Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 17, 1835 Page: 1 of 8
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DAWN.
iit . ,There is a soft and, fragrant hour, v
Sweet, fresh, reviving is its power;
5y - "" . .' 'Tis when a ray
i 4 Steals from'the veil of parting'night,
ll$ 'And by its mildpreTusive light jkj i
ti-( "", . r , Foretelstlieday. 5 t
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' 5Tis when some lingering stars scarce shed
-vO'er die mist-clad mountain's head ' ' ' l
- 4-r Their lairy beam;
Thcaone by one retiring, shroud, r f ,'
' JDim glittering through a fleecy cloud,
t ' Their last faint gleam.
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TTis.when (just waked from transient death , "
ByTsome fresh zephyr's balmy breath)
- ' ' The unfolding rose
"k "Sheds Vn thcvair its rich perfume, f
5iyhile eVery,budfwTth deeper bloom
And beauty glows.
Tis when fond Nature (genial'power!)
, Weeps o'er each drooping night-closed flower
- w- ' ' Will sofdy fly
vThose doubtful mists, that leave to view
Each glowing scene'ot vanous hue
v' w ilA;. Thaf charms the eye.
, 'Ti3 when the seagirt turret's brow .
'Receives the East's first kindling glow, ' '
-- " And the dark1 wave,
Swelling to meet the orient gleam, - j ,
j Reflects the warmly strengthening beam j s
.... 'it seems to lave. , r
, . 5,Tis when the.restless child of sorrow,
Watching the wished-for nsing morrow,
i His couch foregoes,
And seeks midst scenes so sw eet, so mild,"
To soothe those pangs so keen, so wild,
! Of hopeless woes.
Nor daynor night this hour can claim,
Nor the' bright ray of noontide beam
Does it betray;
But' earth reviving, dewy, sweet, '
Prepared the glowing hours to -meet
-!fl , , Of rising day.
There can be no unity of action without unanimity of
sentiment .
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"Radif iter liquidum celeres neque commovet'alas." '
. VlEGIL.
" I was very tired, and went to bed about
eleven. It was a hot summer night, and' so
light was my room 'with the1 soft yellow
beams of the moon, that it was long before
I could win "nature's sweet' restorer" to
mine eyelids. As J am a gentleman-of ah
exceedingly thoughtful disposition',' I' was
not at a loss for amusement. I began to
run over the events of the day that was
gone, and after some little preamble, hay
meditations gathered Tound'the1 pretty form
of a' certain -lady of our city", and I lulled
myself into a gentle slumber by thinking of
her. I lay for som6 time in that most' lux-
urious state between sleeping and waiting
-just on the boundary line of mortality
with half my senses yet clinging to this
earth, and the rest already begining'to rove
in the lightness of freedom through the
realms of fancy. I was, indeed, in a most
delightful state of mind, and scarcely felt
the couch that gave rest to'mywea'rj'ffSme.
Fairy visions, beautiful as the hues of the
rainbow, floated in mine imagination. The
conceptions of fancy embodied themselves
the very wishes" of' my wakirig'moments
were half accomplished, and I'became as it
were the mighty ruler of a world of 'mine
own.' Sometimes I thought I was falling
through the immensity of space, and passed
by planets in my way ; but it was pleasant
to me, and I seemed to be wheeling in grace-
ful circles in the air, as in myyounger days
I have have seen the eagle do, far away in
the calm sky. Sometimes I thought I was
sporting in the green meadow, romping and
racing with the most lovely maidens X had
ever beheld; and in a prohjnidor I dream-
ed I was actually kissing Mrs. L . In
short, gentle reader, some kind spirit had
lifted me far above the scenes of earthly
degradation, and I was revelllbg in the gay
pleasures of another world. r"
At length my fancy began to cut terrible
capers. The pretty girls the green mea-
dows and Mrs. 's rosy lips, passed
away; and methought I beheld a battle. I
stood upon the brow of a rugged mountain.
The sea dashed and foamed on one side,
and the crash of war arose on the other.
The wind blew in roaring whirlwinds, and
bore the white foam of the ocean in showy
wreaths along the air. The sky' was black-
ening with huge clouds, that rolled like a
troubled ocean immediately over our heads.
The lightening burst through, the gloom in
bright sheets of fire, or quivered in terrible
lustre along the dark sky. The thunder
crashed along the heavens with a noise as
if ten thousand worlds had tumbled toge-
ther, and shivered into ruins. I turned my
eyes from the stormy clouds to gaze upon
the fight. I saw warriors bestriding fiery
horses they rushed over the shrieking bo-
dies of the dyings and mingled their might
in one, terrible thunder of ruin. Sabres
flashed the thunder and thecannoji shook
the earth with their mingled tumult: Shrieks
shouts, and the clashing of arms soilndedjn
mine ear, and ,1 was about to fly away from
the scene, when I saw, in the very midst of
the battle, the form of a beautiful woman:
her raven ringlets were streaming in the
wind, and her white hands uplifted in terror
at the desolation around. I was rushing to
her relief, whenI saw a huge ruffian ap-
proach to her'side he seized her silken rin-
glets '-he tore them from her head and
dared', in tfie 'insolence1 of his triuhaph, to
grasp h'erthf bat ; and the shriek that, rose;
above the stbrm of war, was answered 'by
a laugh Another, and another roughly
seized the beautiful being, until T shouted ;
revenge 'and rushed tdlJierTescue. Many a
hright blade flashed around me, 'many a
swhVbullet whizzed by my ear; but I'tore
the mlchion from the hand' of a "dying
wretch and mingled in, the battle, The lof-
ty 'figures of,ihy'enemies'bore'bac'k,at iiay '
approach.' f cut my way to the, terrified
girl; and when she sawjher brutal insulters
gnashing their teeth at my 'filet, she sprung
to my side, and clung to my t bosom. A
giant monster struck at her white forehead.
T"tufned my wrath on him ; his blade shiver
ed into a "thousand atoms cleaved his
coward skull to the jaWanfl he fell shriek-
ing from his horse. T)readfulwere my strug-
gles terrible my revenge. I bore her back
amidst the maddened fury of all around.
sprang with my lovely burden upon a ,
fleet steed; the noble animal fled like the
wind; the clouds disappeared as we rode,
and the sun shbne again in, bright cheerful-
ness ; the birds sung music in our way1'
and iii a few moments methought we were
in 'one oPthe most beautiful countries I
ever saw. Eeader, reader, who shall tell
the happiness of my bosom, when I bore
my pretty maiden from the saddlei and felt f
that we were free. Roses clustered in
blushing wreaths around us, and perfumed
breezes kissed away the drops that exertion
had gathered to my brow. I looked upon
the being I hd "rescued, and looking, I
lovecl. She smiled upon me, her lips parted
she was beginning to speak, when, the
sound of a distant trumpet broke upon our
ears. Nearer, and more near came the
fatal sound ; sometimes breathing soft mu-
sic, but as it approached, it gave a long,
loud, thundering twang, and I woke. The
fairy scene vanished, but the sound of the
trumpet continued. I lifted myself in my
couch, and, gracious fathers ! it was a mos-
quito? a little vile rascally mosquito was
flourishing in all his glory of long legs and
sharp stings, around the very pinnacle of
my mine unhappy nose !
.Now, was ever such a misfortune? To be
dragged from the fairy realms of imagina-
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Baker & Bordens. Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 17, 1835, newspaper, October 17, 1835; San Felipe de Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47875/m1/1/?q=houston: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.