LADIES' AMULET. - Monroe County Library System

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FOR THB OEM AWD AMULET.
Life and Death.
Sterne.—A Young Man in the bloom of health, preparing
for a Ball, is adjusting himself before a Mirror.
*' Yes ! I am in my prime!
The hopes of early manhood fire my brov,
And fortune 1 ! ruddy glow,
In smooth perennial flow,
Has graved success upon my future's prow,
. Mixed by DO monitory chime,
Like that which Clothos mingles with the breeze of passing
time!
'Tis true, they tell me of a * coming day,'
When like a flower of Autumn I'll decay;
When the cold mists of the relentless tomb
Shall hide my beauty in its mould'ring wombs
Bat away '.. these arc phantasy's figments—away!
And are light as the gossamer wing of a fay!
Giro care to the fretful, and tears to the weak,
But while health's rapid currents are coursing my cheek—
While the lark is still weaving her song in the sky,
And the worW seems at buoyant and happy as I,
I will laugh with the loudest, be sportive'and free
As the snow-bosomed bird of' old ocean' can be !
My locks-are as dark aa the raven's wing,
And lore's light smiles from my eye-Jash spring;
Pn my chock bland Summer has left her glow,
And hope's gay maidens are kissing my brow!
Then go, hated phantom ! that fain would descry
$bmo gathering cloud in my Btar-jeweled sky:
I'll rfway, ha! ha'! to the midnight ball,
Where light toes trip o'er the carpeted hall—
Wherc'thc garlanded arches are swelling with glee,
And the sprig and the wine-cup are flowing and free !"
f£J* A Phantom appears, aud addresses him thus.:—
"Ah, luckless youth ! like that gay feather,
Dropp'd from the plumage of some frighten'd bird,
On the smooth bosom of yon bocing stream,
Whiffled about by the gay zephyr's breath,
That circles there upon the summer's eve—
How light and careless is its wavclesi flow !
It has no ballast tave the weary gnat
That rests a moment on the downy raft,
Then flics aloft to buzz awhile, and dia
At day's decline !
Dashed over ragged rocks
That lift their sullen surface 'mid(the spray
Of frighted waters on the fearful edge
Of yon dark precipice, JUr" that same calm tida
Shall roll! and in the horrid cliasm'that rifts
Seep thunders 'mid the now boiling surges
Of that stream, all that has glided, thoughtless
Upon its flatt'ring lip must dash unheeded!
And this gay leather, torn to shreds, will fall
Unnoticed in its gurgling wares.
" Even so shall thou,
Poor dotard, on the dang'rous stream of life,
Feel an untimely palm chill thy warm check,
Aud, like the winter's blast upon the autumn flower,
That draws its bright corolla up, and nipB
The life-veins on its tender stem,
UJ" Descry in the same mirror that reflects
Thy boasted beauty now, the filmy eye
And shrivel'd check (hat t^ell of Dissolution I
Ah | measure well the- narrow shore of life,
Nor call mo ' hated' while my anxious breath
Woosthec to (can the future's misty womb I
!£7" To-morrow's sun may cast its last gold ray
jQ~f* Uppu the sorrowing cypress of thy tomb !"
•» * * » *
Twas the decline of day; and the proud sun
His circje in the ether nigh had run;
The flocks were bleating on the distant hill,
And soft winds bore the murmurs of the rill;
The woodland choir were warbling sweetly where
The wild moss rose embalmed the tepid air;
The shepherd 1 ! lay swept o'er the tranquil lake,
And mingled with the croaking of the brake. ' *
* * ; *
Twa« then upon my ears low pealing fell
The meanured toll of the lone burial bell,
Weaving upon the gathering shades some spirit's parting
knell! *
Now through the lawn that leads to yonder glade,
Where o'er the tomb the willow throws her shade,
A solemn band, with slow and measured tread,
Bear to his last long home th' unconscious dead.'
Bowed iB (he head in grief, and the salt tear
Falls from the heart, warm on the mantled bier!
Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection
THE GEM AND LADIES' AMULET
The sturdy sexton, toughest of his kind,
Stood by his spade, and on the evening wind
I heard the man of God's lone accents steal:—
"Man is like to vanity: his day* nre as a shadow that
passelh away. There is hope of a tree if it be gut down,
that it will sprout again : but man dieth and wasftth away;
yea, man givelh up the ghost, aud wncre is he."/,
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Scarce had he ceased, when, on the fresh cut turf
The Phantom rose ! there was a wounded amilo
Played on his warm cheek, and I could trace the tear
Of lovely pity glaze his brilliant eye,
While thus he addressed the coffined clay :—
" Ill-fated youth! did not I tell thce this,
When but yestreen I wooed thee to escape
Thy syren song that led thee to,thy tomb?
The morning flow'r has cast its leaves at noon,
And thou, so young ! hast pass'd thy Rubicon!.
Thou that couldst spurn my warning from thine ear,
As though a wasp were huddled in its folds!
Ah, Youth ! how fares thy boasting spirit now ?
Torn in an hour from night's chaotic glee,
Alas! how unprepared to meet thy God!"
* * - * *
He vanished, and the rumbling earth
Pell hollow on his oaken bier;
And sighs were sighed, and hands were wrung.
And kindred dropp'd their requiem tear.
And on his narrow bed I saw
The dark-leaved cypress planted there,
On which the sun shed his last ray,
Then left it to the evening air.
FOR THE GEM AND AMULET.
To a Brother.
BY MISS F. W. MUDO«.
Oh, could we fondly linger yet
Around these chosen bowers.
While mcm'ry with her magic wand
Recalls the happy hours
Of childhood, when with pastimes free,
Our years were spent in social glee !
Those years are fled, but there remains
A feeling 'kin to pain,
When I reflect that ne'er on earth
Those scenes will come again;
For childhood's years have pass'd and gone,
And youth's usurped the vacant throne.
And those kind friends to mem'ry dear/
The playmates whom I loved;
Where are they all ? Ah! some, I fear,
Have found an early tomb:
While others equally sincere
Arc shedding oft the sorr'wing tear.
But some bright spirits still are left
To cheer life's rugged way,
Round which a halo from above
Sheds a resplendent ray
To guide fhe wayward thoughts above,
Where ail is peace and hope and love.
Whcatland, 1841.
FOB THB OEM AND AMULET.
To C. B. V .
A darknesvhath o'ercast my brow,
A gloom sits heavy on my heart,
And oft the tear, as it doth now,
Unbidden from my eye-lids start.
There is a spirit hauits my brain,
And seems to whisper mournfully,—
I ne'er may see that face again—
I ne'er may feel its potency!
And but for that cold, chilling look,
My heart had felt no blighting scar;
My breast the painful sigh might brook,
And still my eyes disdain a tear.
But it is pass'd! the haud that wove
The tender lie hath severed it;
The smiles lhat taught my soul to love,
No moroupon its surface flit.
Yes! all, like some enchanting dream,
Hath vanished to relurn no more;
Joy sheds not one.re»ivjng beam,
And hope's prophetic song is o'er!
Alas! that vows so fondly spoke
Should be thus torn from put the breast,
And hojy Ijands thus quickly broke
That might have made iu iwcetly ble«t!
But fare-thce-well! and ever bright
Be all the paths lhy footsteps stray,
Nor ever know thy heart a blight,
Nor joy nor gladness passnway!
Rochester, 1841. G. K. W.
A lady who has been turning over the political
papers of both sides in. hopes to find a scrap of
poetry or a bit of miscellany, ami has encountered
nothing but long columns of figures headed with
the mystic letters 0. K., says they must mean
« Oil Krazy."
GOOD.—A person said, in our hearincr, the other
day, that editors for the most part were a thin,
pale-faced set. A lad standing near, made this
witty observation to his chum: "There, Bob. I
told you I have often read about the editorial
corpses."
"What are you doing there ?" inquired ilack of
Tom, as he caught him peeping through the keyhole.
" What's that to you ?" said Tom, " I don't
like to see a person prying into other folks* business."
