Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-07
THE GAZETTE.
aURsDAY EVENING, j UNE 7,1see.
'i'oM,,MUNICATED.

% @i+>~7- OMAUNtCAlEO.
~ rShe f,liouine beautiful .Lin's were written
3, J e. Benz, noble youth ct Fauqu'er
~ 4s.1..iv. va. whilst yet IN his teens. He was
md ,,fr reading, and he moments be could
,naf. i ON agreed ural pursuits lie w"ula give
. b.. perusal OF such books ss might chance
:, ial, in big way and sometimes, with pen IN
,as d, he wou c Itch insli,atinn from the po,
3,:e muse. In 1862, not Yet h4vink arts!nt q
be visor of mani cd, he obeyeds the cali IT
?iIesuia in the late war, and took UP arms IN
he Con'edrrare army. Almost ia sight OF he
,2oeared home Of his childhood, he met: In
E..cnf1;ct those supposed to him, near Middle
ouYg, aad there received a painful wound in
ne face. Nothing daunted. the fractured jaw
:sas tapGaeed by his venerated and much be-
nyei moth, r. who, af.er sdmi,i> te,iLg some
aou,i,hmcut with the aid of spoon, babe him
( God speed, as be renouoted his hose. Then
nurryiny onward be pursued those In retreat as
? Ser as Upperyille, where, coming into action,
sc fell mortally wounded:
-ar,.-s - LINES ON SPRING
Tie winter king has ceased his stormy reign,
E,uo mild and gentle spring came back again !!
z lee ieethered heralds in the groves convene,
&c hail the coming Of the verhal green.
.3ehold, she comes in royal robes adorned.
Z. crown Of flowers her temples circle round;
,5ec golden locks with many wreath entwned,
ynncsal her roseate neck, save when the wind,
$50 t?ferE from the South, around her forehead
49,, plays, $780,.
,>:a:ows back ner ringlets, ana her bus: dis
zee earth is metamorphosed 10 her glance,
t.nG nature wakes as from heightened trance;
JJEsifft err the fields with airy tread she hies
:sApd beautious flowers from her FOOT prints rise;
Ger smile wakes torpid insects into lite,
HE upper air is with their voices rife;
he turtle dove COOS gently to bis mate,
I'd Sssanes her nest where frost was glittcriug
late. .a
me lark at dawn sings praises in his flight
The insect tribe takes up the song at night,
ND long aod loud their welcomes ring,
.C the appearance OF the wished Tor Spring.
he 5aHbling brook which lately bound with
a-a ioe o
las :!o.ced to hush its gently nuruuriag voice.
~ her released, TO her to give its thanks:
Hne flowers that winter blasted on the plain,
- ::i:r mild warmth rest OF. q to Life again,
Spread Tor their green 4 carpet matchleSS fair
:: :.G fling ther fragrance OH the bt!c,y air.
: ne Terd.nt grove and the sequestered dell
o:escnl; scene wh-re tays might love to dwell.
=, * Thn compares this bright and sunny day
r':rh winters late terrific stormy sway;
ICES al around, above and sill! bpneath
+ otrlsing counterpart OF lie and death.
re earth IN autumn ploughed in Ger toe
cvain,
y :aich washed and beaten by the wintry rain,
ioas since decayDd, bat in is case confined,
l. : az: Still liz ed. sonethins unde fined,
.:sa .l,.ltrr ceased its long aud turbld reign,
Il ,,oS,,:,! beauty re-appearci again.
~ Nc so,i man, when here his part is pay d
- ~. vld drama, yields to deaths keen
!! ade
lis tc.:c,si j, finished, be !, shor, or long,
l.r: l., ne eemcnts from which he sprung,
-!e socn d>olveS, but separate from the clay.
=, b - irh does not hich will nor decay
1:ra when he fearful reign death is Ger,
nc jEe last trump proclaims The world no
GloT2,
..do'ned in beauty from the earth shall ri<s,
nc wine h il hta> onward through req ,undlpg
skies.
'.'ow mad this seed b en- suffered 20 remain
y Itnln the Tara m"ng>t Ctr .,r sto.c s & s,aip,
:. e o,,euing bud had ~ 20 view have given
~ eauteous ctuulv of .l,.;n7. h.S.ven.
~ AZ e. sFaia dust N nglc wih the ta'th
~. ,'''" t"S ~ may h W. It's "er"ai blrIh,
- 'no:.S' ram" such chung mast undergo
- : = -le soul he i,ys II hea'e 'an know
g -. j. pr!aI :7nu>e drrS don:S tut trlrs
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