From The PhiladeLohia Gazette.

THE ADVENT OF WINTER.
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THE ADVENT OF WINTER.


BY c. W. THOMPSON.
come, come from the icy seas,
Where the bleak winds blow and the salt waves


freeze,


Where the sun shines on thro' long days light
And at last gives place to a long-long night
Where the wild Aurora brilliantly plays,
Darling its beautiful lancc-like rays;
Where the white bear sits with his shaggy form,
And howls to the roar of the beating storm.
Where never is heard the voice of Spring,
And seldom the flap of the warber's wing
Where the fruits Of the Autumn are few and rare,
Aifatd to encounter the spirit OF air.
Where music is mute and song is dumb,
From regions Of polar ice come.
come, come---and when appear
VANISH the glories that deck the year
INT Inc verdurc Of Spring is scar and dead,
Inc flowers of summer are passed and fled
ne fruits Of autumn arc pale and wan-
uhc breath from me and their life is gone,
Nhen touch the wood with my wand again,
No-not one leaf shall there remain
nave no taste for their gaudy shine:
simple robe of white is mine,
Win glittering snow wreath round my brow,
Nay-'tis a tairer crown vow


man all the sparkling gems that are set
Ill the naughty monarch's coronet.
come in gloom, yet promise joy
ror bring to your homestead sweet employ.
lhe social hearth with its cheerful blaze,
Inc long nights that shelter from busting days
me family tryst and the holiday cheer,
,r Ihat enllyen the close of the fading year
,,, me touch ofthe harp and the sound oft lutte
"Ih voices that Nature n'er meant to be mute
n,i., nnn wit that wakes when it bathes in wine,
"im music and mirth and song are mine.
come, though ye do not call
"A, 1of he hlhe IS the fate that comes to all:
an9 ano the young may rejoice when youth is by,
anu 'aunt in their strength-that strength vii
rhe mo .ne spring tide of life is around them now
aus sns .s sas'ic step and the shining brow,
Y.s a thN ,ne auburn hair that curlingly flows
Y. .ae winter Of age will bring its SNOWY.