The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-07-24
',s' ESSAY on MAN ! :
tRA6MEsTARy EXTRACTS OF

EnAohESIAhS kAIkACIs o.
iVf ia NafigDfttr DgB ssi5hs1 Ls'hN'
!, 80, *.,,n*,s IRA ~. =
Beyond that mist ] see y slst. on high;
Above that cloud there is ihs szure sky;
Though all 10 dark. | feel .be. dawn is pigh-
bed some prids-,hst. pride j. gone. for
ever,
! have hope-lhis hope no shock CAP
sever. ,....,a
| have . fsi,h-this faith will las. for ever.
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All! why 10 II, ihs. in our present day.,
We lack the grandeur Of the ancient lay!
All! why is i. that now, 20 ,Shskspere
sngs.t ls.s. segv
No sparkling thoughts from Natpre's foun.
Tain sPring-t .msa. ..pr .ub
Ali. "by the sccf Of .p,ide. BY envy's frown.
Aod pOver,ys unconquersbIe bar."' ~. ct
Is quenched the spark. ths. ns,ure's fire ID
flames; t,,.,,,e. ,.
Is "check'd" the sopg. th.. Naiure's voice
pfociaims. ,8 10 h.up'a saNs "a
Have then the tu,ored notes Of the stsrline's
tongue lta ytSs7a.t I. sal k4s
A sweeler charm, than the wild rightin.
+ gales song: .,,.aFt.c trq
Are not the flowers OF some alpine ssene
Of fsr more lovely hue. and ireshsr green.
Than the irsIl flowers Of The hot house air,
Fos'ered sudtIiWn'd,by artificial care!
Why not arrange the flowers promise uously
slrewn, uIl .IfaWTf'
With skillfuI sri: why not arrange the tune
Ot Ns'urt's voice 10 metre. dots, and
resls; aiuN Hrsn. ,L -
10 forte pisno, snd ill the rest
Yet genius grows but ia the human breast;
No srt. no skill. can raise II in the soil
That has not the germ-in vain 10 all the
.t,H* .al - .iCfsa - ~ po
The dismo nd grows bu, 10 the topic zone
Though spu'ous gems sdorh some brsinIess
n crown ~ Hs"i -'"0''N"'i .
rhe.e'is iest-,he. iuster . not their own.
| 49, Il. dm* *ylis !. TF. ~ - I
,iy Muse though faint. she 'iempts noble
y theme, ~ !
Her aim is high, though humble be my
rhyme: .slr.',,at aEe i
She bosa,s no lofty fight. TO The earth belong
Il er thoughts; to Man she tunes her simple
ssoDg.z woa1 adi xsf'o1
let others wing to high Olymp' their Muse
Some .hund'rine god. some jesiOss goddess.
Who shake the heavens with their brawls;
isN who glow Aifd 70 'sc'o sfi
With lus. sndssge-shes plunge to hell be-.
IA low. l.s bssh .,uss-5 b9iSvaS
Create such gods who with their !eiI desire
EmbsoiI high heaven, and sssthe world shie.
lie. others tune some tender notes 70 Love j
Some nlus,y weuch, the misssess Of erea,
love; ron sAsm ysm f' 74NiaA7'2is
Some love.lorn hero, who pines away
10 tender psssion Tor bis 'Dulcinia'
!. feel spark yet dsss no lofty fight;
Nor tempt TO make you swear the. black is
b3 yrwhite: :fsfn yna NJ .R9n"nEA 'Not
No wi, Ism, nor claim to be sage, 7 1
Pretend buv humble rhyme whose bashfol
'. psee, % i.a .a'it'Hh +'''il 'h
plain iruth-sn unpretending
,heme-aetd aHn3as
70 rhyme for Man vhst's Virtue. wha,'s al
.a.a.1 atri1au rNg sa,~sutN tsNi
You know o! Msn-sh! then you ough. to
nhp know, hsir'oesf n '9'a'as ",'"
rruth is the fount whence bliss and wis.
" dom Hcw; 'F '''''a
she's HssvensiaiteS. dsugttsr. HEAVENLY
SO Queen. - oi n.'' 't'
who'needs 90 gilded G oak. 90 AoA'rY screen
TO deck ber nudiyi bss iotn1 toH is,r 1
For gsudy isspeslry Of silken ware
Iier,chas,i,y islpse az hesvsnS spo~gct
Yet her sweet charms she would on Man
ID 3Sedloy.3 ksuaAM f2aa
And from the chasts embrace, lol a frsgsntI
M fF lli Sen iiefftF '1h'n w. fsA'
ouo "a hrs lit) .og.jc 2drt n
that blooms on earth, natures mi
hesven's sbode----, --,-,,,.-
Then 10 company of the lovely twsjn. ~,
Le,,, roam tO'sr lohy piil.. o:st aos'fy pldn.
Aud - our Book. from which 70 lsssn' 'ls''s
ye n, .hccss a.f,rS.n3d eni aWlm'af N ~
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