Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-11-17
Gains 9tpartmtnt.
For the SpiritTof the Age.
Fall Of the Leaf.
Leaves have thcir time to fall"

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Leaves have their time to fall"
@KeAlove the Autumn. Although it APP
pckrs rather dresry, iti fraught with many
lovely beauties. Who is there that does not
fondly cherish the thoughts Of some rich au-
tumnal scenel Well do we remember our
Juvenile sports amongst the gorgeously varie-
gated forests when we sewed leaves of diff
ferent coloS together, and thought that our
proves with the needle could net be sur
passed in all ch~ristendom. We can ~recollect
howthe sky looked how the ripping streams
softly murmurcd as they, with pensive moan,
erept gently down the long descent to mingle
themselves in the broad river. And the blue
clusters Of delicious grapes, as they shone in
all their purple beauty through the yellow
leaves, are as plain before us in cur imagina-
ton, as they were in our childhood. We can
r~ecollect the various crooks in many a path
leading 10 SOME ~fayorite muscadiae vine.-
Alas we also r~ecollect little feet that went
fwith US, and little tongues that jabbercd with
us in our childish rambles, that ore long since
buried in the earth. Sometimes we pass by
the solitary spIt Of their last resting place,
and then we call ali these lovely scenes up,
and they seem as il passed but yesterday.
The fall Of she leaf teaches man that he is
mortal that Lee is doomed to flourish only
q short time, and then fall like the leaf, un-
mindful Of Wintry winds or snmmer suns
Man is Of few days and full Of trouble
Spring comes ondthousonds Of beautiful flow
ers appear. The rShild is born and for time
liz bright and beautifulas thespring flowers.
The spring soon clothes every thing in it's
emerald mantle, and gives place to the scorch-
ing heats Of Summer. Our childish ~levities
and plays soon disappear, swallowed up in
manhood's cares and trials. Autumn sue
ceeds, and pipcns h efruits Of the earth, and
strips the forests Of their verdant robes. Old
age soon comes on, and the lovely maiden that
looked so cheerful and gay, is pale, diseased
and dropping, like the flower nipped by the
frost The young man so stout and active,
las become old and decrePt He could once
leap and bound like the deer of the mountain;
but now he goes stopped and totteringly
carries his staff with him, and frequently
stops to rest his wcGried frame, and take shell
ter from the fcvered a~nxieties Of life. Young
friends, did L amus0 y0U when your parents
6rst began 10 use gpeotaeles2 Young ladies'
does II amuse you when your mother istrou
5led to thread her neediep Be not amused
Her autumn is come, and you will soon see he
no more Never give her another petulan
word. Young gentleman, when you see gra,
hairs on the heads mSour father, remembe
that autumn issGt the door. Take every buT
denfrom him that you can, for he will 500
be gonel Wintere comes and closes the scenC
disrobes the trees, and makes all nature loo
dreary. Death comes and ends our hopes an
fears. Amidst these gloomy reflections, no
cheering Il is TO believe that we will one da
10y doing our duty, meet our friends in
happy land"
"Where everlasting spring abides,
And never ithering flowers"
KITTY KAY.
Oak Bower. Ga.