The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-01-24
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rhs Tine Ia. bsSa hat those wild solitudes,
e, ss.tilnl .s wild, were trod by me
Had shsisd ny Spirit-Then thseansteady pulse
Beat vita sirsnge aatserinss-L would wander
g. - ,es Esss. T: ne '.sssIP: q s,,y ny Psil
with geaiis inyissiioa 70 sxPlors
That taIkea vita ne ana soothed me. Then tn
orsirs.. ssa chin. Of brooks. ana soft cares.
Ths ihoaghis that broke my peace. and began
- s.thsr sinPIss by The Iountsin's brink,
q nsture's Ioneliness was with one
vita whom | early grew f.miIisr; a one
Never reb1ked for the hours stole
Prom cares Tloved not. but Of which the world
Ossns aslgnss,' 70 sonserse WIN h'r. "her
Eh.hlssk November winds. and smOte the woodr
Were spoiled. I fought, / io7sd Them stin-they
Like eid Companions in .avsrsity.
s.ln ias.e Nss eeegty in ny w.lHs: the brook.
A. with Its fringe OF summer fowers- Afar.
sal.Es Ei;s its sRns' "a Sss I9 PesS OF streams
By interpreting trees. lay visible
ssss.sh ne s..s sr0s%s % and ny Ian ts@i,ss ~ haunt.
Among them, when the clouds. nom The stu
Hud sh.Esn down on earth The feuthery snow,
fApa al yss white Ths pure keen air abroad,
Alseit h sresthed no scent q herb, nor heard
Was not the air Of death. Bright moses erept
Over the spotted trunks, and the close buds.
sPatient and waiting the son breath OF SPnngs
Essr.d not The piercing sPirits 0fthe Norlh.
And 'neath the hemiOek. whose thick branches
Bsn.sih in bright cold burden, and kept dry
A eirels, the earth. Of wtthered leaves,
IAs peiiidse found shelter. Through the snow
The rabbit sprang away. The lighter track
offsr, and the rseoon's broad path, were there
Crossing each other. From his hollow tree,
-. II .hr arrrT fha nuNNa
sJust Allen that asked the winteEEoId and sway
OF winter blsst. 70 shake them from their hold.
But winter has yet brighter scenes,-he boasts
sHplsnAors beyond what gorgeous summer knows
OF autumn with his many fruits. and woods
an nushed with many hues. Come when the
asvs gi.sed the snow, and clothed the trees with
While the slant sun Of February pours
Into the bovers Hood Of light, approach!
And ne broad srehing portals Of ihe grove
Wheleome my entering Look the massy trunks
Lin asd sEiIas shs IN the breath Of heaven
u studded with its trembling water drops,
nut round the parent stom the long low boughs
Bsnd. in glittering ring, and arb0rs hide
The slassy hecr, Oh you might deem the spot
Ies. e sS: 1 81 @n ib. gem,
: Ana diemosnd. NUT forth radiant rods and bud
Win amethyst and toPaz-fnd the place
Lit up most royally, with the pure beam
OF AIRY palace. that outI.sts the night,
And fades not in the glory Of the sun -
where crystal coIums send forth slender shafts
And crossing arches and fantastic aisles
Wind from the sight in brightness. and are lost
Among the crowned pillars. Raise thine eye,-
Thou 6eest no cavern roof no palace vault
There the blue sky and the white drifting cloud
Look in. Again, the wildered fancy dreams
or upouting fountains, frozen as they rose,
And dIed, with all their branching jets, In air,
And ali their sluiees sealed, All, ali is light:
Light without shade. But all shall pass away
Win the next sun From numberless vast trunks
Loosened, the crashing iceeshall make q sound
Like the far roar Of rivers, and the eye
Ehallelose Ger the brown woods as IL was won't
Andi II pleasant. when the noisy streams
Are just set free, and milder suns melt Oh
The plashy snow, save only The firm drift
% the deep glen or the close shade of pines
-eIis pleasant to behold the WreathS OF smoke
Where the ghrill sound OF youthful voices wakes
Ihe shrill echo, - the clear pure lymph,
IhGf from the wounded trees, in tWinkling drops,
Fails. mid the golden brightness OF the morn,
u eeihercd IN with hrimming pals, and on,
Wielded By sturdy hands. the stroke Of axe
UAkes the woods ring. Along the quiet air,
Come and 1oat calmly OF the soft light clouda.
Scarce stir the branches Lodged in sunny cleft.
where the cold breeEes come not blooms alone
Ths little Wind-hower. whose just opened eye
u blue the spring heaven IL gaEes Ct
Startling the loiteFer in the naked groves
Wi1h unexpected beauty for the time
And IL colses the sncountering winds shall out
Mustcrt their wrath again, and rapid clouds
Shade heaven. and bounding on the frozen earth
8hail fal their volleyed stores Toundedlike hail,
And white like snow, and the loud North again
Bhsli buffet the vexed forest In his rage.