A militia captain receiving a note from a lady,
requesting " the pleasure of his company," understood
it as a compliment to those under his command,
and marched the whpte of them to the,lady's
house.
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LAW.—An uncertain and eccentric machine,
thai not unfrequenlly destroys him who sets it xa
motion.
M ARfil AGES.
In this city, on the lSlh instant, by the Rev. Mr. Cnrlton,
Mr. SYLVESTER HOYT, to Miss EMILY BLISS, all
of this city.
• In this city, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Church,
Mr. Joseph F. Cox, lo Miss Lucy Gridley.
In Chili. October :29th,, Mr. JOSEPH CURTIS, Prin.
ter, of this city, to Miss ELIZABETH GURNEY, of iba
former place.
On the morning of Dec. 28th, 1841, in Newburry, Ohio,
by the Rav. Mr. Witter, Mr. JOHN- FISK, of the city of
Rochester, New York, to Miss MARIA H. HAYD£N,ol
the former piece.
In Shelby, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. D.F. Parsons,
Mr. Hiram Frary, to JV(isB Rosina Snell, daughter of
Mr. John P. Snell, all of that town*
In Ithaca, on the 6th of Nov. 1840, by the Rev. William
Wisner, Mr. Floyd S. Helm, to Miss Betsey C. Jones,
daughter of Philo Jones—both of Sonthport, Chemungco.,
New York.
By the same, on the same evening, Jv'r. Albert Jones, of
Soulhport, to, Mis* Juliaett Howland, of Delhi, Delaware
county, New York.
In Payson, Adams county, Illinois, on the- 24th of Dee.
last, Samuel Helm, formerly ofSouthport, to Mfsg Sophia
Prince, of the farmer place. , »
In Holley, on the 5th Inst., by the Rev. R. S. Crampton.
Mr. STILMAN A. CLARK, ofBrorkport, lo Miss SELI-
NA.A. HATCH, of Uie former nlace.
In Clark'on, on the 13th inst:, by Rev. Mr. Bull, George
Whiting, of Sweden, to Louisa Spaulding, of Clarkson. Also,
on the 6th insl. by Eiditf Hannibal, John Windos.pf*
Sweden, to Sophroliia BabcBSk, of Clarkson. Also, on the
2d Dec, by Elder Hannib:vl,SilasCrary, of Sweden, to Mary
Chapin, of Clarkson. Also, on the loth Dec, by Rev.
Mr. Bull, E. W. Bartlcv, of Clarkson, to Mary Ann OrL
cu, of Sweden. Also, on the 13ih inst., by Rev. Mr. Bull
George reorge Crippen, of Sweden, to Mary E. Bartley, of Clark- Clark-
son. Also, on the 13th int., by Rev. Mr. Judd, Soymour
Howard, of Sweden, to Louisa Mason, of Clarkson Also '
on the 31st Dec, by Rev. Nathan Fellows, Mr. Jolm Vail
Lydin Lev
• In ^'"Tn 1 - 6 "' °° New Tea " Eve, by Rer. John Robinson,
Mr. William Tompkinson to MiwAlzina Channel.
Bv the same, on the 10th insl., Mr. Sylvester I>. WW•
toM.» Rosana Rice_, both of the town of William^
In Sodus, ou the 30th ult., by Rev. C. Merwin Mr M
In Royalton, on the 6th inst., by Rev. Mr. Wait, Mr.
l(r "- 1 Esq. ' IM miy a ^'^"BhterofElias
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, 10th of Oelo
V' ber, 1840.-NOTICE.-Landssold J'arrear*°of?S.
in Mayand June, 1839, pursuant to title ,3, chant, r \S tJ
1, of the revised statutes. I hereby give notTe .W P B^!
let. the lands sold for arrears oftfie. at U.J ile 5.««
June ° DC ,' ^"K^ecmed on or before lhe lS£ f
June next, by paying into the Treasury the amouirtfS
which tho respective parcels or tracts of land were sold
together with interest at the rate of tenner PZI '
.rom the date of sale until the day of„ "dS*?S P IT
so sold and remaining unredeemed, w ^
conveyed to the purchaser.
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