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


~AtsPe~k no u v ? -ay forsd ahciy thiaRT
Many persons can express psretir
hauxhts la pr.sse. willie f~w can retasles
'h~m into verse vi IA equal P-sf-eiis'n
To string the mental p-afis and Il amunts
iag-thsr. ard euu-e them to rhy m- bar
IA "A ously. ia rare git- ] b-li-se Il l.
Cicrrp who says. thai crlrur- h1- much "a
do with the form stion "A 0th-r characf. =
but a poet j. m.uld-d By thu plastic hand
Of nature. he whule creation Is fal
Of silent beauty. and d~Iirisus - mPisnn, f.
the stars are called the .p~osfy Of I-ak-
en-" aud a swer, The alphabet II am
gels I" every lofty tree, ever f~-ti.ieti
brook. every tiny a,E~r- contains uis-
written To-ly the Sing-i N i~sicisns o.
the grove. taught b. = DIVINE NJ TER.
emit soft aottiug wileh-Fy of souad
unequailed by any thing within the ali .v
range Of art the warning el-m-n's con-
tain terrific beauty when the fierce bias :
Of B srrzs. the roaring thunder. and hFi.l
lightning met in cOntending fury. aw-
fully grand Is the sight. Hu~ sublime -
b rOn's invocation 70 the mountain storm.
so n4EhL
And 30 n and darkness ye are Ea-d E as sfrsuz
- lsrei 10 your -trength, ~ i IN hga
o sdark e n SON o. FEs AZ
Pm Peak Q pax the rsttlag era ara nE.
L-4ys to- i've 4han8er \ { aonn .ae sur CT al
Bn esrry n 1aa q q noe lAth f,4af - tonEae.
have witnessed just such a night
storm among the A~ilrghanirs, and ean
testify that this roug Ian uas~ Is i.ot
oyerwrought. Indeed words cannot cof.-
Wy a currect impression OF the ,ceise-
The Bible too abound- vi Ia garg-,ua st-
$ riptions of oriental scenery Fi"w-rs 81
rhetoric, and beautiful figures Of p eel.
are scattered thickly over is pages. vt ma
wonI Of rhyme is found thervirM-u
vast the conception in the
nent Of its first book. Aud Cd sal
let there be light, and there Wa ligh /"
And sgsin It is SAID. that 81 cr,atIoas
birth. The morning stars sang tog~th-
and all The sous of Cod shou 81 for ia
Even apart from what i Pur~l1 Il 70 a.
al the sweet singer Of Israel wraps tl.s
soul ia Elysi,m by his melting ,Irain
The inspired I,aiah carries il 10 h. thul
heaven, by the sublimity. and grandeur Of
his i'm ,Eery. Tue pictures drawn in The
revelation exceed all finite conception.
WuIess the following And | ssw a
3 eat white throne. and min that sal IN
Il, from whose Presence he ga ia aud Tie
heaven fed away. and there ~ t. fuu rtDo |
place tor them - aud even thu saviour
b <i-elf clothed the most solemn trutl.s
with beautiful dralery. What an ex-
liUlr g-m i This: Consider tie
lilies how they gt"w they toll at. nrith,r /
lo they sPin, aud ,rI { ~sy anio YOU th,I
solomon ia all IN gl,r,, We not al
Rs! ed like one OF TIA Sc" Add how I'M
prtssiyely il inculc ties trust Ia & Il. A
destitute OF a taste for h~4runouA,
aud beauty ia every form Is To oe pi led.
Such taste Is ,leyuung. refining IL Ii Is
.lIe s"ul abov- thu dro~s Of eartn. anl A.
'imdate' II IN re nrarly 10 celestial d inss.
leA even o TN < cat buatain u ESQ l.
Himself. Tue figures used hy IN.
writer's ia their d-ellneulou, OF
lead Us 10 The conclusion. thar
of lie attraction consists IA b trm M
and lON'l ness. Her walls are Of pre-
rtour, her g u,'- 81 pearl her -tre..,s
? we'd with gold" while the clear. c~ru-
can arches ring with d.sin-st melody.
And they sang a new song worthy the
L .mb. etc" Oh! how can those VIM de.
'pise such things herr, love the d~as1iins
Or ninrle Their voices Ia the
'See' strain Of that glorious city through
he amounted. measureiess. and unc M
ages of eternity.
VIRGINIA.