The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-08-11
For the Journal.
w omen and Witches, Wedlock and Eter-
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When tho raised lid unveilsits glances.'
tIIh;nier.
Modernly, women were charged with being witches;
In some respects trow the charge was true
But doubt their power 10 ride the air on switches,
Or raise she ID, or make the lights burn blue,
Tell fortunes, discover stolen riches,
Or make disclosures which they never knew;
But witchery still they have. and witchery then
Had they ofpower sufficient to witch the men.
There is a secret charm, winsome Turing.
Some women have, the while they do not know IL;
trancings spell, magic power, enduring
But the brief season they unconciously Showt;
Drawing us Btealthfully, our sympathy securing,
While they're nsensibe 10 what art they owe il.
Divugs the traits that win our admiration,
And how repusive grows their adeotation
Honorable exceptions, truly there many.
Who know their 20 wer, and yet discrsety use IL;
Sensible they better without any,
Than by misapprehenscn to abuse IL,
Better TO have discretion. with penny,
Than have pound and indiscrsetly lose IL.
They join good sense to all their native grsoss,
And blushing modcsty irradates their faces.
Byron hath said. ."I hate dumpy woman;"
Some of his sayings rank among the oddest.
Though sometimes not the wisest of all human.
To hate u woman who is discreet and modest,
Because her stature is beneath the common,
And bodily form requires an ampler bodice,
Betrays. conspicuousy, the base initial,
OF proud mind, depraved and superficial.
Modesty's a flower, let who will possessit,
And females commonly add the grace Of nestness;
A slattern would most probably suppressit,
And certainly would acidulate much it's sweetness;
l hate a dirty woman,-did Byron so express II,
The sentiment I'd endorse for its discrsetness;
Modosty and neatness-birds of similar feather.
Though not always-commonly go together.
& c. modest woman is neat. mean;-
A lox one, trne, may not be always dirty;
But then for you'll see that's neat and clean,
The aliases, perhaps outnumber thirty.
'Tis safest, then, to keep space between
Yoursefand her that's forward, pert and Airty.
atAt "a sYivnns
virtuous one is the last best gift" OF Heaven.
And am favored thus. and thank my God,
No man e'er had faithfuller kinder wife;
And few the varying vale of life have trod.
Who less than me have known connubial strife;
And when we're laid beneath the grassy sod,
o. may meetin everlasting life.
Where nothing vile shall enter to annoy,
Nor discord mar the universal joy
Eternity we cannot comprehend;
Nor will we ever. life that's everlasting;
Time. like all earthly things, must have ond.
And to that endless it is necessarily hastinB;
And in that lmitess sea it's stream will blend
With end cycles with which there's no contrasting
Grasp. if you can, the infinite idea
And sooner you'll drink dry the briny sea.
And when at last, the mighty task you've done,
And drained old ocean like nm empty shell,
Eternity will barely have begun
Its everlasting font of waves to SWELL
And that bright day, whose never-setting sun
Beams too inetfably for tongue to tell,
Moves onward still. and on, with no cessation,
a vast, eternal circle OF duration.
" Grave authors say, and witty poets sing"
Ito me, It's plain the saying is veIaciousD
" That honest wedlock is glorious thing"
And If judicious, seldom proves vexntious;
When two are pulling the same end o. th' string,
The labor is light and pleasant, and eiiicaeous;
Nature enjoins the law-Hymeu aud Cupid,
And whoeer spurns it is defOrmed or stupid,
OF all good folks who that bright day inherit,
or which mentioned in former verse,
None will have higher joy or greater merit,
Than married people who have run their course
Through life. in love and unity spirit,
Making all pleasant their trial of" better or worse.
Though marriage be there unknown* yet rec oectioI
viii bliss enhance with pleasant retrospecton.
For thu SO who jangle oil their life time here.
In reference to their entering that dominion,
There may be less of room for hope than fear,
IN. B.-l'm now venturing an opinionD
Whate er the DEVILS dark influence in this sphere,
| God can emaneipate every manacled minion.
Their good ight need for each separate corner,
Aud retrospcction prove solemn warner.
| o, that all men, and women, too, would live
In loving kindness us the Lord will let them!
| Avoiding carefully whatsoe'er may grieve
Each Others hearts, or possibly may fret them;
| Faithful to warn, to guide defend. retrieve
| From each insdious wrong that may besst them.
LiJe would be happy-death devoid of sting;
! His powerat worst a transitory thing.
But love of gain o'erlenps the rule of right.
And love OF pleasure brings premature decay;
And love OF glory instigates men to fight
| While love of conquest opens up the way;
And love ofpower enjoys intense delight.
! In all that operates to increase its sway.
Thus numerous passions, separate and combined,
! Promote contention, and dcbase mankind.
|
*"Although at the resurrection there shall be n,
relation OF husband and wife. and marriage shul
be celebrated but the marriage ofthc Lamb yet theI
shall be remembered how men and women passed
through this state. which is type of that and from
this sacramenta union all holy pains shall pass TO h
spiritual and eternal where love shall be their portion
and joys shall crown their heads to etornal ages"-
Jeremy Taylor.