The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-03-22
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The Poetry Of Mature

..t,h speak 10 ~ " et5y for a ahoiy thing
Many persons can express poeIic
thoughts ia pruse, while few can render
,hrm into Verse vi IA equ1 p-rfrciion
To string the mental prurls and Il amnnds
'"grth'r, aud cause them to rhyme har
IA n ously, is n rare gin. / b.-lieVe it l.
Clcero who says that culture has much 10
do with the form tiOn 81 other characi. rs
but poet is m"uld'd by the plastic hand
Of nature. TS'he whsle creation is full
Of silent beauty, and drlicious 81 nlploi, /;
the stars are called the ''peotty of urav-
en-" aud q 'wers, the alphabet of AN.
gels :" every lofty tree, every Prhtlr,l
brOok, every tiny flower. contains un-
written poetry the winged m lsiciAus Of
the grove. taught by Divine Meter.
emit soft floating witclrry OF sound ,
uuequalled by any thing within the All IL,
range Of art the warning eI,men,s eon-
tain terrific beauty when the fierce blasis
Of BJrvss. the roaring thunder. aud ilVi,l
lightning met in cohtendrug fury. aw-
fully grand Is the sight. How sublime Is
B. rOn's invocation To the mountain storm.
Eni night
And SO N and darkness ye are wood us strong.
~ l'yel "a your trsngih. ~ IL the hg.s
o adzTk I'VE in wom ,ui FGa,ng
n IN peak o p, Ak the rafting Graz am M,
L --ps tnr live thunIer. n { irom ,as hone Ct nj
Bat every m 1an a nov hath fian a tonsue.r
have witnessed just such n night
storm among the Allrghanirs, aud car
testify that this rong lan, uase is noi
oveTwrOught. Indeed words cannot cnu-
vry q cUrrect impression of the 'ceiae.
The Bible tor sbuunds with gorgeous de-
SYMPTOMS Of oriental scenery. Fh'w~rs 81
rhetoric, and beautiful figures Of p eeli.
are scattered thickly over its pages, yet Rs'
Worl Of rhyme il found therriso LID
vast the conception in the commence
ment Of its first book. Aud CD said
let there be light, and there WAS ligh,
Aud again it is said, that at er,aIurf
birth. The morning stars sang ingr,h.-,,
anil all the SOUS Of Cod sh"u 81 FER j.,
Even apart from what i purrly Il w a.
al the sweet singer OF Israel wrap> tie
soul ia Elysium." by his melting strain
The inspired Isaiah carries il 10 he thtd
heaven. BY the sublimity. aud grandeur uf
his ini ,gery. tn" pictures drawn in the
revelation exc, ed all finite c"ncemipu.
WH1ess the following Aud Jaw
4 eat white throne, and him that sat IN
u, from whose prcsence hr "a Ga aud Tie
heaven fed away, ui,l there W - fpu Il 30
place tor them - aud even tia. saviour
b si-rlr clothed the m.,st SOLEMN truiLs
with BEAUTIFUL dralery. What sn ex-
quite litil. gun i this: Consider tie
lilies how they gov the, toll It. nritIi,
'lo they rIiin, aud II ! -ay dntu yuu tut
even solomon ia all hi- gl,T,, w. ~, al
rayrd like our oi. th Sc" Aud liuw ln-
lrsrsivrly II inculc ties trust Ia Il. A
p-TsOn destitute OF taste hr h,r,ri,,,,,
aud beauty IA every form Is to Oe piled
Such tssle Is rlryaIing, refining IL Il Is
the spul alHiv.- tn. dr,l-, OF ss.rtn. ani 49,
sea even III & cat fountain % Exc l.
lsnc'' Hin~'lf. Tue figures usrI 10y m
~t'-r-d writer's in Ih.ir deIinerlom, OF
Hsav"n, lead Us 10 the cbmclu,ion, that
niue. of lie attraction con>isls va b ,rn M
and lOtsl heSs. Her walls arr. OF pr,,.
cious rtour. her gates Oi pearl her -tr,.,.ts
p we'd with gold" while the clear. c-ru.
lean arches ring with d.,in~st melody.
And they sang new song. worthy the
Limb etc" On huw can tlloss who de
spise such things here, love the dazzling
beauty. or lningle Their voices IN the
swee' strain Of that gluriou. city through
the unoounted. measurelrss, and unc,n.
ceivable agrs of eternity.
VIRGINIA.
/ SHANNANpALE Mss