New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-26

Tie sweet season OF Spring is ever welcome with rs,
and probably its beauty nowhere appreciated in this
broad land than metropolis Of sin where the green Of
earth and uncoudei purity Of the heayenSmast DC
sought through dusty and noisy horoushaTes and
were II is Charitable suppose that the loneliness OF
rural scenes have soeRng effect even upon the
rudest and vest who may seek their repose.
But the present season. from number Of circumstances
appears 70 be Of than usual ovones and beauty The
health Of the crowded city good and even that demon
from the cholera appears to have shunk back hover
ingy the beauty Of the land before him. in much the
same way that the Evil One shrinks loathngy from all sym
bos Of the Divine goodness. The harbor hills are foliage
ciowned Even the surrounding islandcy seem
to leap and sparkle with gadns and the vast hives OF
humanity which they ncose within their crystal arms hun
With and meaning Ike that aryke buzz OF the
insect world the strikes through the thick
twned vines aud nteracing trees
Even 10 the rush and wrange Of noer thoroughfres
We catch gmpse Of squares and lesser parks
The buovancy Of the atmosphere informs all beings and the
welcoming words Of the rhymer-
Spread, Spring, thy wing
DER the earth. and bring
Tie beauty OF birth and the rapture Of growing.
s Ns, the ss long s w9i ,ss trance lance
or thin. eyes through our long.cold bosoms Is glowing
seems to be echoed by all with the feryency of truth
The grand promenade Of Broadway is more usrous than
ever with gay throng thunder shower may bansh the
brchipumaged birds Of fashion a while but the returning
hope Of seeing being They all there Too early
for the seaside haun the excitement Of Broadway IS their
only care and all buoyan in the consciousness
Of spng-but mostly the warm day apes to the
afternoon Women Of all classes from the wealthy fhave
dame poor with her TO trade but ionr
ffths Of them extensively dressed.
You must ride 10 reach Ceatra Park but short walk viii
take Won to lesser breathnghoe where the lazy gold fish
CLINT ~ Of old In Of the fountains where the small
shy birds have again their chorus In the trees and
where thongs Of he children among the waks They
seem to strange and pretty aaon with the tiny Wild
flowers which already begin stud the grass plots with iher
golden heads recalling the lines Of LoDgfenOw-
sp6se flll well IN Language quaint and olden
One who dwellsth on the csstled Rhine,
When be- called the flowers. bright and golden,
Stars that IN eaTh's armament do shine
There are also and canary birds in tho Windows
even in windows which look out from homes Of Vreched
ness and poverty the and canary birds never before
looked so eau they do ia their squad surroundings
They make think Of the Bgga Maid of King Copheun
wlo beneath her rags and dirt could yet perceive the beauty
which fingered In her men. and who
-ftraightway royal oath
This begs.I-msid shall be my queen"
Central Park is also oveer than at any previous season.
and has seldom been thronged with visitors One
noticeable that the Sundays attendance In this great
Park largely increased after the enforcement Of the
Excise Law-housauds seeking its wholesome atmosphere
owing TO their inability avail themselves Of the agerbier
gardens and Hquorsaloons in which so many previous
SUNDAYS had been wasted