The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-06-17

The AncientS used to Say-
Iusta nnScit,tr, non It,
Tpe, equally, to day.
.hg brows ParnassIan laurels crow9,
with heavens lasting smiles,
show inspiration from the Gods, .
go earth-bOrn care beguileS
Igdr editorial life is not "'"
What fond imagination
May picture to a lervid glance,
without deliberatiOu.
Ezperier e Is the proper school
To test all human matters,
End, meeting life realities,
We find how fancy aatterS
Tke struggles OF human life.
sTis said, are full, and serious
|ith many, too, those trials are,
Undoubtedly mperiousl
I'd ed-That much we're called to do,
~, II ReocScitdte
which means. you cannot help yourself,
80, yield, and don't be naughty.
5he shafts Of fate may pierce, may Kill,
if one Is in position
To be a mark for fortunes dabs
Todrive him TO perdition
But, life, too, has its ups as downs,
It's JOY as its sorrow;
while, often may We learn, lis well
Some good from ills 10 borrow
T-ue, we are told, no sun rays shoot
From souls that coldly slumber
While cheerful warmth is got from those
where sorrows never cumber.
So cherish all the MEANS that put
Sunshine into our natures,
aegeloping both heart and soul,
TO light up human features
when genial heat, from Vernal rays,
Turns buds to falrest blossoms,
Ihe prospect is. that golden fruit
May gladden. human bosomsl
encourage therefore, all that's good,
The good not got from evil,
The glorious grain from truthful seed
Not sown by feuds or devil.
The pure In heart" the true in soul,
The mind's illumination,
Are likely to attain the goal
The worthy destination
20 harmonic humanity
in wisdoms peaceful ways,
Let knowledge, love and mercy
Epeed Christ's returning days
Ta hail the art PIeseIVatiYe,"
AS means to noble ends;
kmeliorste -Bmancipate
70 this, all knowledge tends.
Were Faust and Gutenberg but here,
They'd see the changed condition.
The wonder working hand of time
With all It's great fruition
rsr modern wonders far exceed
che ancient wonders seven,
And more utiltaran,
And general, our lcayen.
EuIl slow the Arts Initiate move,
But, surely, Notwithstanding,
gespite the varied efforts, to
Prevent the dawn's expanding
sut, gathering force and magnitude
The moving types moved on;
conveying light 10 darksome spots,
Bnlarging still the zone
,Though much of Progress is secured,
Much yet remains do,
Before the leavenng power shall break
Dark errors barriers through
The ancient Irish legend,
Relating Of the well,
When first, through its enclosure,
a morning sunbeam, fell;
The waters quick, responded;
They overaowed its brim;
Submerged the city round IT,
and rolled oer ages dim
The temples and the palaces,
of that deluded Past,
Mere, by the waves advancing
Overwhelmed and sweptat last
50 speed the Press, and speed the Plow,'
Difuse both food and knowledge
Invite to Natures banquet store,
Aswell as learning's college.
The author midst companiOnship,
With mind-surroundings there,
rommunes with those Of former times,
And, views with views compare
He epics with old Homer,
With Historys father goes,
Arms and the man, with Virgil,
with genial Horace glows
Demosthenes and Cicero,
And others great and grand,
Accompanies, delighted,
Through all their classic land
IN Africa, with Livingstone,
Through Egypt taxes look,
And reads, with exultationi
The hieroglyphic book
with FRANKLIN, bottles lightning,
Saw Morse's plan have birth,
And lash. with electricity
Ideas round the earth,
All Natures fields exploring
He wanders near aud far
With vision telescope,
Sees sun aud morning start
Creets England's mighty author,
SIN fresh with boundless fame,