The Trinity times., 1855-05-12
Thanatopsis.
ny BEYANT.


To1 lin, who in the love OF Nature holds
Communion with her eryl-'ble forms, She speaks
yario.s language. For his gayer hours
She has 4 voice Of gadness, and a smile
And eloGueuce of beanty; and She glides
Into his darker musings with mild
And gentle sympathy, that steals away
Their sharpness, ere lie IS aware. When
thoughts
OF the last bitter hour come Ike blight
Over thy spirit, and Sad images
or the stern agony, ana STROUD, and pail,
And breathless darkness, and the narrow
house,
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at
heart
Go forth unto the open SKY. and list
Tonature' S teachings, while from al. around
Earth and her waters, and the depths Of ar--
Comes a still voice. J et few days, an- thee
The all bcholding sun Shall see 40 more
In all his course Nor yet in the cold ground,
Where thy pale form was laa with many
tears,
Nor in the embrace Of ocean. shall exist
Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee,
sha claim
Thy growth to be resolved 10 earth again:
And, lost each human trace, sur.cndesing up
Thine individual being, shalt thou 60
TO mix forever with the clements,
To be brother to the iu>ensibe rock
And to the sluggish clod, which the rcee
swain
Turns with his share, and treads upon. Tie
oak
Shall send bis roots abroad, and pierce tiy
mould.
Yet not to thy eternal resting place
Shalt thou rc,.ro alone; nor coa.dss thou
wish
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie
down
Win patriarcls Of the inol, vor.d--v.,h
The powerful os The car.h--.le wise, tie
good,
Fair forms. All hoary sccrs Of ares pas,
All III one mighty scW,c.'e. I"e Aas,
Koek-robed u4L an-.cn, as lie sln; the
wales,
Stretching ia pen,iyc qu.,tnoe. bo,weca;
Tie venerable woods: riryt. that move
in majesty; and ,ho complaining aroEs,
That make tie ueaaoW green; a-d poarca
round a.',
Old oceans grey ana melancholy was.c,--
Are but tie solemn decorations al
or the great tomb Of man. Tie golden sun,
. The planets. all the Infinite hos. oi ug@cu,
Are SHINING on ,he sad a5oo oi Gea.b,
Through tAe 1l.l iap-e O.. ages. MI that
tread
Tie globe are but Q hand.uito tie tribes
That sumber in lis bosom. j.Ac tAe wing
Nfmornng. and the 5arcan desert pierce;
Vr lose thyse.i IN tie continuous woods
Where rolls the Oregon aua hears no sound
Save Ais own dasAl,. yot--tLe dcaa lre
there;
Ia, q. ... u years began, A4,e l4i- them
ln ta..r last s,ecg-tAe. dead reen tL-re
S. -aag taoa resi-; and what If thou sla..
Joaoac,l BY the l'y;n-. aul no friend
1aeo note o, thy departure, .\a that breathe
MI, share thy destiny. The gay N.u iaU4l
Wien ihou ats goue, the solemn brood OF
care
plol ou, and each one. as b,toro, Viii chase
Ills myotDe phantom; set a.! these Shall
leave
Their m.rth and their clnploymcl's, aal
shail come,
And make ther bed with thee. As the long
train,
Ofage. glide away, the sons Of men,
The youth in Ines green spring, ANA lie who
goes
1nho fan strength Of years, matrcn and
The bowed with are. ,be iniautin the smiles
And beauty Of It's innocent age cut oil
Shall, one by one, be gathered to Thy Side,
by tbose who, in their turn, should follow
them.
So live, that, when thy summons comes to
join
The nmumeroble caravan that moves
10 the pale realms Of shade, where each shall
Ills chamber IN the sileuf halls Of death,
Thou re not, Ike the quarry slave at night
Scoureed to hia dungeon; but, sustained and
sootheI
BY an unialterng trust. approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery Of his
couch
About him, and lies down tc pleasant dreams.
TnG Loss or NirE.-In comparison
with the loss of wife, al, other bereayement-
are trGuc. The wife She who f.is so large
a space in the domestic heaven; she who Ju-
sled herself so unwcaredy for tile precious
ones around her; bitter is the tear tha. Calls
upon lcl CDtt Gay tu eItHu ur.44C nor
coffin and think of lhe past. i seems an am-
Der coored pathway, where the san sHoue
upon the beautiful flowers, or lhe stars hung
eitterng overhead. Fan would tie SOU.
lnee. there. no thorAs are remembered
save those your hands may un"i.ncy have
planted. Her noble, teuoer hear. Ics onen
20 your inmo-. sight. on tAiuA % her now
rs all oeujleno,e, a'l beauty. and purify
But eheis dead. The dear head that ia.G
upon YOUR bosom rests iu the still darkness.
upou d pillow OF c.ay Tie hands t.at ha.c
niu'slcred s., untrae.y are ioaed, whiieaud
cold. bereath tine gloomy portal. The heart
whose every beat measured al eternity 81
loye. lies under your .-ct The flowers Gle
bent over with Smiles, bend no.e a1aye uetiu
tears shaking ,Je DE-" from He... t.u. t.c
vcrdute around her aay be green auI beau.
lu.
There s uo white arm over your shoulder:
no ep.aa .g l..l- ID .opo up ..'o tue ele. o.
love. uo trembling Is 10 Hurmar, Oh il j
a0 sadi