Smyrna times., 1855-05-30

llarly happy III having escaped the allurementS
of such dangerous and insidious enemy.
The story of Prometheus seems to have been
invented by physicians in those ancient times,
when all things were clothed in heroglyphic
or in fable. Prometheus was painted stealing
fire from heaven, which might well represent
the infammable spirit Produced by fermenta-
ton, that may be SAID to animate and eniven
the man of clay; whence the conquest of Bac-
chus and the needless mirlh and noise of his
devotecs 1t is thus described by Dwarin:
" So when Prometheus braved the Thunderer's
ire,
Stole from his blazing throne ethereal fire,
And lan'ern'd in his breast, from realms OF day,
Bore the bright treasure to his man Of clay -
High on cold Caucasus, by Vulcan bound,
The lean, impatient vulture Hutl ring round;
Ills writing limos IN VAIN he twists and strains,
10 break or lose the adamantIne Chains
The glut!onous bird, eXullng in his pangs,
Tears his sw0Tn liver with rcmOrseless fangs.'
! Those who pride themselves in living fast
ana are bent upon "a short and merry life"
though IN TRUTH it is short and miserable ore,
will, doubtless, spurn at these admontions and
run headiOng to their own destruction.
! Straaae intatuatIon! Can you submit to such
deSplcabIe bondage, and tamely give up your
! freedom without one generous struggle! The
present conflict, remember, is not for the fading
! laurel or tInselled wreath:d, for which others
so earnestly contend, but for those more bloom
! ING, more substantial houors, which Health, the
| Daughter of Temperance only can bestow.-
For it is thine, o Health and thine alone. to
difuse through the human breast that genial
warmth, that serene sunshine which gows in
the cheek, shines in the eye and anmatcs the
whole frame.
"To die-tO sleep-to sleep perchance to
! dream
! Ay, there's the rnbr'
1t is an invariabIe law of our present condition,
that every pleasure which is pursued to excess
! converts itself into poison In all the plea
Sures OF the sense, 1t is apparent that only
when lndulged within certain limits, they con
fer satisfaction. No sooner do we pass the line
which temperance has drawn, than pernicioue
effects come forward aud show themselves.
! Could We expose to view the monuments o
much more powerful than any that the mos
eloquent writers can give. You would behold
the graves peopIed with the victims of intem
perancc. You would behold chambers of dark
ness, hung around on every side with the tro
phies of luxury, drunkenness and sensualtv.-
Draw aside the veil which she throws over YOU
eyes. You will then see other objects thar
you now behold. You will see VIRTUE AM
TEMPERANCE marking out the road which con
ducts to true felicity.
Z" Would you extend your narrow span,
And make most OF life you can;
Would you, when medicines cannot save,
Descend with ease INTO the grave;
Calmly retire like evening light,
And cheerfuIly bid the world good nghti
Let temperance constantly preside
Oar best physician, friend and guide!
Would you TO wisdom make prelcnce,
Proud be thought a man of sense
i, Let temperance, always friend to fame,
ii With steady hand direct your ann;
. Or, like an anchor in the dark,
. Your random shaft will miss the mark
For they who slight her golden rules,
In wlsdOm's volume stand for fools.
I Repent, believe, and mourn your errors past,
: And live each day as though it were your last.