicted one and
hope to the weary, is silent forever; that
form, so beautifully made, is rigid and still,
to move gracefully no more forever.
Separations must come. Dear asSocia-
tions must be intruded upon; for earth is
not mans final home. "Good bye" must be
frequently spoken; but it is goodly thing.
Absence strengthens love and friendship
When two kindred hearts are for a time re-
moved from each other, they ruminate over
each others good and kindly qualities and
features, and pant again to be united; and
when it does come, they joyously embrace,
and with renewed zest and pleasure enjoy
the felicities of congenial intercourse.
To say farewell" too, is fraught with
good to man. 1t is full Of instruction. BY
it he learns that things terrestrial are fleet
ing; that he should not so concentrate his
affections on earth, that, when the disunion
comes, it will snap asunder the tendons Of
happiness. He learns, also, to look high
above the magnificent arch, which glOws in
princely beauty over his head-high above
the glorious ''star Of morn," that sits in ma
jesty like proud conqueror-up to the city
of light and glory, the eternal, ambrosial
hills Of Immortality, and the empyrial gar
dens, which ever bloom with flowers of ev-
cry hue and fragrance, and which are made
radiant by the awful, yet resplendent pres
ence of Deity. ALIQUIs.