The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-04

! NJ sAbht INA y ON
The sun sinks beneath the hori.
ron, aud all earth is ba,hed IN a
golden splcndor--a -plcndor that
lights up the sombre landscape, as
With the exp - beauty of dream
land. The hours sweep on in silence.
and darkness dcsceuds upon :ar
land, but the nruf" II the vas; dom.
above s'itters with bceu,cous stars
stars that rival in their glitterine
splesdor, the diamonds of far. famed
Goleonda Forth upon the still
balmy air wings the voice Of music,
aud speeding on with joyous foo,
steps is the eager ihrong that wends
It's way TO the temple Of Tcrpsichore
Shall We remain without and view
the seeue with longing eyes, a. I'D
Moore : Peri at the gates Of Para.
disc. or shall we enter aud ming!e
with the throng to hnd ourrlyc- cn.
joying the charm of nonan- pfcs.
encc, aud listening to the sweet vol.
ccs that ring upon the enrap,ured
ear, Ike the music Of soul cutranc.
ing dream
Ayaunt, cold philosophy, and
d" earping criticism and soul battle
steep myself in pleasure that
rivals the wild dciirium OF the hearts
most impulsiye imagination.
We are within the festive nall, and
beauty wreath entwines around US
The sweet flowers which bloom with
in the crystal confines Of perfume
laden conservatory, may well witber
and die from envy u, the thought Of
such rivals as there. Oh womans
beauty can augh, Of the inauimate
of earth, or can even the spirits that
dwell in the dim misty unknown,
rival the influence Of the soul.speak
ing eye and then the slvery
laugh, that falls upon she ear ike
the measured carolling Of an cxquis,
lite song.stream It's productive of
au emotion beyond the power of
words 10 express.
Eyes of blue, and eyes of black,
eyes in which the love god finds
cover, from which to launch the
bolts tina, ricrces the classmates of
steelcd hearts, and causes their pos
SCISSORS to bow to that power, than
which, even Fate itself, il no, more
irresistible. Lips, before which the
fragrant beauty Of moss. rose buds
vanishes, md parts with all claims to
onsideralion--iceth that rival the .
pearls of the Orient--hair, in whose 4
silkcn WAVES even Loves self is
drownsd--eyebrows that span like /
rainbows the heaven of beauty dwell !
Ing in the ieatnrsa ef ,hvi, rsssss-
ers, and forms aore graceful than
he forms of Greenland, font along
like the spirit Of n reyerie. Lights
ass', upon the sea Of drarcry III
which beauty and bravery commin
|, lie, aud all is pleasure aud JOY uurc
strained
But come, the mszes of the quad.
rifle bewildor the eye, aud We would .
retire to corner where We may oh.
serve without, that fitting of thought
inseparable FROM such constant chan
ges, in the immediate vicinity of our
stand point. And now we are seated
in the emhrasurc Of window near
the extremity Of the haih aud fast
the spirit Of a waking dream falls
upon us, aad we are absorbed--lloat-
ing along IN Il current Of thought
which bears upon its surface bi'ter
bitter memories of the once sweet
past, now flown forever. All me.
It's not always that lsyely OF de
meano. betokcns a hear, free from
sorrow, and how often doth the
briahies. Of flowers cover the dark
est of graves, and while all earth
may seem gay, yet beneath our very
fee;, may Ii. The form tia, once bore
within iis bosom II broken heart--a
heart that siekened of earth with us
cruel disaproin'men,s' and sought
the grave Us a refuge from Ills too
bitter for endurance.