Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-23
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Written expressly for the Dayton EmPlrel
A SUMNER in EUROPE

MONT RLASc-TETk NoIR.


but don't think would like to live in il L
is world by itself-sbutin from'the early ant
the late beams of the god of day, and from tbs
life-giving breezes which sweep over the ocean
and the broad prares of the West. One feel
too as il he were separated BY barriers reach
ing almost to the heavens, from the compan
ohship of men, and debarred from any par
licipation in the affairs of the living worlt
which is without And then the works of Ma
ture aronnd are on sogrand scale, that hu
man thonghts, cares, sympathies and aspira
tions, and even man himself seems ignoblt
and insignificant, l was about to write tha
it is place Of all others for a misanthrope
but no such man could look upon these etsr
nal mountains with their hoary heads with
out. remembering the Creator for whom they tes
tify, and His injunction " love thy neighboi
as myself 1t is good place to stay in
little while, but it is "pent up Utica" that
imagine restless soul would struggle in like
an eagle in cage, if he we're condemned to
abide in it for any great length of time.
We were favored with delightful weather
and one of the rArest pleasures ever knew
was to sit out in front of the hotel and gaze
while hour after hour passed at the King Of
Mountains and his royal court 1t requires
time spent in this way, with close observation
and thought to realize the immensity of these
heights. They are so like other hills-their
proportions are so even and harmonious, that
until we saw the clouds that sail highest in the
deep Of the Summer sky come up to them and
wrap themselves like turbans around their
heads, we had nc just idea of their towering
majesty. Is b9J Nf4
Coudsin Switzerland are generally the tour,
lists worst enemies, and, when they are heavy
with the undeiveredshowers theyhoAt lowdown
upon the mountain sides and shut ont from
him all their beauty and-graudeur. But these
summer clouds we're gracious boon to US
and as they came up thus to the mountains
they gave to fancy wide range for pIeasant
flights. They we're ships, itsuggested, in the
ocean ofspace, and the peaks are their earthly
wharves Or perhaps, they are the gentle
mistresses of the mountains, and come tc
twine thir white arms lovingly shout them to
lavish sweet caresses on their thundsr-scarred
brows, and to whisper to them purest words o.
love. Perhaps they are the mountains thoughts
coming to them like the soul-stirring concep
tions Of the orator or the poet, all Beautiful
and glorious. from the Universal Source Of in.
telhgence and light Or il may be, they are
white-winged messengers from God, sent to
sing with the mountains that great hymn Of
praise and glory which though inaudibe NOR,
Ia ears, since "the morning stars sang to.
gether, all created things have been singing
10 the Creator. re r3alas
One evening the sky was suddenly darken.
ed, the clouds rolled up in thunderous masses
and sent their arrows Of FIRE against those
passive monsters and then it seemed as IL the
spirits of the Power OF the air, we're banded
in battle array to crush the worldings who
had reared themselves so boldly among them.
Poets have long ago celebrated the glories
Of Mt Blanc, and have drawn inspiration
from his presence for many thoughts that
men will not willingly let die. Coleridges
"Hymn before Sunrise in the valley OF Cha
nouny" gives glorious and befitting voice
TO Nature, and shows US more probably, than
any other one of his productions, how ex-
haustless and Original was his genius i gave
an extract from il In former letter, and no
reader of mine, l am sure, viii .rsProve me i
! give another here,
Thou first and chief, sole Sovereign ofthe valet
Q, etrnggling with the daFknssss all uishtiong.
Or wren they climb the sky, or when they elnk
Companion ofthe Morning star At dawn,
ooSsrsd s a. wake wake, and s utssr qin praise
.e.sl -stupendous mountain thou,
ThatAs raise my head, awhile bowed low
10 ado alton, upNard nom thy base
Slow travelling With dim eyes sunused with tears,
sOlemnly sesmest, ike vSpory elsnd
To risa before me,-Riso, u, ever rise
Rise lisea cloud oi incense from the earth
Thou kinelY spirit thrunsa among tha hins, taa
Th0u dread Ambassador ff0na Eayfh 10 Heapea
Great Herarch tell thou the silent sky
And tell Tho stars, and tell yon rising sun.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God
This nOble poet. whose sonl was grander aud
Of more worth in the sight OF God than q
thousand mountains, praised Him with ain.
csre heart fesVeOtly" while yet upon earth,
and is praisiag Him now in Heaven. gf
ChanOuny, some years ago, was one of the
most qnist and seclUded, as il ia one Of the
lovlisSt Of all the Swiss valleys, bot now in the
travelling season, it is throngsd with visitors.
"Yes,7 said an Enghsh aentlemAn rAiher