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


may thy cheerful rays comfort and
support me when 1 go into the cities
of men, mayest thou still look upon
me; teach me to discover the dark
designs of malignity, and 1t unfold
the intricacies of fraud! So mayest
thou rise with sevenfold lustre over
the waves of Indus; so mayest thou
be adored by those savage nations,
who experience thy goodness with
out acknowledgements
After this short address he sang
the following hymn:
HYMN TO THE RISING SUN.
From the red wave rising bright,
Lift on high thy golden head;
Ger the misty mountain, spread
Thy smiling rays of orient llghtl
See the golden god appear!
Flies the fiend of darkness drear;
Flies, and in her glomy train.
Sable grief, and care, and palnl
See the golden god advance;
On Taurus heights hs coursers pr2nce;
With him haste the vernal hours,
Breathin sweets and dropping flowers.
Laughing simmer at his side,
Waves her locks in rosy pride;
And autumn bland, with aspect kind,
Bears his golden sheaf behind.
haste. and spread the purple day
Ger all the wide ethereal wayi
Nature mourns at thy delay:
God OF glory haste away;
From the red wave rising bright
Lift on high thy golden head;
Ger the misty mountain spread
Thy smiling rays of orient light!
When Solyman had finished his
devotion, he passed over the Tigris
into the kingdom of Persia.
There is some secret attraction in
the place where we have passed the
cheerful innocence of childhood,
that holds our heart to it during the
remaining part oflife. No sooner
had Solyman ascended an eminence
that gave him a retrospective view
of the valley of Irwan, than he turn
ed his eye on his native fields, and
gazed for some time with kind of
pensive complacency.
Happy, scenes said he, "where
I have beheld the everlasting sun so
often rise and set Yonder is the
grove, where 1 reposed at noon, and
that is the hill, where l mused at eve.
In you mansion, I first drew the
breath of heaven; and there, per
haps, Ardavan may yet be weeping
for my departure"
The gentle heart of Solyman thus
indulged itself while, till the de-
clining day called upon him to pro-
ceed.
When he had reached the foot of
Taurus, the shadows of evening fell
from the mountains; he, therefore,
sought to repose himself in the vii
lage Of Abdat but as he was advanc-
ing towards it, he was stopped by
an exclamation of sorrow, that pro-
ceeded from an adjacent wood. AS
he was in hopes of relieving some
distress, he scrupled not to draw
near enough to listen; and soon dis
covered, that the persons he had
heard speaking, were two lovers, who
had stolen secret interview before
their final separation.
The heart Of Solyman had never
felt the passion oflove and he was,
therefore, the more curious to see
the effects of it. But how great was
his astonishment when, as he ap-
preached the place from whence the
voices came, he beheld the lover ly-
ing, in all agonies of sorrow, at the
feet of his weeping mistress
"Immortal Powerr' said he, 81
have been told, that love was the
best of thy gifts :: is this miserable
this painful, sight proof of it p
Behold that wretched youth, how
his heart labors and struggles under
its oppression while the amiablt
maiden, who seems to be the cause
of his misery, hangs over him il
tears and silence, as if incapable o
relieving him. Heavens, what ago
nies reason will be driven from he
lseat. Ha! nature gives place; h
faints %
| Solyman perceiving his assistahc
was now become necessary, rushe'
into the thic(et, and raised the un
happy lover from the earth. A
length his senses returned; but hi:
grief, which had before been so ex
qufsitely violent, was changed int
glomy stupidity. Solyman, how
ever, by the soothing sounds ofpity
awoke his attention, and by gentl
|, importantly drew from him tn
cause of his distress.
"Stranger p said the youth, "who
ever thou art, thine appearance en-
titles free to regard, and the com
passion thou hast shewn me merit
my confidence Thou now behold
est the unhappy of men. That lad
at whose feet I so lately lay inser
sible, is the daughter of mercinar
wretch. who has sold her to the kha
OF Bukharia; and tomorrow she
to be conveyed to him, without e1
I postulation or reprieve.'
"Whatr' replied Solyman, sis
possible, that anything can indue
{ a parent to make his child miserable
I was not ignorant of the depravit
e Of man; but / thought the affectio
I of nature could not have been owe
: come. Yet if it is so, can there |
any obligation on the child, to tai
q the portion Of misery that her pa
ent holds out to her? The oblig
/ ton of children to parents, can on
; be founded in gratitude; and whe
no favor is shown, no gratitude ca
e be due. 1t is impossible that, in al
e circumstances, you should be mo
is miserable; but it is very possibl
: that you may be happier. Fl
'e while the moments of liberty remain
n and let not those hearts which He
Ie ven has formed for each other,
= separated by man. The roof of A
l. davan has always been a refuge
ID innocence in distress will mys,
r, conduct you to the valley of Irwa
st where my fathers venerable chara
le ter, and the retired situation of h
abode, will secure you from dete
le ton; and / shall rejoice to be e
ID means of delivering you from M
a. -ieTy." "