Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-24
For the Nashville Patriot.
The GenIus of Nature, Philosophy and
Revelation.


Revelation.
list 10 the hymning Of earth,
Of rapture and mirth,
inds, scft breezy flute,
bleIU-. ,o..sd streams my ear salute.
With orchestral pomp they rush away
The siorm-sprtes 10 the r fearful play;
Beautiful world, all pipe and string,
How do thy intricate melodies ring
Thou art mine, my vsssal and dover,
My stately palace, Fragrant bower;
Soon a. Summers sweet flowers are fed
With shelly wreath bind uy head,
when vefdure sears, and the w.Earl touch
q the ice king stills the ri6al rush,
Joys taste at heart, in hall,
Winter FOR me Is festal tall:
Legend song wild thrilling tale,
Spontaneous jest, the laugh, ard wall,
Deeds Of romance, aud words Of fire,
Heroic daring, pride, and ire,
Creatures obedient 10 my viii
by spirit breathe, my Law fulal.
Genius, ambition, hatred, love
Are slaves that at my bidding move;
hwy, revenge, and Jealousy,
Warm pity, rot b"nignity,
Ny master han these potent strings
To secret, mystic concord brings.
Thus thought, and passion, natural free,
Arc merely pipe, and string, t. me.
On a sun-gHt mound at fair tide
Thus he sat- and sang in his beauty - pride,
The Genius Of Nature, with pure, ample brow,
Smooth shining calm hi,lock OF snoF,
Ills ,hsngefully-tinted, bright hazel eye
sa melted, or fash'd in quick sympathy.
Redundant clusters Of sunny-bIown hair
sported and shoue in The pay, balmy air;
u 10. t..,s~ .ar,Tf
Like the glowing west Of that lovely SKY.
Curious, as fair, Is the f4ce Of creation;
Is existence, o Genius simply sensation?
This infinite scroll, spontan ous unrullng,
THIS vast panorama f Nature beh1 ding,
Does no thirst for the dim the hidden, the far,
DO no Iongiags, DO doubts, thy felicity mar?
Give me to scare Gus the d, ey secrets Of earth,
Causaton, ard law, dissolution, and birth,
Beauty in system, Interior design;
Nature yields thee her form, her spirit is mine,
ply thee with questions, the whence how and why,
OF the coup.icste products her treasures supply;
Her rnys .icu leaves FAR scalter'd I've brought,
Reyiy'd the pale paging and carefully sort.
And .he region of though, its by-way aud caves,
Those lmitIess shores which eternity lavgs,
constantly traverse their wonders discern,
While still for labours, and conquests burn.
Bat the doubtful, unknown the wild-r'd mind waste,
Ger the seen, ana unseen, their shadows cast.
Inquie'ude gloom, in atiate desire
This reposele sp,ri, ~ turns cLlll, and ere:
/ listen in vain, from each wave, rocl and rec
sun whispers a Ia guage, all occult to ne;
Through poor ,attic'd windows Of sense look forth.
Ny vision, quest, travail, what are they worth?
How blest TO dis cover the deep springs Of lie,
To glance at that power with which earth is rife
Invisible agents. -piritus world
What they, and where? by mad chance merely
Whrd.
Have atoms in shapes Of beauty and light,
E.alv'd iu'o being encirced with ightH
Is matter the fj,m where 4 spirit Divine,
AI-gu,dIng, all acting embodied doth shine?
How disc rd is the throne which governs a state
Where envy, and fraud, ard irrational fate
Pc ,pe,ually rrrninatp, naui.h, and sway,
Where justice, and viz u, and truth shrink a ay
@ raiiaut being c4nst thou not light
These thick-tanglld walls, this eepening hight?
TloJ ~ est, and playtuliy touching the Tyre
Bill my faint hopes q thy tearhing expire.
From elysian abodrs where Brighter ones dwell,
May .pirit descend these shades to dispel.
THUS Philosophy spake and his dark eye shone
With the purest ,fUgeuce earth had known;
Near lone cave he STOOD, and musngy prest
The dun-tinted toga athwart his high breast.
From a rosy cloud Oh the l.top that lay
radiant shape al gently oescends,
lis clear voice sweet than the treat 3 Of May
Through the lstnin its melody sen
The calm, lustrous bu~ Of that hea yeuly ey,
Knulrs hope in the saa scholars miri;
/ come to dwell with thee, thy half septic cry
Not all has expired ca piti'ess Wind.
But proud son Of EARTH know thy spirit must bend
Heavens high message 10 listen, nor deem
The Holy One wills Revelation to send
To sllve to thee all that ny TIC may
Well it BELTS the ETHEREAL thought
To seek its great source, adoringly ply
The l,owers His benehcent wisdom has wrought
On the marvels OF skin around man that lie:
The st7dy Of God in material works
Forms a true worshp-knowiedge divine
Through All teeming nature nsnctively turks,
While deep thought, aud search, determine it thine;
And in tha: vast Providence earnestly seek
To trac; Is peri-ctions, and final designs,
Aspi-aut ardent, uutiriug hut meek,
Trusting though manteIi His glery still shines.
Unm.ndiul Of self Of t.i or Of cost,
The sage and saint shall one destiny know,
poor making i.h,' the uu!etter'i, and lost
To i've by their death, by their wasting SIN grow.
PPM