Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-02-18
ss ssx Vol. 10, NO. 81.
Waits from a Romantic Journal.

| tellectuai element, and in every hear
a melodious Tyre the one is develop
ed by culture, the other is moved by
unseen Influences, and when its
chords are swept by the breezy pin
ions OF the soul, sweet tones gush
forth as freely and with the crystal
purity that water did from the rock
when smitten by the magical wand
of the prophet The air hath bubbles
as hath the sea, and mind its auroral
light, its spring time. passion summer,
jewelled winter, mellow hued au
tumn. Imagination leads US to the
starry fields Of romance, where the
spirit enjoys the high carnival of
thought. Emotion, intuition and sens
timent are children of the senses -
reason, rhetoric and poetry and mu-
sic belong to the faculties OF the
mind without them man would be a
blank. The glow and enthusiasm of
youth, the ripeness of age, the warm
conceptions of the artist, the poet
with soul GAame contribute to the dc.
velopment Of the beautiful it is the
soul of man speaking through his
words that renders his thoughts i'm
mortal.
A neart,iuspired thought imparts
as much fragrance to the inner self as
"a conservatory filled with blooming
flowers does to the atmosphere ofthe
ont world. To snatch from the
minds casket q full grown idea is a
luxury few enjoy; many have tho'ts
in their minds thick as snow flakes in
Northeaster, but they are poverty,
stricken starve!ings of uncultured in
tellect, and become wandering or
phans in the world. There are per,
sons with so vacant minds, that one
poor idea would create as much noise
as a ca~alry equipped with sleigh
bells; the blank leaf of q comic alma
nae would be of as much value to the
world as the whole of their "poetic
spinnings" if preserved. There are
men ofirigi1 temperament, which add
no more to society or literature than
so many stone posts in the streets
They never had soul-ray to light up
q word with, but seem as if designed
tor "whistllng men or cackling hens"
instead of men. To live happy is to
make others SO for each man is but
a component part of the great idea,
humanity; then let the sunshine that
warns the heart of the poor, also
gladden. the heart of the opulent.-
Let the Tyre in every nature be at
tuned to the noble sentiment Of Glove
and good will to all"
1t is no easy task to put the swad !,
ding clothes of language upon every
pet idea so that others will appreci
ate it. An idea lost to the mind can
not be recalled no more than vans
dering echo or "a brilliant soap bubble.
Grim realities possess a tragic splen>
dor, compared with the tame lnci>
dents Of ordinary experience. I'd
rather be a war horse than man>
mimic; not that J would have n man
chatter like q black uird, or with a
fancy like an organ grader But |
would have him possess . allow are
you, God bless you" spirit that tops
over towards his fellows and sheds a
warmth upon them. There are spirits
imprisoned like lions in cages, and
they chafe as much against circum>
stances as the lion does against the
bars of his cage when stared at by the
vulgar. But a musical note never
maize even an echo in their breasts,
and they live in the shell of their own
coneeit. One idea we'll conceived is
more valuable than fortune Of jews
els. One genial sentiment is worth a
dictionary Of harsh words one poet
ic thought will carry q man farther
through life than the best railroad in
the world. Thus it is; then new
string the Tyre in your nature, and
sing glad songs Of humanity, rising
higher and higher till good angels
shall Join the chorus.
Let manhood in its majesty, girl
hood in It's youthful prime, woman IN
her dignity, all join in the proud en-
deavcr to be wise and happy, "and
great only as we are good"
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