Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-10

The following lines b sAMUEl CsMsRoS, ESQ.,
exhibit gledness Of SOUL elasticity Of hesTt trath
Of thought, clearness Of expressions. and that dsk>
tsrity OF mental distiatiOn which draWs from chaos
and confusion tie essence of beauty and order
The author strikes every moment upen some sting,
10 which the heart responds, and 81 the beautits
Of earth and sky are lavishy squandeFed to form
fitting framework for bis pictures
From the KniolssrbOcEer Magazine
ThOse vesper SELLS.
lis suumer's pensive twilight reign.
me world seems one embodied thought;
And Nature TO the flowers has brought
Refreshing bamof crystal dews;
And with a voice Of music
The modest flowers that love DE cells.
The spirit of the hour avaIes
ToluAury o. th0ughtand truth;
Pure a. the waters Of tho~e lakes
Where spirits drink immortal youth;
And th ough the silen sabbaihar
heavenly music scars and sWellss
The music Of the yesper bells. r... y
Ihsard those bells at ulerninghour
And felt their holiness Of power,
As though from heavenly harp lay
or promised mercy had woke.
Such as on that redeeming morn,
Gladly upon Judeab broke
Proclaiming the REDEEsER horn.
And then, as grew the golden light
OF day to fulness and . gladness,
shared the bliss Of sound and sight,
And felt not cen one pulse Of sadness
But change OF time trough change Of SOUL
And nov love ihese lonely dells
The echoes Of those vesper bells.
For Evening says, lfs's brightest day
Must also have t closing hour
That msuhoods pride viii pass away
From Earth, and perish like tie fower;.
The grave where silent darkness GveIs
To meet NY cherished friend,
And hear no more those Yesper bells.
Con how full Of bitter tears
That they, the friends Of fohdest years,
Whose sympathies the heart has sought
As its best refuge, soiace, home
Must part; and I, within the tomb
Nor hear with them these yesper bells.
Whsp earth is past, and an gone
On that far journey, which the mind
OF may oft reflect . on.
But which has never been defined;
When on that journey depart,
Friendships cen now my spirit tells,
thought Of me will reach thy hear
Whenever thou hearst those yesper bells.
Hear me, OH thou beloved, revered,
Among thousand here to mei
Oh let memory shrine he reared
Where my rapt soul may list to thee
And let thv pious thoughts arise
Twill meet and mngle in the skies,
With music Of the vesper BELLS
DeEs viii not be the only tears,
Upon the gras' above my head
For viii mingle with thy prayers,
To tell cf sorrow for the dead
And as angel watts above
Thy prayer 70 Him who hig hest dwells,
ThOu'lt hear thy Gods reFaTding love-
In sweetness Of those vesper bells.
Then, when the rosy Sabbath morn,
In glory tresdeth DER the hills,
Or evening gems the fragrant thorn,
And with her dews the blossom fills,
Whisper thy friend, who low and lone,
Seepeth amid the silent dells,
And he will know tbs music tone,
Of heard beside those vespeF bells.
When In their beautiful array,
Through Time sbright vi "a shine the hours
In which steps Teioiced to stray
Through avenues Of Odor0as flowers;
OH wilt thou not In fancy deem
The whisper Of my spirit dwells,
Like echo Of tuneful dream,
And minges with those yesper BELLS?