Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-11-12
The AUTUMN weeds.

The Autumn Woods.
How glorious, how gorgeous this per-
fection of Autumnl The Noods have
now, indeed, "put their gl0fy on" in
the soft, and mellow, and qIfet golden
haze of October. All nature seems now
ripe and perfected. Throukk the soft
mist, the distant hills seem ks the ma
ny dyed summits, and slapaof fairy
land. In misty repose the fonzed or
still green valleys lie. QUE nd peace
are over all the landscape tIl calm and
beautiful contemplation Of shless au-
tum n al nature NeareF to me asagroup-
ed tho magnificent forest trees. In what
gorgeous folds, and masses of draperied
| foliage stand the walnuts, in the bronze
and gold. The graceful elms are droop-
ing in light golden plumage. The rug
| ged oaks stand girded in solid strength
| in their sitter and more stately, but
deeper golden robes. The purple of the
more to, the glory of the scene. These
lofty trees in all their dignity, and rob
ed in all their splendor, adorned with
the richest dyes, seem to be giving a
royal audience of honor in this vast hall
to their distinguished visitor and friend,
golden October.a4 -z.7 sa.sa~ FL .-.
What splendid variety, what innu-
merable futtering dyes, what a, glorious
unity and harmony in variety in these
autumn woods. Look at the crimson
clusters of yonder ash, which, like pre-
cious fruit, or berries of jewels, hang
against the delicate, almost spiritual
beauty of the maple Tie sta-.-. s.-.. SUI
mach CLOVIS in it. c,s..;s .g.syus plush against
the bronco and green of the hillside.
The leaves of the silver poplar are fiut
!, tering and tossing as from the heart Of
caprice, in beautiful cleaning. contract
with the crimson and green and gold of
| their light and fragile sisters. .....
The pines still Keep their unchange-
able green, but the larches have chang
ed their green pcndents to refined gold.
Perfection, ripened and glorious perfec-
ton, is around me on every side. The
forest vines arc now festoons of golden,
and crimson, and purple and green, and
shadowy drapery hanging. amid their
| forest halls. Yonderr Weodbine covers
its gray and messy stones with its vari-
egated green, and black, and scarlet
! :recn, through which the sun sheds its
hazy and golden rays. The astcrs still
bloom in their cheerful blue, paled al
most by the glorious lcaxcs.s
I In the groen meadows, still the firing
ed gentian opens its delicate and mod
est lashcs to the kindred blue above
The calm and broad mirror of lake or
river, as if charmed in verify by the
overhanging woods, reflects, in more
spiritual beauty, gorgeous and rival
autumn, while the little brooks run with
green, and golden, and crimson ripples
through their fantastic forest aislcs. .-a
/ How soft and dreamy this autumn
haze 1t lies in. quiet and peace, like
benediction, in the green valleys and on
golden hills. The great sun sends thro'
and over all his mellow light, his sweet
est and parting smile on the late but
perfected summer-his fayoritc and
child -"- ,f 1-. g.
Naught of sadness haunts these glo-
rious shades or walls through the rich
and hazy air. These leaves are not en-
blems of decay but robes of mourning;
not dropping, or futtering, or falling,
as amid the storms of November, nor in
in the anticipations of winter. Indeed,
they are ripcned, and perfected, and this
! is the garniture of nature, in the simr
plicity, and beauty, and glory of he
we'll spent life. 1t is her complete and
golden autumn, the reward of her obe-
diem to the laws of her God, and a glo-
rious emblem and example to thehcart
and soul of man. .-.. layg ,tr n, ?
How beautiful too these nights round
and complete the days. Over the calm
and solemn forest goes up in the still
faint haze of the heavens, this perfect
moon of October A beautiful refec-
ton of her sun she rules in mellow glo-
ry from the depths of the sky, the broad
ocean in calm peace. Her rays fall in
chastencd splendor among the forest
aisles, and yet as screen, shield their
gorgeous drapery from our eyes. No
rich dyes CLEAN through their mellow
light, no varied and intermingling col
| ors through her rays softly dazzle our
eyes, but, as the glory of earth and day
are Withdrawn, there falls deeper pow
er and contemplation from the vast tenn
pie above, glitterinS with tho stars of
light. ...-. ...--.. ~.
In contrast to the fugitive seasons,
their beauty and glory, and our flying
time, there CLEAN the fixed and eternal
i stars, to which there seem to be no sea-
sons or changes, but which still move
round in their glorious cycle of perfec-
ton.
Soon October will have passed away,
the annual glory of our CLINE, but may
its lessons of beauty and power drop in
to our hearts, as do its perfected leaves
in the earth, to fill them with the riches
of nature, and fertilize their soil for the
new spring and summer, with their
beautiful growth Of thoug hts and fruits
and flowers.
~ An Irishman, addicted to telling
| n-o rtorias rnid EsI Snw man he