Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-08
TIe came like lightning from the SKY,
lie seemed as dazzlieg to the eye,
As prompt to disappear.

Alfred Douglas, Fogg Jr., Henry Nancy, Jno A
McEWenfrends of each oer and of Full we'll We knew
YOU rosy OF youth your cheeks-Bhen
pleasures Of hope gded LIES meest moWhen your
ambition clad your future pathway like landscape
with many beautiful flowers restoring every but seetg
every Oft have heard the echo Of your footsteps within
Matters wasoft the s ofyour voice beloved
Eurosophan hallsO have together drunk drafts Of living
inspiration the fountsand oft in fes busy
walks, the hand Of thy friendships pressure
and your spirit speaking eye But in vain alas in vain
you amid all these earlier scsnesy spirits. like these
halcyon days forever in bright alos fed When thou
all upon the earth what brightness beamed in the sky Of your
native Fer thou constellation Of brilliant
stars, possessing every quality Of the head and heart that
could beautiy, dignity human
wit poesy and deep philosophy,he varied lore the thrilling
eloquenoe and the lofty beanghe melting sympathy the gen
friendship the ardent aecon and the spOtless integrity,
which shed you magic fascination. But you
begun umne heavens which you peered sent
mel stars shot suddedy from sphereor rather the
brightness Of paradise burst upon crescent lights
Like more resplendent sun .- .... .. .....
On some orbs mid-edulgencei
for each Of you ezrirei-C Christians.
Like dew drops kissed OF by the suns morning beam,
Thy souls seem to come down to earth in dream,
And only to wake when assembled to heaven"
JouN A. MoEwEN died in the thirty h year Of his age with
enemy His pure nexhaustible fountain
all benevolent affections From this sprung ardent
conugal parental lovehs friend
shpsh compassionate regard for the poor and destues
indomitsble efforts beatty classes
From his spontaneous and universal humanity his unal
erabIe faith in the progress aud exalaOn Of the
endowed by Nature with very superior mind, which
strengthened by all auzaries profound rudon,
and refined ny all the graceful embellishments of arca
walton. lie orator. overwhelming with the
cling splendors Of his genius iuminng fascinating
his auditory. His soquence bright stream, uoeessy
flowing amid enameed meads Of owey light and mines Of gold
pure, breathing the balmy freshness, OF the beaateous
fields left lie POc clothing the expression
feelings and sentiments in the touching lively imagery
genuine poey he loved the beautiful sublime nature
shadows OF the Almighty upon earth he reverenced and
adored EsaJhat world within Us citadel Of
the SOUL Of God. It perennial springs
that eenated his belief in the inviolaby thought, dig
y and eternity immortal natures those lofty princ
PIES By sought the education the youth the
try and ameioadsn and happiness Of all classes. These
we're the his early youth, the lofty visions Of his
hood-the perfume Of Paradise which his soul returned to their
native Heaven In all his speeches the BARN all his har
rsngues from the trJlHein his orations from the
he ever evnced kind and gentleman, the ripe shO
lar the ohaste and polished ambitious,
was that the grandeur might from the public
good But more glorious than all this worlds houor or pOmp
he sleeps merely and again resppear the spendor
OF unfading youth.
Bright be the place Of thy soul!
No lovelier spirit than thine,
Fer burst from its mortal coutrol,
In the orbs Of the blessed to shine
J. BERRIEE LINDSEY,
WIN. n. BuBo.