New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-21

chiefly by smile snd MELODY ~ 10 Irote ~ .re
one convenience Of the other. The flowers and fruits
nav be copied on the furniture Of the house, put II
their beauty be not su6crdinaed to utility, they lose
the charm Of beauty, and degenerate into nnery Ane
reverse is the case in the garden. -. -r--..,
NotNre-I would prase alike the soft gray and |
brown which socted my eye erewhise, and the snowy
fFetwork which new decka the forest aislee Every
raises It's petricd delicacy above them, seems 70 nae
N clai,n A voice. voicel Cazst thou not silently
ADORE tss must needs be dosg? Art thou too Coca 70
wait ss begesr at the door of TIE great temple!
FEIcyx aR-hkaa-Wom is The flower, man tho bee
She siehs ogt meodious fragrance, aud invites the
winged laborer He drasnser cup, and carries on the
horey She dies the sselk; he returns TO tire hive,
we'll fed ard praised as an active membeT Of IRE com
mJnity. u.
actson sva5olical Of rhut is ritkiR.(soethe saye,
Ihaye learned 10 ccTrsiGer all do symbeical so
nat il nov matters little 70 whether make plates
or Dishes" And further, he says, "AN manly effort
. OpeOrfunitv feetiag.-I held in nay hand the cup.
IL was,fu of hot liquid. The air was cold ldelayed
TO drink and lie yit heat its soui eoried upward IN
delieatest yyreaths. j looked delighted on their
beauty; but while waited, the essence oft 6raught
was wasted ON hecold air it weWd net wait for me;
it forged too mush TO utter itseiS and when my up
was ready only sraa worthless sediment remained OF
Wket bad been.
5;ngling of tke&eapenly rith tReecrthly son of
the gods has sold his brthrgh lie has received in
change one not merely the fares sweetest and
hottest of earth sdaughters. YetfsEnoSa htexchange'
His pnions dro0p poweress; he must no longer soar
amid the golden, stars. No matter he tbinks "a will
take her to green and hOwery isle; will pay the
penalty of Adam for the sake Of the daughter OF Eve;
/ win make the earth fruitful Sy the sweat of my
brow No longer my hands shall bear the coal to the
ps of the inspired singer-no longer my voice modu-
late its tones the accompaniment OF spheral harmo
Mes Ny hands now lift the clod of the valley which
daIes cling 10 them with brotherly familiarity. And
for my soing dreary taskwork al the day, receive
--fOod.
But the smile with which she receives me at set of
sun is il not worth all the has seen me endure Can
| angelic delights surpass those which possess when,
/ facing the shore with her. watched by the quiet moon,
/ we listen to the tide of the world surging up lmPa-
i tenty against the Eden 1t cannot conquer aruy tne
;oys of heaven gregarous and lew in comparison
4 This this alone is exquisite, because exclusive ana
Il peculiar"
yper turks beneath the flowers 10 sting the foot OF
thy child and pale decay must steal over the cheek
thou dost adore. In the realm of ideas all was mPer-
ishable. BE hlest while thou cans love thee faen
seraph but thou shouldst not have sold thy birthrgh
ga n for love and the world well lost That sounds
40 true But genius when il sells itself, gives up,
not only the world but the universe
Yet does not love comprehend the universe Inc
uniyerse is love. Why should weary my eye with
scanning the parts when can clasp the whole this mo-
nent TO my beating heart
But if the intellect be repressed the idea will
be brought out from the feeling The amaranh wreath
will in thy grasp be changed to of roses, fra
grant, indeed, but witbering with single sun!
whether Goethe did well in giving up Lii. That
the crisis in his existence. From that dates his be-
ing as "Wetweise;" the heroic element vanished
recOveraby from bis character; he became an Epicu-
rean and Realst; plucking flowers and hammering
stones instead of looking the stars How could he
look through the blinds, and her sitting alone in
her beauty yet give her up for 30 slight reasons He
was right az genius, but wrong as character
The F2O,cer and tie Pearl. - has written won |
ders about the mystery Of personality. Why do we |
love it In the fist place, each wishes to embrace
a WHOLE and this seems the readiest way. The intel
lect soars the heart clasps from putting a girdle
round about the earth in forty minutes, thou wouds
return TO thy little green isle of emotion and be
the loving and playful fay, rather than the delicate
Ariel.
Then most persons are plants, organic We can
predict their growth according 10 their own law.
From the young girl predict the luster the fra
GRANGE of the future flower. 1t waves gracefully 10
buses himself In them, and flies away after brief
rapture, richly laden
When fades, its leaves fall softly on the bosom of
Mother Earth to all whose feelings it has closely
conformed. 1t has lived part of nature; its life
was music, and we open our hearts To. the melody.
But characters like thine and mine are mineral. |
We are the bone and sinew, these the smiles and |
glances Of earth. We lie nearer the mighty heart, |
and boast an existence enduring than they The
sod lies heavy ON us, or, we show ourselves the |
melancholy NOES cings to us. III we are 70 be made
into palaces and temples, must be hewn and chs- /
eled by instruments of unspaIing sharpness. The |
process is mechanical and unpeasng; the noises which
accompany it, dscordant and obtrusive; the artst s
surIouned with rubbish Yet may be polished to |
marble smoothness. In veins may lie the diamond,
the ruby, perhaps the emblematc carbuncle.
The flower ia pressed to the bosom with intense |
emotion, but in the home Of love it withers and ia
cast away.
The gem is worn with less love, but with more |
prde if we enjoy it's sparkle, the Joy s partly from
calculation of lie value but if it be lost regret
long.
For mysef, my name is Pearl" That lies, at the be.
timing amid slime and foul prodgies from which |
only lie unsightly shell protects. IL is Graded and
brought 10 s nOblest state amid disease and decay
Only the experienced diver could have known that it
was there, and brought it to the strand where it Is
valued as pure round and, If les brilliant than the |
diamond vet an ornament for q kingly head. Were |
il again immersed in the element where first it dwelt
now that it s stripped of the protecting sbll, soon
would il backen into deformity. So what's nobest in
my soul has sprung from disease, present defeat dis
appointment, and untoward outward circumstance
For you, / presume from your want OF steady /
light and bfillancy of sparks which are occasionally
struck from you, that you either flint or rough
diane Dd. If the former, hope you will find home
in some friendly Undertook, instead OF lying in the
highway TO snswer the hasty hOof Qf the tramplng !
steed. If diamond, j hope to meet you in some m-
perishable crown, where we may long remain to-
gelherj you Lighting up my pallid orb, tempeiing
your b'aze.
pleasure do you who have eAiled those pa2or tissue
covers take in that bouquet Of dried ferns Their |
colors are less bright and their shapes less graceful
than those Of your shades"
aDswer, " They grew beneath the solemn pines.
They opened their hearts to the smile OF Summer, /
and answered TO the sigh Of Autumn. They remind |
me of the wealth OF nature the tissues of the poverty
of man. They were gathered by cherished friend
who worships in ths woods, and behind them turks
Deep enthusiastic eye. SO my pleasure in seeingt1em
is 'denkeDde' and inenscbliche'"
They are OF no use.
n lka flav are Ia Tnl