The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-06-13

of the fields !'afi
Full ofsthese thoughts, and de-
lighted with the family of his host,
he retired to his chamber and, be
fore he slept, composed the follow
ing odeI saa3a h,at rs.s5
THE HAPPY vILLAGER.
Virtue dwells in Arden's vale: aG&
There the hallQw'd temples rise;
. There her incense greets the skies,
Grateful as the morning gale H-F'tl ....
s.- There, with humble peace, and her,
Lives the happy yillager; ,e5 80
There the golden smiles of morn
Brighter every field adorn;
There the suns declining ray
Falfer paints the parting day:
There the WoOdlark louder sings,
Zephyr moves on softer wings,
Groves in greener hOnors rise,
Purer azure spreads the skies;
There the fountains clearer flow, -r..t.
Flowers in brighter beauty blow;
For. with peace and virtue there
Lives the happy villaSer. ...
:. Distant still from Ar6en's vale
Are the woes that bad bewail;
Distant fell remorse, and pain,
And frenzy smiling o'er her chain!
Griefs qnick .pang, Despair dead groan,
Are in Arden's vale unknown;
For with peace and virtue, there
Lives the happy villager!
:. In lis hospital cell, -...-
Love, and truth. and fire edom dwell;
And with aspect mild and free,
The graceful nymph, simplicity.
Hail, ye liberal sraceS, hall
Natives all of Arden's vale
For with peace and virtue, there
Ives the happy villager!
When the dawn Of the morning
broke, Solyman and the merchant,
with the most grateful acknowledge
ments Of the hospitality with which
they had been entertained, left the
village Of Arden, followed by the
kind wishes of their host and his
amiable family. They travelled for
some time through the southern
provinces of Persia, without any re-
markable occurrence, OF any other
entertainment, than such as could
be found in the diversity of pros
poets, and the different labors of
men. Sometimes they amused them
selves with the contemplation of
those places, which history had
marked out as the scenes of great
events, and sometimes had occasion
to reflect on the perishable monu-
ments Of human magnificence.
The noble plain, on which stood
the once glorious Persepolis, yaf-
forded them ineXhaustable matter OF
curiosity and meditation; this plain
extending about nineteen leagues
abounds everywhere with villages
and is wateped by the great river AR,
axes. Nature has been SO industri
Gus in the defense of it, that she has
raised before it mountains that beal
all the appearance, and might an,
swer the ends, of artificial fortifca
tions
From hence the travellers were
amused with the ruinous remains OF
many noble edifices, that had once
adOrned.the range Ofmountains but
when they We're come to that part o.
them, which covered the ancient pal
ace Of Persepolis, the stupendous
ruin struck them with silent aston
ishment. Porticos, which had with
stood the assault of time more thar
two thousand years broken col
umns Of different lengths, rising a
considerable distances within thu
limits of the said pile; sculpture6
portals. through whose frownins
arches the wind passed with hollow
murmuring numberless figures en-
gra"en on the pilasters Of those por
tails; and multitudes Of hieroglyph
les on the different parts of'the spa
cious ruin; gave the travellers :
mournful and magnificent idea of th,
pristine grandeur Of the edifice
The. merchant observing Solymal
to be totally absorbed IN thought
would not interrupt the melanchol,
pleasure of his contemplations bu
waited in silence till, with an air O
unaffected concern, he thus express
ed his sentiments on Persepolis:
Il am at loss. my friend, in tn
midst of these magnificent ruins
whether I should think more highl,
or more meanly Of mankind. TIL
vanity of Cyrus, or Darius, or. j
XerXes adorned these superb col
umns and the vanity of an Alexan
der defaced them These dome
were not reared solely for regal mag
nifcence and security but to aid th
power Of appetite and luxury, and t.
secrete the royal pleasures fro1
those. that toiled to crafty them
Thus as this noble structure wa
possibly raised, not only for vanit
but for riot; SO probably, by yanit
infamed by riot, it fell /; probably a
the request Of a smiling harlot, th
towers of Persepolis blazed for he
diversion; probably because tn
conqueror had taken too large
draughtr Of wine. this palace, th
glory of eastern art sunk to th
!. ground striking instance of til
vanity of human labors, and the dc
prarity of human nature! On tn
other hand, while / consider th
work of the artist; while / am dc
lighted with the symmetry and pro
portion, which is yet to be trace
through these MANNED ruins, an
struck with the boldrelief of the al
eient Persian architecture; / forge
{ the m otiyes, both Of the erection
and demolition dof sFersepolis3 an
admire the industry and ingenuit
. eflmaal, that gave such grace an
Beauty tofthese many, structures"
33F4our sentim ents.''' said the Mel
chants ''are much the same with M
own; but give me leave now to cor
duct you to a mountain about tW
leagues distant from these ruins, AM
! situated between two of the mos
exquisite polish; it is renduced t
form by art, and it's sides are opel
pendiular; so that, at a distance, j
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