The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-26
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SiAUTUMS.-Poets may sing of the charms
Of ''howery May" painters may delineate in
glowing colors the beauties Of bright sum-
| mer, but after all, give us the sweet DAYS
| OF golden autumn. Who does not love to
ramble out into the old grey woods and
listen to the falling of the brown nuts as
dhey come rafting down from their lofty
elevation, and watch tho squirrel as he
leaps from branch to branch in search of
the treasures which full we'll he knows must
be stored away against the coming Of the
mighty storm, king? Who does not love to
visit the mountains in autumn, and clam
Der o-er the rocky ledges, and hunt grapes,
and pull down the great long vines laden
with the rich fruit, and look fer chinuilepi.s
and search for antcdiluvian relics: ana
then, at last, when YOU ara tired of everv-
thing else, to wander away off by yourself,
and, seated upon some messy stone. watch
the pale yellow leaves, as detachiny them
selves from their parent stem and tlutter-
ing awhile IL the air as if longing to remain
IN the ETHEREAL element, they drop; at last,
with such sweet, sad rustic to the bosom
IF mother ca-th?' Gazing far out into the
dim distance through the blue autumnal
haze which hangs like thin veil over the
surrounding scenery, and listening TO the
melancholy wailinG Of the winds as they 80
moaning and signing through the trees of
the lovely forest, IN ind,scribable scnsa-
tion is experienced. The heart is at work,
the wild, sad sweetness OF the hour has
aroused all the finer faculties Of the soul,
and from its most sacred recesses there
comes yelling up dim, mysterious and
undctinable tide Of emotion, which no pen
has power to describe, and which mono bua
those having some poetry or sentiment n
their composition can appreciate The
wqterS cf the fountain Of Lcthc are now
turned back to their source. and memory
lnlsics herself with full rehearsal of the
past. By-gone sorrows are again endured
with the most poignant anguish; JOYS long
since sped by are again renewed with the
most exquisite delight. Earth and IT'S
cares are cast aside, ana tie soul. leaving
the colo, heartless world behind, scars
awsy to the regions of. Ideally, and meets
and holds sweet converse with kindred
spirits i'll the ideal Paradise it has created
But everything has an end, and at length
You arc aroused from your delicious reyc
ric by the well known voice Of some one.
Who has been hunting for You ever 50
long,; and as you start up, 80" perceive
that You are still. on this earthly sphere,
that the palcaleav6s are still falling, that
the wild winds are still moaning and sigh
ing, and You awThen to tlli:, consciousness
with u deep-draw,. sigh OF regret tha, it is
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