The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-06


was, than strive against it. and strive man
fully for something higher or who would
MT rather bask with Tuppsr under thesilken
reign of Venus. than with Longfellow fght
under the banners of Mars. Cervantes makes
Don Quixote line at times, on "savory re-
membranes" not few feast their minds
upon them altogether. Evangiine sought
through her lifetime for her vanished lover,
and though she followed his footsteps like
phantom, ever near, yet always apart, and
found him only where death was presenting
the last dregs of bitterness so many are
dreaming, and pursuing a phantom, that
shall ever elude their feverish grasp, until at
the last they shall awake, and find too late
how greatly they might have done. "The
souI is dead that slun bsrs5F -zaothing 50
true. But when one looks abroad over the
world of mankinds and sees SO many thou
sand of useless, aimless men, how can he
think that they behave it, OF care ?--but their
souls are dead within them.
"The body made the living tomb of mind"
Ifa great earthquake, laundering up from
ly open its gaping portals, swallowing down
thousands, how little would the world at large
IN ss them Men would go curiously to the
s.ene and say, Here, upon day long to be
remembered, the earth opened and swallow
ed d3wn iei thousand people, shrieking,
praying, lrepzied, and despairing-and then
closed Jyer h.n as il they had MEYER been. !"
And lhs woala De aii-,ne Aistory, i'll u lew
w1lds, VI many,
1t IS true, not ali can tower gradually in
the steep paths OF anne and honor, 'they
So We. vino only stand and wat, and iul
c.ten Ia. man seen passing qr'esiy ami unob
ttus.yely along, II noticed more closely, the
cenching OF the fingers, the biting Of the lip
the determined look of he eyes, would show
, sublime struggle Of duty, with temptation
of strong right, with perverse wrong.
1t is q hard thing to leave the cherished
: : hopes of years, hopes, over whica we hav
dreamed, and planned, hopes, that we hav
dolized so long, to pick up the first, hard, uu
: pleasant duty, that presents itself, but unles
T we would ever dream for the sake Of dream
ing, it must be dons. For my part, as muc
as it is decried like ambition. Give me th
man wAo for great end inSsisw. Lends an
= chapes circumstances To- lSsnit his will, an
" with an iron determinali AZ ldipIindeiatigab
le perseverance, goes right ON to the goal--n'
70 the poor mortal who witb-. a.
or "A brain Of feathers, and heart of leaA,"
| Iol, 81. ri,
lie now borne hither and thither to no purpos
h but Cor the ease of an enervated soul, thi
n breads to bestir itself to healthful action
How much to be pitied and scorned, are su,
st spirits How the chords that bind them
W great purposes, part silently, sullenly, OF
~ by one until at last they are sadly adritt d
~ sailless, compassless, anchorless, upon Il
great ocean of time; Hopes star grown
> dinmer, and DINNER, until in the end,
~ fades away in misis, and fears, and the 50
,rs is gone forever
-er Ambition fade. not thus, it works, wal
lat flies, walks, and builds bridge from Il
an world to the next 1t is restless, it pants
en- the high, the grand, strives. for fame, u
gu striving wins it. 1t swells beyond the nj
ier row boundary Of this sublunary sphere, a
", " breathes ambrosial airs, and thinks W
VI "a gods; shoots glance prophetic into the da
ne shades of futurity, and lays firm toundat
: that shall out last the rage of elements,
; 7 decay Of ages.
Men, wko spend the too short years of
was in seeking for the gold hidden in the bow
was Of this earth, ploughing the tempestuous mi
lies for raltry dust, de, and are forgotten
rd, hypocritIcal marble and ever ready will
ght only weep for virtues they never possess
ier' but the hero fallen for his country, the I
maj that immortaIzed natioll-these are cl
iil9 shed and mourned willie planets roll, OF 5
rise and set. How many millions OF the VI
,y,, and the rich, have been gathered to the to-
since the death Of poor, blind Homer t
are forgotten among men, but his name,
lame is Immortal, and great beyond bCul
And all they that have striveh heroically
greatness since the foundation Of the We
way, have sue ,eeded; and all that So strive, 81
VIII Du 5guee to ambition awhile, the
hours of Night are gliding away swiftly,
air is chill and damp, and Morpheus W
lis my,c wand in bcwilderng mannC
res ign MY eli to his embraces, bidding
that good night.
rbe SCRIBLERUS, S
Jul P.S.-Oh, had nearly fargotten--if S
dows Jr., will take the wonderful and never-b
ug Vi heard-of' trouble to examine Capt. Harry
the amusing novel, 1.-The Pacha of many Ia
seen volume second, he will find the narrati,
irink the Chinese story teller, who, when he
ngled thinking something else up, played on a
sects, instrument the ''ti tum, &C." That is
bark know of the origin of it, and of course
ng Of Jr. can give sufficient reason for asse
! will that l equiyocated when put the song
" dell Chinese---if he can think of nothing e
with would suggest, that he deny the sxisteH
dness that novel, and of there ever having bee
dawn Capt. Maryatt, and assert it all as fici
asare mine AS to his ever having heard me
o look it, will say was not aware Of the SAL
or the until few weeks ago, and / have not