The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-05-29
ORIGINAL POETRY.
ron rHn aaEEsvILLs xSlERrRIsE.
Tho House Metaphysical.
nr LAURA owYH,

On the sea shore, Tor could hear the roer II
-Ofthe rough waves sltho' did not see -
Their foany shoulders: through the portals
wide, sfa-.
Blent wish sbs wiacs Wild vail heard
shen beat
Against the frm rocks on the other side,
And jar the stately mansions marble feet.
The whito dome touched the wrea.hed clouds,
the while ss"7 E@s E@
vainiy the gazor sirovc with dazxled eyes
TO trace tho line 'twixt that aspiriag pile q.
And the o'er srching skies. g,f.. ..
Arches and walls cleaned in uncertain light,
,aofdsy or hight know not IN nay sleep;
And pillars all of marble Rae and whito
Were written DER with words Of meaning
deep f4 -.. .s 81. CO.. -..
Still at the door, stood, tho opon door, '"' .
With dreamy eye that idly reamed among
Those words Of warning each stoae pillar bore,
Written In every humsn ocegae.
Upen enc pillar thus read: eve know
Enough to light the lowly vale Of life
Tho tree of knowledge oftimes beareth woe
And lofty paths are rtfe @ -Nrr rr-
With cares and dangers" Then again, " Be.
Though naughty soul--remember evermore
Safety Ia not on the ascending stairs, ~ AZ
But on tho level floor. aH .#
Pass not the door lest sure that thou canst win.
Watch we'll thy guido nor friendly council
spurn-.
OF all the myriad souls that enter in, ,ys,l
How few triumphantly return" saa 10
Then on tho sroh DER the great door read /:
"'Twero better up thro' humbler paths to
come a r'.H" .'r.
Than thred the wildering labyrinths that lead
Into this mystic dome."p aas..- < % ssH.
"House Metaphysical" with shuddering chi
Above the arch read this name It bore,
And close below: " Let enter all who will
With guide and warning at the door,"
So went in with guide and warning too,
Warning of hidden dangers to beware,
And good guide who every winding knew
OF cavernous hall or spiral stairs.
We entered first q hall gloomy and grand
vast, vast conoaye overhowing
With men of every tongue-from every land,
's Who easer-faced were going srs
Up through o narrow stair-way dark as night,
And ], too, went alone, save at my side
Bearing a lamp of precious golden light,
Walked my souls guido.
Upward NO moved, aud sooa again we stood
Within, another chamber wide and high
II might have held mighty multitude,
Twas empty now Of human company.
But round its marble walls, range after range,
saw Of all the earth hath ever borne
ofiiving reatures--beautiful or strange
Hideous or lovoly-every one &s &
Was thnre = Tho earth, the ocean and the air
Had each Its secrets yielded up, and 10! 6
Huge namoless monsters numberless were there
In shapes uncouth and dread, which long
% gR-s'1s sz erss sar "a. rr-=s .-.
Forgotten were--from the frst xoophite dim
That spread Its hower-iike form beneath tho
wave ---'--- i''-------
To the fierce dragoon lifting vast and grim
Its unfamiliar form from out lie grave
In the dead Past. Leaving his rock nest,
The eagle had descended-from it's pen \
Tho reptile reared to light It's glittsrihg crest,
The iion.ffom his den. e. ca G. q
"a cloud Of witnesses" stood one and all,
Unto each soul that blest with reason clear
Could trace the mystery writ on Natures wall,
Reading tae God-reme Aerei
Four doors from this crest ebambsr UPWARD
led, - = ~ ~ "a Z
Through one my good guide took his way,
And still around my feet the gold lamp shed
Its soft refnigent ray. I'D -,
Its mild refulsent ray that seemed 10 grow
Brighter and clearer ns we on did fare,
While many . word Of council, soft and low,
And many word Of sweetest oheer,
Made my soul glad, 80 that but short 10 mo
Appeared the time ere thro, abe open door
or tho next hall we passed, and paused to see
How knowledge there had hsspsd her won-
- drous store. - RrA@
For thithsr poet, sage and seer their scrolls
Had brought-their sparkling gems o.
thought that aang ss
Rare splsndor-bssms around those glorious
walls, 2rfsE saa.as al.g vsG
And on that starry ceiling sparkling hung
The sarsh's great tssssurs-seorss exhausted
were f.tg
Her hidden orss--her pearls lSenssfh IN.
deep e@fsmN
Her mighty veins and pulses were laid bare
Tesesoh some w0adrsss lesson many hsap
or sse.. telling stones I saw, ana so~srs
D or every elims and season thos, .that rlo~
Like gorgeous stars In sunmsrs frssnnt bow.
ers, E}a F.94&ts QsiyA ~ sss8er
Apdthoss smsI tssmslsss on sssssetio NOV,
For every vtapd soipnoe d this hell
He'd tribute ropght--svsn ths'msrbis noor
Blocked In Ane 6gares Gsometrical
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