Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-01-26
MORNING, JANUARY 26. 1858
For the True Democrat. BEAUTY.

- BY PEGGY. Joy, oh! man, dost thou profess to feel the eentle flow of love, upon the great deep of thy soul, and ne'er have seen the beauty, That fills cIcaton's wide expanses nl 'H1 Hast thou At early morn, viewed the glist ming dew drops oh the grassy lawn and seen reflected therc Inc rainbow tints, yet with careless mood have Passed them unhecded by, and behelI not Beauty there.
 As the downy flakes of the inter storm come and go like visions of Brightness before the mind, mantling the heart With happiness as feeting as themselves: Or in merry spring time hast thou wandered. Der the verdant fields and gazed upon the Gorgeous flowers as the. reared their lofty Heads, or looked upon the modest violet Where It grew, beneath the clustering vine: Hast thou heard the tuneiul notes of merry Woodland blers, and seen them hop from bouen To housh, as they planned their tiny nests, And beheld not beauty therca
 Hast thou seen The "snow capped mountain" with it's curtain of pIny green, and watched the cloudlet Float Tn grandeur OCT the noisy brooklet, "ehdlhg It's way adown the mountain side To meet and Kiss its friends, the flowers in The valley eoud'st thou look on and say that Thou did'st behold no beauty there?
 Hast thou Seen the zephyrs dance upon the waveets Of the lake. or viewed them as they skipped Der the flags so gracefully and shook them With their airy robes, and never have been Led to think how beautiful?
 Hast thou heard The rolling thunder of the bowling storm In deaf hing majesty move along and Seen the forked lightning flash with vengeance at The growing elements, and ne'er have thought That beauty stteh like queen upon The murky clouds?
 Hast thou not when night has Thrown her mantle on and decked with brilliant Stars the cerulean canopy, while Beamlng rays of silvery light, oer all Nature flowed; hast thou not walked abroad and Looked upon the gitering robe and neer Have looked again that thy soul might drink long And heavenly draughts of rapturous streams hat now rom ounts Anear the great hio throne' Speak and tell me is not beauty written Plainly there?
 hen the autumn winds are bowling And the leaves around are strcwi,Ie. as in
  The summer day when gentle Flora waved Her magic wand, and fairy sylphs stepred to /" ant upon their queen, did not beauty strike Thee then?
 Hast thou watchd the smiling cherub Babe, entwinc it's tendrls of love- and have Not smiled upon and hlc>t it in thy hcarts Hast thou watched the reignng belle and marked her laughty step as some new star appeared in he galaxy of her a,lmiring train Yes and wondering viewed the loved face And searched the inner soul to see ifit Were beautiful
 An, in this wilderness Of life, where beside the meanderine Path, grow alike brambles and flowers. in Each Is seen Jehovahs touch of hand and May it ever be when storms arise or Sunshine illume, that beauty II lead the heart To look " through Nature, up to Natures God.n Rejoice, oh my soul that thou hast learned To look upon Natures Var, ing scenes And been made to think that on ifes rugged stream Beneath the darkest waters, as in ripping sunny spots, that depths of beauty are found.