The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-08-03

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impS for their cepera. were very amaST
ih8, and. IS heart sheys vera veal fslSnaS,
to love, and always ready. t6 uaxIy
perfumes, or presents Of golden /: 4ot tn
dust, from ono to atotksr, ohattAti .ti6y
wanda They could NOT s:resSal J, sscrSss, !
If they would because thS hoWets and
the fairies have no secrets J but mxhysa =
| graceful song they sang of Moth s.Ass'
kissed by ay-wing, as shelay pretending
to be asleep In q fox glove; orr how;
Star-twinklo serenaded DsM drop ID the
bosom Of q rose. ...t,: ~:
1t was a pleasant life ths wine led
amongt the butterflies and .hiriei; but
the stars seemed Just as far Of as whom }
he was lily I; aud when no asawe the ;
great trees spread their branches high
above him, he wished that he's could
grow strong, brave, aud self sustaining,
like them. While such wisheS wetS in
his heart, traveller passed. that way,i
singing light carols a. he went. WisK'
careless gayoty, he switched thsF vine,
the stem broke, aud It hung iaiutinH
from the branches. The fairies ,nourned
over the dropping blossoms, and sang
away: ~ e ~ v. -
Ou tho heights Of Mount Heliootn,
IoAk.blossoms were tremuloua with love
when the vine.spiris Aoated over tbems
He entered into an acorn, aud becamo
an oak. Serenely noble was l,is lifs, in
9 grove oonsecrated to. tho muses.--
With calm happiness DO gaxed upon tho
silent stars, or watched his own majestic
shadow dancing on the ysrdsnt turf,
ensmeled ~ith flowers, which filed the
whole air with fragrance. The olive
trees, the walnuts, aud the Almonds
whispered to him all tho storieseof their
loves, and the sephy yrs; as they. dew by,
fingered among his branches, to tell
marvellous stories Of the winds they
had kissed in foreign olimes. The
Dryads, as they leaned against him, aud
lovingly twined each other with vernal
crowns from his glossy leaves, talked Of
primal spirits, yelled in never. ending
varieties of form, gliding in harmonies
through the universe. The murmer Of
bees, the music of pastoral flutes, and 4
the silver fow Of little waterfalls,
mingled ever with tho melodious chime
of these divine voices. Sometimes Ions
professions Of beautiful youths, crowned
with garlands, and bearing branches Of
laurel, passed slowly by, singing choral
hymns in worship Of tho muses.. The
guardian pymps of fountains up among
the hills leanod forward on their flowing
urns, listening to the tuneful souuds !.
add often the fash of ~Apollo's harp.
might be seen among the trees, Tighten.
ing the forest with a golden 6re.
Amid this quiet grandeur, tho oak
forgot the prettiness of his life with tho
nimble fairies. But when he looked
down on little streams fringed with
oleander and myrtle, or saw bright
winged butterflies and radiant little
birds sporting in vine. festoons, he FELT
sympathy with tho vines anl the >blos-
SONS, as If they were somehow allied.o
his own being. The motion of the busy
little animals excited vague rastless-.
ness and when he saw goats skip from
rock to rock, or sheep following the flute
OF the shepherd far over the plain, the
sap moved more briskly in his veins,
aud he began to ask, "How is it beyond
those purple hills Do trees and Dryads
live there 2. Aud these moving things,
are their loves more lively and, perfect
than ours Why cannot'f also efollow
that musio7 Why must I stand sill.
and wait for all things to como to MOI"
Even the brilliant lizard; whsuy he
crawled over his bark, or twinsd about
his steWs, reused within him faint
desire for motion. And when the winds
and trees whispered to him their pastoral
romances, he wondered whether. the
pines, tho hazlos. and the zephyrs, thsro
beyond, could tell the story of love
between the moon aud the hills, that
met SO near them, to bid each other
farewell with such lingering kiss
There came no answer totbesc queries {;
but the marble statue of Eaterpe, in
tho grove below, smiled significantly
up III him, and tho bright .warblingsf Of
Autc were heard, which sounded like
the uttcranoe Of her smile. A Dryad,
iowned with laurel, aud Bearing o
branch Of laurel in her hands, was iu-
spired by tho muse, and spake prophet
ically "That was tho divine vo ice
Of Eu:elpo; she says, be patient, and
will reveal all things."
A'uH stoOd the OAK among those Gro
cian hills. Tho whisperipgs Of tho
forests became like the voices Of famil--
lar friends. But those grand choral
hymns, accompanied by warblings, oI
Euterre flute, with harm 10 vibrations !
from Erato's silver Tyre, and Apollo q
golden harp, remained mysteries pro:
found as the stars. Yet all, his fibrea
uoconsoiously moved in harmony, The
unintslligiblo sounds passed into his
inmost being, and modified his outward
growth: 10 process of time, q wood.
SutteEfelled tho magaiasen. tree, for
pillars to 40 altar Of dove s and wooping
Dryads throw MOSES aud grcen gass
lands over the deeayiDg roots. !:
They say an Idaho girl puts on style
I 'tbeoause she cleans her teeth with tho