The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-06-11


parued linn With mysterious terrur4
though The now unlfieudly elements eom-
bined 10 check his career. SIN wIth un-
RcrSiug purpose Wdaunled coaragc Size
saw him march constantly forward. spir-
IFS Of evil could NOS drive from his heart
the proseienoe of ereaue aad BIZ soul
dwcH calmly under the forcshadow q a
mighty future.
And Is Iyy looked She saw hoa he
children ST men became a great nation.
and possessed The land far and wide.
They delyed into the bosom ct the pleased
earth, and brought forth the pilei-Up
treasures of amounted cycles. They un.
folded Tie book Of the skies, and sought
10 read tie records thereon. They pluug-
ed into The unknown aud terrible ocean,
and dcckcd their own brows with the
gems they plucked from hers And when
conquered Nature had laid her boards
al their feet, their restless longing- would
not be satisfied. Brave young spirits,
with The dew Of their youth fresh upon
them, SCI out In quest Of land beyond
their ken, Over the mountains, across
the seas, through The forests, there came
T. The ear Of the dreaming girl the meas
ured tramp Of marching men, the softer
footballs Of loving women, the patering
Of the feet Of little children. Many day
and many a night she saw them wander
on towards The setting sun, till The Unseen
Hand led them 10 a fair and fruitful coun-
Try that opened lis bounieous arms IN well
come. Broad rivers, green fields laugh
ing valleys wooed them to plant tleir
household gods, - and the foundations Of
Europe were laid. Here were sown tie
seeds Of those heroic virtues which have
since leaped into luxuriant life, - seeds Of
that irresistible power which fastened is
grasp on Nature and forced her to unfold
the secret of her creation, - seeds Of that
far-reacbing wisdom which in the light
Of the unveiled past has read the story
Of the unseen future.
And still under Iyy's eye they grouped
themselves. Some gathered on the pleas
ant hills of the sunny South, and the beau
ty Of earth and sea and SKY passed into
their souls forever. They caught tie
eyanescent CLEAN, the passing shadow
and on unseemly canvas limned il for all
time in forms of unurerdd and unutcra-
BILE loveliness. They shaped into glowing
life the phanioms Of grace that were al
ways fitting before their enchanted eyes,
ard poured into inanimate marble their
rapt and passionate souls, They struck
the Tyre to wild and stirring songs whose
tremulous echoes still linger along the
corridors Of Time. Some sought the ice
bound North, and grappled with dangers
by field and food. They hunted the wild
dragon to his mountain-fasnesses, and
fought him at bay, and never quaied.
Death, in its most fearful form, they met
with grim delight, and chanicd the alorics
Of the Valhalla waiting for heroes who
should forever quaif the tUamng, pure,
and shining mead from skulls Of foes in
battle slain. Some crossed the sea, and on
"that pale, tina; whitc-hced shore,
Whose foot spurns back the oceans swelling
tide
they reared a sinewy and stalwart race,
whose morning drum-beat encircles the
world.
And History taught Ivy TO reverence
man.
But there was orc respect in which
Ivy was both pupil and teacher. Never
a word Of Botany bad fallen upon herr
cars but through all the unconscious bliss
of infancy, childhood and grlhood, for
sixteen happy years, she had lived among
the flowers, and she knew their dear faces
and their wildwood names. She loved
them with an almost human love. They
were to her companions and friends She
knew their likings and dislkings, their
Joys and sorrows,-wbo among them
chose The darkest hooks Of the old woods,
and who bloomed only to the brightest
sunlight,-who Sent their roots deep down
among the MOSES by the brook, and who
smiled only on the southern hillside.
Around each she woye a web Of bcauli-
ful individuality, and more than one had
received from her new christening. II
is true. that. when she came to study from
a book. she made wry faces over the long,
Latin names which completely
disguised her fayorites, and 10 her heart
deemed a great many Of the definitions
quite superAuous but she had strong
faith in her teacher, and when the tecll-
meal was laid aside for the real, then, IN
deed, g her foot was on her native heath,
and her name was MacGregor." A wild
and merry chase She led her grave in
structor Morning, noon, or night she
was always ready. Under the blue sky,
breathing the pure air, treading the green
turf familiar from her infancy, she could
not be otherwise than happy; but when
was superadded to this the companion
ship Of mind vigorous, cultivated, and
refined, she enjoyed it with a keen and
intense delight. Nowhere else did her
soul so entirely unfold to the genial light
Of this new sun which had suddenly
mounted above her horizon. Nowhere
else did the freshness and fulness and
splendor Of life dilate her whole being
with fine ecstasy.
And what was the end Of all this