The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-02-16
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S / \ r | S Il AND. SU Ms + T
Ey Edward Evc.ett and p. g. Cox.
Sunrise.

Sunrise.
The following gIr .eous description of
a Sunrise is from an grafton by Edward
Everett, at the Inauguration of Cam.
bridge Observatory:
Much, however, as we are indebted
to our obaervator;es for elcvating our
conceptions oi tie heavenly bodies, the;
present even to tie unaiied sight scenes
q glory whici, words are too feeble to
describe. | had occasion, a few weeks
since, to take the only train from Prov
icience to Boston and for that purpose
rose at two o'clock in the morning.
Everything around was wrapt in dark
Eess and nus ic,l in silence, broken only by
what seemed at that hour, the unearthly
clank and rush Of the train. 1t was a
mild, serene, milsummer's nig!.t-the
sky was without a cloud-tl!e winds
were whist. The moon, then in The last
quarter, had just risen, and the stars
shone with Spectral lustre, but little
affected BY her presence. Jupiter, two
hours high, was the herald of tic day
the pleiales just above the horizon
shed their sweet influence in the East !;
Lyra s,alkeled near the zenith; An
droneda velled her newly discovered
gI2ries frcm the rakaa eye in the
south; the steady p@i.ters, far beneath
the Pole, looked mee.;ly up from the
dc ,ttls Of the North t. ,ilcir Sovereign.
Such was the spectacle as | entoret:
tie train. As we proceeded, tue tilnid
approach Of twilight became mere pre-
ceptibic; the iHtense blue Of the SKY
began to soften; the smaller stars, like
little children, went first to rest; the
s;ster-bcalnS Of the i'leiades soon mclret,
together; but blight constellation
of the West and North remained
unchanged. Steadily the wondrou:
ira nsfguration went on. Hands Of an.
gels hidden from mortal eyes shifted the
the scenery Of the heavens; the glories
Of the night dissolved into the glories Of
dawn. Ihe blue SKY turnei more soft
ly gray; the great watch-stars shut W
their holy eyes; the East began to kin,
die. Faint streaks Of purple soon blush.
ed along the sky; the whole celestial
concayc was filed with the iaiowin2
tides Of morning light, which came
pouring down from above in one great
ocean Of radiance, till at length, as we
reached the Blue Hills, fash of pur-
pie fire blazed out from above the hor-
izon, and turned the dowy tear drops Of
flower and leaf into rubies and dia-
monds In a few seconds the everlast-
ing gates of the morning We're thrown
wide open, and the lord of day, arrayel
in glories too severe for the gaze of man
began his course.
do not wonder at the superstition Of
the ancient hasians, who in the mdrn-
ING of the world went up to the hill-ty yps
Of Central Asia, and ignorant Of The
true God, d,adored the NEST glorious work
Of His hand. But [ am filed with
amazement when | am told that in this
enlightened age, and in the heart of the
Christian world, there are persons who
can witness this daily manifes a.
ton Of the power and wisdom of tie
Creator. and yet say in their hearts,
.sIhere is no Cod" .-..~
Sasssct.
AS companion piece to the above,
we reproduce description Of Sunset,
written for an Ohio paper by Hon. S.
$. Cox, which won for him the name ol
Sunset Cox:
| What stormful sunset was that o.
last night! How glorious the storm
and how splendid the setting Of the sun
We do not remember ever to have seel
the like on our round globe. The scene
opened in the West, with whole hori
zon full Of golden iuterpenetratlas
lustre which colored the foliage ant
frightened every object into its ricl
dyes The colors grew deeper and rich
er until the golden lustre was transfus
ed in storm cloud, full Of the fines
lightning, which leaped in dazzling zig
zags all round and over the city Th
wind arose with fury, the slender shrub
and the giant trees made obeisauce t
his majesty. Some even snapped be
fore its force. The strawberry bed
and grass plats' turned up their whites
to see Zephurs march by. As the rail-
came, and the pools formed, and til
cutters hurried away, the thunder
roared grandly and the fire bell
caught the excitement and rung wit
/ hearty chorus. The South and Eas
received the copious showers, and tn
West at once frightened up in a long
! polished belt Of azure, worthy Of q s.
Gillian sky.
Presently cloud appeared in the azur
holt tho form nf n On st llad citx IL Aoean