Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1858-12-01


The reign OF the virgin Queen Eiis,beth.
stand. MP before the mind. like the stately u
ins cf some old Dorie temple; around whose
spacious walls, hang pictures Of rare beauty.
snd ia whose inches. stand pieces Of wonder
foi sistuary: which ~e pause to gsre upon in
sSmirstion--botd dare not hope TO im;sate. We
can only. like the great yolncy. morslire upon
the ruins. This boa~t.d era ia English liter
sturc. corresponds 10 those Of Per'cles IN
Athens. Augustus IN Rome. aud Louis XIV
In France. IL - the eliminating point in the
history of Erglish letters. have rot time.
60 mention al. the lights. which. shining in
concord. 40 grandly irradisied this brilliant
time. Then Bacon lived. the Luther Of phi
,osophy Then Spehssr lived TIE Raben: of
English poetry. Essex and Raleigh too. be-
long to th. time. both "rich in high thoughts
ses;ed IN hearts Of courtesy Among host
Of poets. drsmstists, esrrtiers. aud Statesmen,
tlariug like a's,ar.
"Asovc TIE ,nas., ard d,n. OF tn. dim spo,
Which men esll ear6."
the fame Of Sidney CLEANS. Tha, Sidney
whom Covpcr calls
.Ts' Warbler OF P,e'le pose"
Re vas
@The eourtlcr'.. .o.dlet.. scholars eye. torgue,
swort.
~. h.expsc,ane,. and ro.e Of To- fatr state.
The sloss of .hion, and the mould OF iorIn,
The Observed Of ali obsefv.r-.
Shaw. in his English Literature. calls Sill
Sey "A most complete emholimeni Of al tn
graces. and virtues. which can adorn or en-
noble humanity. the Bayard ard Peirsrch q
English history. name to which every Bu;or
looks back. wuh pride sd1ir.tioo snI re
gret" Elizabeth would mot allow him T.
mount the throne Of ralsnd. Tor. she could no
~. away "the jewel Il her court And va
he no, inIssd GEM High born. hand cus
brave. aud wise. Learned. and patroo q
leaning. Generous. plying loving. aui t'
loved lie came forth. dazzling aui splendid
i,he meteor At midnight. rivsllei all thar va
bright in brightness and wa gone. lsssin
trail Of glory in his wake And most Il.
ntous ras the se,tiag of this lutninary Th
hsld Of Zu,phen IL made holy by the a..
words OF sydney words of pity. which a
without parallel in ancient. modern time
This mans necessity il greater than mine
s,ntly whispered the here's pslii 'ip.-wht
the same hand which wrote the Areadi
and woke q melody s~ee,er than the poet
Argos. me,ioned tho life giving cup. TO n
lip. Of dying fellow soldier OF his work
rwere almost useless 10 speak. The gres
ess m ,aument his mind has left us. is his A
csdiA. The Aresdis which wss the -sse W
esm OF Shirley. beaumont and Fletcher
which snrsp,ured Waller. and Cowley-fro
which. the beau mond stole their phrases a.
hns ssvings--and from which. also 's,l
sweet Will Shskspesrs' has not disisined
borrow scenes. pictures. aud dicsioa. W
hss not read the Arcadia. Of that superb Ia
isnsted tims' Who has not wandered. am
the sweet luxuusnce Of golden words. pluc
ed from the "red ,eavcd volume Of sidns
heroic hesr' How pictorial MAS his pcu
ho~ sefly aowed .hs, i-o.e poetry. Of VIII
he Vas master. ls there a feminine a.
ssey In this mag usnimous hero. " ho had sh
cred his lance sgain-t the gr.a,est knixh
and whom every manly trait sdorned' Fe
full. and wsr.iike IL he. upon hrs fry cor
--bu,how changed. Ia his loi,srias hours
the sweet iuxariance Of sumner gardens.
IN The green solitudes Of the forest. he
much loves' His mind wss like that gall,
which byron has beautifully described:
"rhSre. rsscs Carlo Dolce. cr Tsssn.
or ruiid-r rroup 90 savage S4ivzts-i-:
Tiers. danced Alliances boys. snd here ne s>a ~
Win verse,s oeeaa lights; snd sAsrs iAe sisn,
or martyrs sved, a. sp.gneietto tsinsed
His srsasi. vitA all The blood q al ths salnte.
There, s-eeii1 spread ianfsesPe Of Lsrs.ine
nere Renerandi n ass his darsncs equal iIxi
or Etoony cAravsxzso's Eieouirr stsin.
Bronss; Ger some lean. AMI .sele Asehorits. .
STA
NrsrnAsLI Mr.. Daniel Webb Of r.