The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-28

f., ths lntclliScnccr.
DREAMS.

r,,y,loliyile our being; they become
I,,,tiDn Of ourselves as Of our time,
All look like heralds Of eIcrnIly."-BYRON'
m.,e aeetIng visions whence and what
Inc hScT that CIniurcs up your outlines to
j6s Inalncr scye; Is II SPECIES oil
Inn,atinp link hetWeln the Pfnsont and
r"rnnsn ileTeaiIer2 Is this Principle
:, ,rliyr lStrnI. mOaSurclexs-a thing
,f,,f ,llr, When dies tho body DOES II not
mpu!h trhly -ililgu forth that underlined
alrII.fnr, wa call tho sOulH We sage
Igl learned shO1lmen; great high priests Of past
Ini pTsnl lore, who kneGl In Wlsdom's august
Igilsrni fame, and strive to gasp the truth
M Thing, unknown 10 Us aud agta past
Ma piIfanh likc-aS lIael'S leader sMOtO
I'M asiul front VI HOreb, causing tho stream
I,hlW- mta the vast lock Of hidden knowledge,
,nIihrnra evolve fair VISIONS living waters;
AMI in,m their How devise name 10 give
ia mi, mysterious Power, that drives nj times
ihe jrit machinery Of tho dFClnCrB brain
iiTig il action far beyond lis scope
in waxing hours, uplitlngl from Earth.
TnohIulcE, but OCcnlt POWer-whateer thou arr,
i,l nr lhy summons forth, The dreamer SOaTs
GhYtihu ixtl aud dull realities
N s,n,s, and reyels In an Ideal realm
N rIlary aud grandeur, Music sweet
slrrnoihs thatOi human Akill-salutcs
Hi,,lf with harmOnles mAieslIc, and soul
i1,pitIng meOliea-suCh NJ night walt
Ihrmelye. from countless Rngcl-chOiril Anon
GIntc strains Of ElOluence entrance
ii, pilNic powers; IlIt snarlng rayIsIed, and
Ih4isnl faculties behold aglOtlous,
Lmlc,, mirror sladOWnS forth scene
tIi rife nisnhernce that dWnTis 10 nought
The huthlt,t, lOfliO,t transports VI his lUys
On Elrth. THIS hidden, nhmelGiS power; behold |
AtoheT time, tllssolves tho pleasing pageant;
All nls rpnironts him with scene Of horror;
Nlfe awful In portent, more drcallul than
llcrrf sees ullshadel BY the gloom
NJ ,letps0bylOuI wing Philosophy
Ayrs these seeming images to have
Ihrif0rgln, NJ cause within the realm
Oiphysrll Nature. True We dOnOt ask
IheCilS but what this great power Is, that springs
Above The cause, aud like monarch thrOnul,
Rand,the rapt sleeper to Its Will, anl leads
lm tOaRl irO, to pleasure, or to pain2
An nut our dreams Sleeps plgluTls-lmnglng u
The mind the Pure aud IiODd, lmpurliy
AMI Eyl' None may solve thOInystcry
OiIhIi mute power nCOmprchenSibIe,
NM give To II d nlnlG, Nature Is sllent,-
Denie, mir opportunities and mOckS
hPiCh. Fair VISIONS young hut robust child =
Btlh eyed and hgll-bOrn Science, shrinks, IUeOlls
All specthlels In the contemplation Of
This subtle solemn mystery. VI this,
Thedu unlettrrCd savage knows US much
A., the mO,i gifted scholar IT'S OeyOnd
The cirrled verge Oi human lore LOl when
The coming final courier, Death, inImnrcs
tut itlll aud peflshnble part within
The tUmlI-wlrn our Developed lCaihlcSl Soi,
Our better self, emergcS, PhTnlx like,
From the grOsS Self Of EARTH and wings Its flight
lonalm, whore ycxlng Time Il cclIpyd by
Elrrnly-ihcn this and all dark problems
VI this lclCtrl life, will bH dlYestGl NJ
lhtlfrltthly guiAc; aud the rnpt soul will then
RSrfn the lOyO-thc matches love. and wisdom
WlIM WHO'S, and was, aud shall be ever