The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-08-05
Misfellaneous,
The Beauties of a Sunset,

One of the grandest and most artistic
Of the varied aud multitudinous scenes
painted by Nature is that Of glarious
sunset.
Have you not often stood aBd watched
the Heecy clouds, bathed in golden
glory, surrounding the fiery orb OF light
as he slowly sinks to his resting place
And the royal purple, the gorgeous
gold, the magnificent scarlet, and the
emerald green have mingled together in
such harmony, aud blended their soft
mellow tints in such exquisite contrast,
without Que single shadow to mar the
beauty of the resplendent spectacle +;
could you possibly gaze upon the scene
without having your thoughts revert to
the master-hand of the great Creator Of
the universe, ''who painteth the clouds
aud calleth the stars by name ?"
should imagine that the whole soul
of an artist would be thrown into his
work when such a picture as this was
his contemplated study; aud that his
feelings and conceptions would be so
intensified BY the scene that his work
could not possibly prove a failure.
Of course we are well aware that no
earthly painter, were he ever SO far
famed, could equal the stupondous work
of the Creators omnipotent hand and
only in the faintest degree possible, de-
pict upon the canvas before him, "what
nothing less than angel could describe" I"
1t is very pleasant to watch those bright,
evanesceut clouds, continually alerting
form aud assuming new shapes.
We might supposc that Nature had
lent each and every one Of her own sub
lime hues to add enchantment TO the
picturesque view, and each exquisite
tint had performed its own particular
part, for which it and it alone, was SO
singularly well adapted, by uniting with
the others and composing glittering
halo Of light and glory, to encircle and
crown the Incompatible splendor of the
declining day, as though she had lav.
ished every art peculiar to herself, and
every charm pertaining thereto, to
prove grand and glorious sunset the
brightest vision on earth below.
Does it not seem as though the west
ern sky at sunset was but an immense
mirror, rejecting back to mortal eyes
the beautiful color of every object paint
ed by our Creator, only their charms
are heightened and made more lovely by
being so much nearer the Golden City,
the abode of their great Designer. We
have the emerald green of the luxuriant
foliage; the sumptuous purple, the deli
cate azure tipts, and rossate hues OF
soft velvet flowers and the transparent
amber of the pprling brook, all caught
up, as it were, from the lowly recesses
Of earth to the highest pinnacle Of the
dome of high Heaven, aud thore allowed
to burst upon us in the radiant efful.
gence off their celestial glory, a thousand
times moro brilliant than when in their
original state.
But sunset at the seaside battles
language. Unless you have seen it for
yourself, tongue and pen are alike in
adequate to expiate upon its magnif-
cence and grandeur A sunset in any
other locality is not to be compared with
it. When the shadows Of the sun,
clothed in the garb Of q rainbow, slowly
descend from the whito.capped cerulean
clouds, until they finally bathe in the
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