Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-09-02
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The Lark and the Clouds.
INSCRIBED TO MISS nErnr C. DIXON.

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO MISS HETTlE O. DIXON
Twas early dawn, while dewy and bright
The flowers were smiling in the day-god's light;
And far from its home in the orange vale,
Came the bamy breath of the southern gale.
As looked from earth toward the azure sky,
saw two clouds that foated on high,
And crimson and white with the hues of morn
Seemed the blushing herads of the dawn,
Which the sun had surprised ere they hasted away
From the glorious lustrc of his kindng ray;
For they chung to each oherall beauteous and bright
AS clothed in their drapcry of crimson and white
They slowly hoated through ether and air,
And seemed two angels lowering there.
So, as gazed, a sky-mk upward driven,
BY quiyering wings, toward the steep of Heaven,
Opened his beak in a carol Of praise,
As he shook his wings in the morning rays;
And bent his flight toward those forms so fair
Those beautiful clouds that hovered in airl
| watched him still, and still he upward flew,
Til lost, he seemed, in Heavens ethereal blue
But alas his daring flight was all for naught,
For the fairy forms which he hopefully sought,
Were scattered and broke by the fcryid rays
OF the morning sun, and dissolved in his blaze.
So the lark found cold and empty air,
Where the tso little clouds had Aoated so fair.
As he sunk to earth ana hushcd his hymn,
His eyes so bright with tears were dim;
For the lowering forms which hc soaled to greet
Had vanished forever away
Thus, HETTIE, methinks we all are but larks,
Forever pursuing ephemeral sparks;
Forever by shadows decoyed astray,
Forever allured by things which decay
Pursuing unweariedly through lifos desert way
Hopes shadows and clouds which dissolve in the ray
OF sorrows sun, and leave us to mourn in despair,
That visions so bright are empty air!
Yet, unlike the hopeful, tuneful lark,
We have in our bosoms the vitaI spark,
Which looks beyond the tomb and beyond the cloud
Fen beyond the drapcry of the cherries shroud,
For the Spirit shall arise from the silent tomb,
And triumph, all glorious, mid its wintery gloom.
Then we can mount for that heavenly flight,
To mansions of bliss all unchangeably bright,
And stand at last on that golden shore,
Where the dreams of Hope shall fade no more
GAYLE -
DEcATCREvlLLE, Aug, 9th so,
Gov. WISE AND WE.--We had the pleasure yes
terday of receiving the following communication
from Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Aug. l6, 1859.
GEoRGE D. PRENTICE, ESQ:
Sir-With much pleasure do attempt to perform
duty imposed upon me, by informing you of The
following resolution by an unanimous vote of oui
society
"ResoLOsd, That this Association, which has for
merly been known as the Henry A. Wise ASsocia
tion, shall hereafter be known as the George ID
Prentice Literary Society Of Alexandria T"
With the assurance that communication from
you viii be graciously received by the Society,
remain, yours, most respectfully,
JN0. S. ATWELL
Cor. Sec. of the q. D. p. Ass.
The Governor will see from this that we have
shot fairly ahead ofhim. 1t appears from his Don
nelly letter that he has been perhaps is STILL cher
ishing the most sanguine expectations of the mex
Presidency, but we are convinced that our chances
are much better than his now even if they have no
been so all along. And we shall be very careful
not to injure our prospects by any such blunder a
the one he recently committed
Even if we were INSCRIPTIONS enough to SEM
such letter as his last and most famous one, W,
should certainly have too much prudence and com
mon sense to do it. But we will try to be generou
and not exult too much in our signal triumph owe
him. We assure him that we think there are wors
men than he, and that shall take occasion to sa,
so in our first address to the Geo D. Prentice In
Henry A. Wise) Literary Association of Alexandria
And we shall send him an invitation to come ant
listen to speech but, in consideration of his re
cent misconduct, we think we shall have to refus
to let him have place our side upon the stage
l-LouiSvate Journal.
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