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Literary
March 13, 1855
The Camden Weekly Journal
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
An unattributed extract, believed from the Chester County Express, poetically reflects on the passage of Spring and Summer into Autumn, portraying the seasons as a cycle of beauty, completion, and universal bereavement, with time preserved in eternity like dried blossoms.
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OCR Quality
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We find the following extract floating in the great sea of newspaperdom without credit. We believe its paternity belongs to the Chester County Express. The beautiful fancy which it embodies, is certainly worthy of a chaste and polished pen:
And so another Spring and another Summer have passed away. Spring, with her fervent beauties—her buds, her shoots, her hints at grass, and foliage and flowers—and Summer whose dainty touch finished and fortified the sweet work so fairly begun by her spicery breathed sister. And now it is Autumn, and in the solemn temples of nature high mass is celebrated for the universal bereavement that the earth is called upon to endure. The departed hours—like dried blossoms saved in books, but little used—except by one! are hid away amid the ponderous records of Eternity. Some will retain their enchanting perfume, others will mildew and rot, losing their scents in unsavory corruption.
And yet they will all be preserved they will all testify.
And so another Spring and another Summer have passed away. Spring, with her fervent beauties—her buds, her shoots, her hints at grass, and foliage and flowers—and Summer whose dainty touch finished and fortified the sweet work so fairly begun by her spicery breathed sister. And now it is Autumn, and in the solemn temples of nature high mass is celebrated for the universal bereavement that the earth is called upon to endure. The departed hours—like dried blossoms saved in books, but little used—except by one! are hid away amid the ponderous records of Eternity. Some will retain their enchanting perfume, others will mildew and rot, losing their scents in unsavory corruption.
And yet they will all be preserved they will all testify.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Seasonal Cycle
Nature
Death Mortality
What keywords are associated?
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Passage Of Time
Eternity
Bereavement
What entities or persons were involved?
Chester County Express
Literary Details
Author
Chester County Express
Form / Style
Poetic Prose Reflection
Key Lines
Spring, With Her Fervent Beauties—Her Buds, Her Shoots, Her Hints At Grass, And Foliage And Flowers—And Summer Whose Dainty Touch Finished And Fortified The Sweet Work So Fairly Begun By Her Spicery Breathed Sister.
And Now It Is Autumn, And In The Solemn Temples Of Nature High Mass Is Celebrated For The Universal Bereavement That The Earth Is Called Upon To Endure.