Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1858-11-03
Autumnal Musings.

Does u never occur 20 u m The melancholy
autumnal ewes. that. though The world j. daily
advancing in power. and grandeur. and beau.
" the same dreay thoughts come with the an
tumn winds. aud brood over the early hres.
and troubls the anxious .ouls Amid the
vaunted achievements Of this "age on ages
telling" We pause. To think. as we thought
years ago-we pause to think a. Plato thought.
a, Mouisigns thought. aud a. many an earnest
heart has thought. y hen ihc autuWnal breczes
walled pileousiy without. aud the chastened
soul repeats its solemn plant wit IN. L.
vain. We ell over the brilliant successes Of The
present. aud the splrndid tripmrhs which
Walt The future, The heart of the mortal Is not
satisfied aud with the melancholy days come
the same mortal battling Thoughts.
Yes. with the d,rgc Of autumn winds. comes
the vail Of the cha,iened SOU. Even Poesy
a.sum,s different hue. The mind j. sober
"a The unquiet heart yearns for the iufrite
The flu-h. aud pride. Of gorgeous summer l.,
over. The psgeaniry of bod. aud blossom.
aud Of fruitage. Is gone. The shadows OF
leafy avenues-and the warm sun.s-t~. and
the love songs Of gay exuliant birds. have
passed away Pleasure, the iroteu~. assumes
new shapes. Love no longer ''babbles Of
green fields" but talks costly oi fire eide joys
md that "only bliss, that has survived the
fall Autumn tinges the grove. aud the sky.
aud The heart The winds sweep through the
le>olate aisles of nodding pines. and plain
i've thou hts sweep across the heart strings
leaving. in their vibrations the same lad key
note Old spectral Though that
one light hope this yauniel age would have
exercised. come trooping back again. We
cannot di-pel them. They mocked Us year
ago. and they mock now. Solemnly. they
range themselves before Us. Stern. immova
ble, uniesolvable. Aud shall we never get
rid Of these mournful thcugh,sg Will no age
dsp.l thenl Are they a eternal a. the ~ra
sons. aud a in~crutabe as old oceans heart ?
Are they ever thus. TO tide up upon u'. in Il e
melancholy days. md retire unanswered, like
the billows Of the sea
What is MANI What is life ? What is
death No man from solomon the wise, to
Swedcnborge the mystic. has resolved those
stand amid the rolling Of the seasons. and the
"a idy panoramas If ages. Like distant
mountain pesk>. they lift their solemn heads.
ard rrbuke the vain bosSiingS of men. Tell
lfe's proudest tale and what is il? A few
attempts succes-lrss-s few hopes wilhered
ere We grasp ihcm--uuch useless freiting--a
little sleep-and the story is con, luded. The
curtain fall. and he miserable farce il over
And whether We stand Napoleon-or re.
cline Shakespeare. or live Ca, .ar--or die a
socrates. man il but man, and he grave sums
him mp. In vain we exuli--in vain we fret
our little hour upon lfe's stage--it is all the
same Our lltile dream j. roun led with a
sleep" and We tale that i. told.
+ Man, in the fu,h Of his life, tramps th,
earth exaltant He heaps glorious epiIhet.
upon hiuself and courts Immortality. II,
says that he = wonderfully and f,arfaliy
made, aud proceeds At once to fll the world
With his d,cds. He is "a noble animal,
SAYS SIR Thomas Brown. "Spleudid in ashes
~
.na uhiivities WIKI equal iustre. and not for
getting ccrsmo, ies Of bravery in the iniamy o
his na'rrr - Thus spake one. ~ho mocked
while Le ~ At mans estate. and GRACEFUL,
tempered the high scofiogs Of philosophy
with the profound compassion Of religion
The pomp aud circumstance Of Baptism. in
trodnces him TO smiling and welcomin,
w"rd-she pageaniry of noddiug plume-
procs~sion-. anil gorgeous churchs ritual, con
slgn him. whence h. came and what - man
Surely he argues. a creature so iugeniousl
fashioned and honutifully furnished Ia
not been created but for lof,iest ends /,
him hut cast hs eyes ul'ou The humblesi ro-
thai blooms On every shining leaf behol
the most delicate veins. on every petal III
rosesle flush II life. Trace in it, Transporter
stem the currents 81 is glorious bcing-an
inhale the waves Il oIur. beyond imitation
, which eucircls IL rerinm-d chalice And v
this y bot toy. one of Mature, play thing
And surely She whose resources arc 20 bouns
'e-s--w hose smallest freaks arr 80 woudroa
who. without a thought can throw upon N
r fse,iag gani q a summer day. such lsvi-
sealih---iepS ~, b.,eud the bounds ~ u
: ro.rs~t sport. when slc forms II the dust. n
p living mat
Near faiis n4ofrufaiiy
. these thouxit. cewr Ger ih heart
Tie re>-. the roys rc- q. gone
Aad ~he iau 1est .i~rartr
\ 1h..s fs has. iosi their splendor
The uatefs changed their fone
And wh-fcf,fe in lhe is,lri wofil
sheuiJ ssa-c iiuEct ON
Wh<ss = III roilsn sunshine
All ~tsrc the fo~ersaP's GLOW
Anl ~here tas jo, Of ne sarsirr isase.
And q fs.ntain's laughing 49,