The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1884-05-10
.xraHT THOUGHTS"

~ to me a more iaihli'ai 'aCo
~ \, Il man, and in her starry shade
~ I'd /, solitary lovlihess, / ! learned
',asre @ OF another world"
s' ~ he curtains Of night are pinn-
" ~ !, the stars" what varied pic
s,oDg before the mental vision.
aiad a'Sss sssnaucipated from the din and
'JH '.Sich characterize the hours of
,sauts ,a, upon fancy's golden pinions
ssns ns triumphantly through the
d ID paths Of imagination. 1t wan
ssn n the tide of the past, cogiates
'ss present, or leaps forth into the
|shvrinths N of futurity, thus blend
,6ree grand divisions Of time. A
N drops down upon the moral as
Snhysioal world and this evidence
X he a time for retrospection.
s.Idwells intuitively upon familiar
.sts Of childhood with all their at
'stballowed associations.
MN the Silly night,
y. IN mbers' chain has bound me,
~ N memory brings the light
%ather DAYS around me-"
.,reyer we may wander, in whatev>
d We may roam, by whatever cir
ssnces we are surrounded. in the
If all the vicissitudes of life,
nv will inyoluntarily come back to
s,ee NJ Of our birth-the home OF our
hsOd, That is the hallowed spot.
lhere we first learned to utter The
at Of earthly melodies = father.
M. brother, sister. There too the
'pus and sympathetic emotions OF
sinp we're first developed and came
ntwining and Intervening them
around Us into that web OF hu>
IDetwork whose threads ever expand
Hverge until they are lost IN the
kof fading memory, or obllterated
6th the graves dismal sod. In the
N fountain Of the muse, are reflect
|s dead, the past, the absent, IN all
pristine beauty and lovliness. Tie
|oIt mupppk.that steals upon tbt
|puveys to 05sfear the sweet sad mu-
|iother years as it glides over ocean
hsmory. The very spot where we
|hed the first fond vows of adora-
ito the angelic girlish figure that
hby US, while she listened entranced
aavowal made where naught were
auditors, save the silent stars
bts thought in Heaven" such sweet
GLENN "reminiscences conjured up
he spells of midnight's holy houI.
Epscross the mental vision like the
fabric of a dream,
! the starligbts, mutual esteem seems
to be enhanced. We may here
h the wreath OF friendship and COM
Rgith those we love where there arr
Ato molest OF stir up the hearts an.
lilies. Surely here beneath the sky
Sncave bedecked with its diadems--
"iorget,me-nots" of angels conten'
would be sacrilege. Strange Gu
ughts should take widest flight ever
tbe moment when they should ARA,
'uselves in pensive order, Lookln:
b the immensity of creation an'
lNiu contemplation fancy. picture
S The waving wings and meltin;
Is If other and purer wori is. Yea
lcharm, the peace, the freshness Q
u morning innocence, gain mutual
Ain our bosom welcome and a HON,
Ii souls 60 forth to the hallowed an
llsfled temples of nature to discar
hi earthly contaminaIions.
Time still rolls Oh, aud nothing tenc
'trCibly to remind us of its ravages Il
i deep so'emnity meath the Ion
Isry hours" lisa time tor sadness al
riears, Prentice truly said, "Revol'
ans sweep over the earth like trouble
hiOns o'er the breast 0 dreaming so
aW,--Empires rise and fall like bubbl'
\ the sea, but oh Tine! what can sta
Ilu in thy onword flight Egypt, IL
Fadlc ot science aud literature, who
Eglntic pyramids, bathe their lofty pi
lels in the dark clouds of Heaven
Rftece, where tlourished the create
pa, the noblest gems that ever in r
Esent splendor bedecked nation
|rvnet- -Rome, in whose forum the el
|ltnt tongues OF Cicero and Tully on
Raadered-these nations now live on
hhltory and song, Their grandeur al
|lea'uess are buried beneath the lur
|llas Of antiquity. Yet time travels {
ElA an even uninterrupted ihexorat
|ep But while gloomily ponderil
|NsIlhe desolation wrought by time, Il
|IaNd and cheering thought \
|as that though the univer
|n'a its millions Of insentient Dein
nv N pass away into nonrntity, humai
|9aall ever survive.
|saea the vast sun shall veil his golden lig
|,sp ~ the gloom Of everlasting night,
'Asn Wild destructive flames shall wrap
w susa rum triumphs and when nature dl'
~ ~ mn mail alone the wreck Of worlds surviv'
- ia'iing spheres immortal man shall IL
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