The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-02-13

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Hamilton. ID HE opening paper 10 the
Aaanfic Monthly for January, concludes
the article, sfIeppiest Days." with pas
sage that we are sure will be read and
re.fead, with relish--that will creaie de-
sire to see the article entire. The quoted
passage is. however, The cream Of The
whole:
you are getting into years Yes,
but the years are getting into you--the
ripe. rich years, the genial. mellow years.
the lusty, luscious years. One by one the
crsdities Of your youth are falling of
from you. 1.-The vanity. the egotism, the
isolation, the bewilderment, the uncer-
tainly. Nearer and nearer you are ap-
preaching yourself. You are consoli.
dating your forces. You are becoming
master o. the situation. Every wrong
road into which you have wandered has
brought you, by the knowledge Of tha.
mistake, so much closer 10 the lrulh.-
You no longer draw your bow at a ven-
ture, bnt shoot straight At the mark. Your
possibilities concentrated. aud your path
is cleared. On the ruins OF shattered plans
you 6nd your vantage ground. Your
broken hopes, yeur thwar:ed purposes,
your defealed aspirations, become a staff
Of strength, with which you mount TO
sublimer heights. With self-possession
aud self.command return tho possession
and command Of all things. The tile
deed Of creation, forfeited, Is reclaimed
The king has come to his own again.--
Earth and sea and sky pour out their lar.
CESS Of love. All the past crow3s down
10 lay its treasures at your feet. Patriot.
ism stands once more in the breach at
Thermopyl@. bears down the serted
hosts at Bannockburn. lays It's calm
hand in the fre. still. as IL il felt the pres.
sure Of . mothers lps,--gaihers 20 It's
heart the points OF opposing spears, 10
make way for the ayenging feet behind.
| All that the ages have Of greatness and
glory your hand may plack. and every
year adds 10 the purple vintage. Every
year comes laden with the riches Of The
lives that were lavished on it. Every
year brings 10 you sof.ness. sweetness and
strength. Every year evokes order from
confusion, I'LL all things ind scope and ad-
juslmeut. Every sweep Is broader cir
Gle for your horizon, grooves q deeper
! channel for your experience.
yours is The deep joy, the anspoken
fervor, the sacred fury OF the fight
Yours is the power TO redress wrong. i,
defend the weak, TO suceor the needy, to
relieve the suffering. toconfound the OPP
riessor : while vigor leaps in great tidal
pulses along your veins, you stand in the
ihickest OF the fray, and bread sword and
battle-axe come crashing down through
helmet and visor. When force has spen,
i itself you withdraw from the field, your
weapons pass into younger hands, you
rest under your laurels. and your works
i do follow you. Your badges are the
scars Of your honorable wounds. Your
4 life finds IT'S yindicaiion IN the deeds which
4 you have wrought. The possible TO-
morrow has become the secure yesterday.
i Above the tumult and the turbulence,
above the struggle and the doubt. you sit in
the secure evening, awaiting your promo
4 ton.
"Come then, o dreaded years Your
brows are awful, but not with frown.
i bear your resonant tramp far OF, but il is
sweet as May .maiden's song. In youl
grave, prophetic eyes. l read colder
promise. know that you bear in YOU
, bosom the fulness Of my life. Yelled mon
) archs Of the future, shining, dim anc
beautiful. you shall become my yassals
T swift-handed, 70 work my will. Nour
ished BY the nectar which you will pour
in passing, from your silver cups, Death
shall have no dominion over me, but
shall 60 on from strength TO strength and
/, from glory 70 glory" s