Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-10-07

John U Jnch sem JUnn "A. hhueTulce'
Merit II Paxson, Andrew Eliason,
Elas N. Moore.
Lepy Court Commissioners,
Lewis zeblpy. Brandyw,no Hundred
john ". Hawkins, Wilmington Hundred
Abuer HOlingsw orth, Chrsiiana Hundred.
Bronuugh NJ. Derringer. New Castle HuDored
Sylvester d TnwDaend. Pencader Hundred.
Communicated.
The Soul Commnning on tho Sea Shore
I'm sitting on a rock .boanl shore;
lis silent as some graves,
No sound except she ceaselees roar
That bursts from breaking waves.
The sUn is battling in the west
Bright stars bedeck the sky,
The weary Worldlings seek their rest
And soon. as wells must |.
10 such time, in susb an hour,
There is mystic spell,
Which seems to exercise power
Mere words eau never tell.
The buried past comes from the tomb.
And points its warning hand,
Upcn the unborn futures doom;
"Wreoked on oblision's strand"
That strand whereou such mighty wrecks
L'y strewn. aye, everywhere;
Upon whose cragsy, crumbling decks
such precious cnrgoes we're.
How strange II is, the stouiest ok,
SO stately, stalwart, grand,
Falls by a impid lighting stroke
Whilst lowly grasses stand
Aye oil unscathed, aud lift their heads
When mighty monarohs fall;
Humility in safety treads
Where pride makes wrecks Of all.
Let's solve the problem, aye let's see
As we'll the effect and cause
To govern nature there must be
lmmutaby fixed laws.
Then why these wrecks upon the strand,
That richly fi,ighied were,
Nov shattered, c,umbliDg in the sand,
What g0as ii brought them tbereY
Let's think awhile, the lesson may
Be fraught, perhaps, with bliss.
Why we're those grand ships cast away
On such strand as this?
Perhaps some rock stood in their way
To lumber crafts we'll known,
Or truths which wisdom's charts might sly
Pride would not lot them own.
Let's make first principles our base
''What lie and what should tel"
By doing THE, perhaps, wen trace
The cause and remedy.
Yet don't expect too much to learn,
Despairing If We fail,
Success they may not always earn
Who strive hard to prevail.
Simple questions, it would seem,
Would meet with prompt replies,
Yet idiots may PROFOUND Il theme
That will perplex tho wise
What simpler words could be required
Than these,-yet where ia he
Gould give 40 answer, II required
"Whnts light" cheat" aye let's see.
..Whenec oame creation 7" show and why p
"wherefore were humans born ?"
"Doss all end with them when they die I"
"DJes mind die when llte's shorn :"
"And what is life p ieeting breath
A passing sunshine's CLEAN.
'Tis here,-'tis gone "Aud what is death 2
A sleep without DR. cam
Yet, stay my soul your headlong flight,
Fact sometimes fetion seems,
Art sure 10 DEATHS uuenjing night
Guthh . sANNfNA' hhfN Wv NANoAoc
SOme creatures die within the hour
Made epeeial by their birth, ..tp
Who's be endowed with reasoning power
To show thcir use - earth
Aud yet we know that all things here
Have some design or end.
Each day but makes the fact more clear
To those whose minds thus tend.
Nations like humans rice aud fall,
IL arrogant and vain
The waves Of time o'trwhelm them all
Few vestges remain.
Of all the many empires vast,
That now rule in the land.
How few are destined long to last
Upon tue spot they stand.
Myriads have risen and decayed,
Like mushrooms in night.
What little progress man has made
Might has o'ershadOwed right
How few Of those wbo'ye passed away
From out Of the vast whole
Have left for US to view to-day
The records of soul.
Ah, woe is me. fear that man
will never learn the way
To follow Gods Omniscieut plan,
But always 60 astray.
How little ankind yet has learned
" shown in part this way:
New principles and facts discerned
Surprise him every day. ....-
What mighty secrets still lie hid
In natures great recess,
That in the future will be bid
To charm hiM anu to bless
rho H. ~ T., ;., .-,f....
t'fh6 hight daNhs fnlo day.
Although to finite lhings'like me
III hafh an ancient way,
Yes, It's very youthful world
just on its axis thrown
And though upon its mission hurled
1t does not run alone
It's kept in check by countless orbs,
Some larger, too, in size,
Count, those who ohu, what space absorbs,
The brillants OF the skies.
The Jewels Of the coronet
That spans the regal brow
Of him On whom our hopes are set,
pni knoe pot mnsh OF nop.
How little do the wisest knowg
How much havesall to learn?
They do the greatest wisdom show
'"who most for wisdom yearn.
How frail are found the stoutest men2
10y Eeak the s.Ongcst grow
hJR S0R OF foot the 'Itetkst when
His strength God deigds to Ahowf
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Aye some who ait upon throne,
BY millions held in awe,
Must to themselves, 'iAt last, oft own
Their sceptre's but stray.