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Time And Pus Children.
Enjoyment offered him a fresh honey-comb , and the Present stooped to kiss his glowing lips . At first , the urchin seemed fearful of approaching the strangers ; but , gradually becoming more bold , he crept into the arms of the Present , and nestled his cheek upon her soft bosom . Enjoyment , delighted with the scene , flung showers of rose-leaves over them ; he pressed from the rich grape its ruddy juice , ancl they quaffed deeplthe maddening draughtthe maxims of Experience were
fory ; gotten in the delirium of the hour . Love crowned the Present with flowery garlands , ancl Enjoyment revelled in delight . But ' pleasure the most exquisite soon palls . Enjoyment soon sank listlessly upon a bank of flowers ; the fervid breath of Love had prematurely withered the garland on the brow of Pleasure ; his wings became clogged with honey-drops , and his snowy garment empurpled with the blood of the vine .
The day closed drearily . The voice of tbe fierce wind was heard howling in the deep valley , and the wings of the storm crushed the dark pines upon the mountain's head . Sadly , ancl with anxious solicitude , Experience sat upon the threshold , watching for the return of the three wanderers ; at length a figure bent with grief approached . It was the Future ; but how changed!—her blue eyes were suffused with tearsher had lost its longer her companion ;
step buoyancy . Hope was no she had deserted her , and " a woe-worn melancholy being , named Despair , supplied her place . The deluded girl wept long and bitterly as she sank into the arms of Experience , and in those tears was the agonizing confession that she had spent
A weary day of hopes and fears , Began in folly—closed ia tews . Following closely on her sister ' s steps , came the Present . She , like the Future , had drank the cup of disappointment to the lees ; the pollutions of Pleasure had dimmed tbe fire of her eye , and paled the rich carnation of her cheek . Enjoyment had deserted her , and a gaunt being , named Remorse , who was ever by her side , reminded her of her ruined wasted
feelings . Last of all came the Past , with Memory still supporting her ; little change was to be seen in her manner or appearance , save that her brow wore a graver shadow than it had clone in the morning ; for she had heard of her sisters' disasters , and dropping a tear for the blighted daydreams of the Future , and the delusive pleasures of the Present , she hinted to Experience that , in time to come , Memory should be given to check the wishes of the Future , Hope to regulate the actions of the Present , and Enjoyment to sweeten the recollections of the Past . CHRONOS .
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Time And Pus Children.
Enjoyment offered him a fresh honey-comb , and the Present stooped to kiss his glowing lips . At first , the urchin seemed fearful of approaching the strangers ; but , gradually becoming more bold , he crept into the arms of the Present , and nestled his cheek upon her soft bosom . Enjoyment , delighted with the scene , flung showers of rose-leaves over them ; he pressed from the rich grape its ruddy juice , ancl they quaffed deeplthe maddening draughtthe maxims of Experience were
fory ; gotten in the delirium of the hour . Love crowned the Present with flowery garlands , ancl Enjoyment revelled in delight . But ' pleasure the most exquisite soon palls . Enjoyment soon sank listlessly upon a bank of flowers ; the fervid breath of Love had prematurely withered the garland on the brow of Pleasure ; his wings became clogged with honey-drops , and his snowy garment empurpled with the blood of the vine .
The day closed drearily . The voice of tbe fierce wind was heard howling in the deep valley , and the wings of the storm crushed the dark pines upon the mountain's head . Sadly , ancl with anxious solicitude , Experience sat upon the threshold , watching for the return of the three wanderers ; at length a figure bent with grief approached . It was the Future ; but how changed!—her blue eyes were suffused with tearsher had lost its longer her companion ;
step buoyancy . Hope was no she had deserted her , and " a woe-worn melancholy being , named Despair , supplied her place . The deluded girl wept long and bitterly as she sank into the arms of Experience , and in those tears was the agonizing confession that she had spent
A weary day of hopes and fears , Began in folly—closed ia tews . Following closely on her sister ' s steps , came the Present . She , like the Future , had drank the cup of disappointment to the lees ; the pollutions of Pleasure had dimmed tbe fire of her eye , and paled the rich carnation of her cheek . Enjoyment had deserted her , and a gaunt being , named Remorse , who was ever by her side , reminded her of her ruined wasted
feelings . Last of all came the Past , with Memory still supporting her ; little change was to be seen in her manner or appearance , save that her brow wore a graver shadow than it had clone in the morning ; for she had heard of her sisters' disasters , and dropping a tear for the blighted daydreams of the Future , and the delusive pleasures of the Present , she hinted to Experience that , in time to come , Memory should be given to check the wishes of the Future , Hope to regulate the actions of the Present , and Enjoyment to sweeten the recollections of the Past . CHRONOS .