The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-03
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TIE fjlioving is sn extra,t from lette
written from wh,r, the p;u, forest wav'
"thsir brar:,l.s high in he,vea," in who !:
tips ''th. s,ltry Twin : crows gov old and
die" T.l. write:i,a young Ia ly wlo IN m.ke'
no pr.t.ntions to literary IN .rit: ..r.
''G eat River Of Life, as t'lon fDy,st Oh
in n m,i.s.y aal mi ,ht, how gl,lly d, YOU
enbra.e tn. littl. streams which greet You
by the wlysid,! h,w you f,a:ish a. y)u
pass Oh with tl,ir ATTENDING - ,n!ar gin :,
swjftcain, :, ,uri,s Oh to b, lost in the grelt
Du ltsia b.yoai! '.....
'Tis 50 with h.pias's; AL sorrow, too,
has its river broll AMI d.ep-.,,urins over
mighty prscipic 'tyixt chasns
dep al svful-,vils yet wi lenin, still !!
"W. approach life withh,pe. TIE IN ,rn-
ing OF ou: eSi stencc is calm All sv,ct, AMI
clpllleSS dty scans before u. B 1t ala; !.
storm gathers a III clou |, hang in dTk lesi
arounl US; while afar off the str.amn ,
lightning al1 rparin, thunle ;ell too plain
" that tt. f,arfn' st)r n is approaching, and
ere the eve fit. is set, We are driven to
Sc x 'ee't.r b:l,ath the pc)tectin, roof of
kinl ?rovid .nce. .........
IS a.. the irst creation-sincs tn. exis-
ten. u III nan m ll-th. Great Riler ha )
sael titt, vi,l. th,se created after his owl
inn se. with S,rr1y and a'fiictioa care, aud
irl 1 ,n4 4
has ob'trsc in or future an object for su III
sesnils Il II :t,ols an1 prosecuting sorrow
Yet WITH all oar care an unhappy m IN ,nts,
happiness will f,at around the soul and
greet the inm,te with a smile-strew life's
dreary pathway with fragrant flowers which
win cares to vanish ani bea, an ofiprins Of
moments too pure to last"
1T is inlcel beautiful prospect when
friend AM loved associationS surround u7,
AMI passing life with gay dreams awaken
with its SWEET music the d)rnlnt soul
"Flowcrs blossom uahid len at our feet,
and nature i1 its glailest robes strews the
earth with vcriure; and the heaven-rot
forsetful of the wanting sunshine to nuke us
ble,t-.pour forth the refreshing shower
Who should not be happy?
"But HE away! Scenes dearer yet may
greet u.s. In the woodlands quiet shade,
on m ,ssy rocks wen rest and scan the forms
o" nature formed from natnre's plan-G ID S
architect Now let our striving fancy cease
with things Of art, thought noble of their
kind, and view one think alone which God
has made, left now unaltered by the vulgar
of man.
"'The trees were Gods first temples,
and now their shade will shieldta spirit
which loves th.m,with its natures SOUL
High toward the heaven they stretch their
giant forms in praise and love to God; while
feeble spirits (but little lower than Gods an
gels) sink beneath their shade and ask their
maker to assist their flight to heaven on
wings oflight and love! Shame, graceless
forms, which languor in such holy shade
and spirits which droop when natures kind.
ling flame burns bright aid offers pleasures
joys too free!
"We tread the pebbled, sandy shore
where rushing waters have for ages swept
but to behold the vastness of natures powe,
and her unceasing toll. There pebble upon
pebble piled in changing hue, smothered by
the waters rushing DER them. remind us o
the time which has flown away, never to re
turn or greet us anew in this life. But why
should we sigh? Has nature ceased he
busy work or labored less while man forso
to toll? Ah no when nature once forget
to toll then time is done. Eternity greets u
with its gladdening, happy souniand futur'
! is no more.