The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-21

cAlly refused, knowing the dire necessity
Of such among my fellows soldiers In
camp. l have dedicated Il to editors,
authors, pon-npd ink poytratears and
weak-minded goEsippers Of the press
generAlly--my generous and noble self |
notincludedl
SONNET 10 AUTHORS
IT'S strange to think how persons ove to write,
AID IN oomposiis nom eTso TAX delight
In fol owing Pane, in be; any ght,
Thro' halls az bright "a d'y and d TX a. nighii
still pressing Oh 10 keep the rympb In sight
Regardless whethcr gcirg wrng y right,
p ~ strive 10 70 ow phantoms hat inyits
Them 20 some unk own eyaeum br lht
Where care aud sorrow are 70 gotten quite,
Anu sylvan gods are robsd D. snowy white;
'Ts tuange indeed they thus sbou show their
might
But stu more strsngc that they Ga 4pld ever isht
Upon he esrlh and al thgr freak reche,
Aud think they have saen Tmagaatios's height
The worst that can be said of this is
that It is "rhythm without reason all Of
which was said Of Upper, the cOckney,
and that brilliant plagiarist, Charles
Mackay, that killed ilunky New York
correspondent of the London Times
The staid reader may ere this have
said that have admirably succeeded in
making an Of myself in my laudable
effort at notOriety or "immortal verse;
but when call 10 mind the many gem
fuses who have led the way, and re-
member, too, the sacred burdens borne by
that docile creature, am content to set
GROWERS at defiance.
Col. Watkins, of the 9th Kentucky
Cavalry, made dash upon some re-
treating rebels on the Hardin pike, ten
miles from the Harpeth, on Saturday
morning last, and succeeded in captur-
ing five Texicusses and twenty horses
Among them was a Lieutenant Hum
phries, of the signal corps and nephew
Of the RI. Rev. Gen. Polk.
Col. Daniel McCOOk, commanding
United States forces here, reviewed the
whole yesterday afternoon. am little
acquainted with this McCook personally,
but from what l have eeen Of him /
should say he is man of transcendant
ability, both as scholar and soldier
They passed in ,teie,o in column of COM
panies They presented magnificent
appearance.
| Ipurpose visiting your city soon, but
being extremely bashfal, am anxious to
enter unheralded. do not wish to be
importuned by Aldermanic speeches of
welcome and congratulation. The hos
FATALITIES of the city" may work death to
my old heart, for aged love is the most
severely impressive
Quit your cob webbed and dusty Sanc-
tum for few days and come to Br. 4 =
wood. The feverish life Of your city,
with all its perplexing enjoyment, rs
complicated Injuries aud is m4n;fsld
cares, you may some day be jsagssd to
change for the silence, m3lie.Fy, ease,
and freedom Of the courns Has 40
ciety, gangrened as Il ~ with malice,
deceit, and cOrruBtiOr. e{er palled upon
you? Have the wet ksdag struggles OF
the world made you VISA for some short
Sabbath repose? His the filthy atmos-
phere of secession settled upon and
chafed your lungs, and do they not re-
quire those balmy breezes that are fra
grant with the life and soul of Spring
come away to Brentwood Has love, OF
bate, or ambition, or any of the thousand
ephcmeFsi passions that ruiIle the tide o.
existence, and craze the brain TO madness
laid hold upon you? come here among
the mountains, and forest-,rees, anC
flowers, that you may restore reason
hold silent converse with the Past, and
take calm counsel of Solitude. Her,
; you will find sunshine that is neye
, clouded, breathe air sweet as msidens
whispers, and commune with patriots
true to their trust, their country, an,
their God GRAPEsHoT.
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