The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-03-21
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THE HILL OF SCIENCE.

THE HILL OF SCIENCE.
AN ALLEGORY-BY "BRCH."
The clock struck ten: an living nature lay
Tn slumbor wrapped. In tocchanalian play
Some the day had spcnt in labor, MORE
To meet unbonding times, had struggled sore.
These souudly slept; but restless dreamy, those,
And uurafrcshcd; and wished they too had chose
The better part.
And yet there others were,
Whose sleep was not tho sleep Of rcsti and theirs
should pity bo; and duplicating prayers
should rise iu their behalf they restless seemed
The Iive.long night-of bloody scenes thoy dreamed
Tho vacant stare convuscdi the groaul the start,
Betrayed uuuttored sudoriuga of the hcartl
with NO one near affections balm 90 yield,
Their friends lay mongod ON the CORY ncldl
The clock struck toni threw my books away,
AudIlstlsss turned TO watch the moonbcams play
Upon tho grove bencath they struggle now,
As 20 escape the oscllating bought
Now dance, fantastic, on the path below
As through the waving boughs tho zcphyTs blow,
I!raised my Dyes to heay'n: pale Luna high
Above my window, wcudcd, through md-sky
Aud through tho curtains pecpcd, and ardent glanced
As from a loycrscyc, and seemed entrunced
That her rcfugcnt face serene,
Her glowing, unobtrusve micn,
Should be with admiration seen.
Sometimes mothought adcepor hue
Across hcrloyey yisnge flew
A blush, perhaps, to think that she
Her means Of liberality
Had borrowodfrom the SUM-
But ward still she ho'd nor way,
And borrJwc from that orb Of day,
Until Ler course was rLr.
While musing thus, unconscious became,
And gentle slumbers stole upon my frame.
When, lol mcthOught 1 saw mountain rise,
or vast extent; its summit pierced the skies!
was a scene, magnificent, sublime,
Beyond tho power Of words TO tell since Iimo
B,gan, the Iikeof was never scoul
Its crest was clad IN everything grccni
And meath the summit, here, sweet arbors smiled;
Aud there, impending cliffs, romantic, wild,
From awful hotghts projecting fearful, hung
Der giddy depths below. Once, from among
Tho rest, SAW a poudcrous rock give way
Down, down, It clashed and uught opposing lay
In ruins in its pltM On, on, It boundA
Oppogiug rocks are lousod-with fearful sounds,
Peu-mcll, they roll, dashing, crashing down!
Earth and hell are shaken, devils irown
And morals start appalled, Now far below
Tho sound is swallowed up and all is o'er.
About this mount, on every side, were SEEM
As IL appeared to mo, hill, dell ANA lllni
And distant fur and scarce within tho view,
4 sterile desert lay; the oceans blue
II seemed from where 1 stood But drawing near
Unto the mount wondered much to Sec
At various points, vast numbers, Of degree
Both high and low, together striving there
The mountain to ascend; and thousands more
Were clambcrng up the sides, the first heat DER.
They rest them whiles then on, refreshed they start
Aud moot each obstacle with manly heart
Thus some hut often others weary grew,
And sometimes from TIA, upward struggle turned,
Mid taunts and jcors, and from the mount Withdrew
Content without the prize so dearly earncll
But fr, FAR greater numbers seemed content
Upon the elevations, or the plains,
Or desert cvcn to pursue their gains,
Believing those engaged in the ascent
Elthusia5tic dupcs, hot-brained fools,
stark mad, despicablc, or luckles5 tools,
Uutoa false ambition made to yield,
OF mon ingenious whose hearts We're stceled
Against humanity
But friendly Muse,
Forbcar, with greeting to Tho Highland News.
Its readers greet It's f.endy readers all,
Whose vision may upon these verses TALL