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XXXVIII.—NEW THINGS.
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«^- Of course some old things are good: ...
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Xxxviii.—New Things.
XXXVIII . —NEW THINGS .
«^- Of Course Some Old Things Are Good: ...
_«^ - Of course some old things are good : old friends , for instance , old wine , lace of the riht eoffee
o color toys ld ch called and eese , " old relics point pictures , , " medieval when , some sufficientl curiosities old boo y ks anti , to china archaeolog que , stained and authentic ists windows not g particular ; famil cathe y -
- these dral about architecture are beaut good y and when , credulous ruined they are castles as old to : , genealogy pedi some grees of them , , and more forest valuable trees , . then All - than when they were newBut for all that—for all the softening
. veneration graces flung ly b ing y Time like , a the halo ivy round mantle the s and hoary the mossy head of veils anti — quity for all , and the for
the all the honor external shed b aids y great to beautif names y which and the increases internal with worth the years to dignif — y
, that Newness which is in old things , much is called precious youth virtue in humanit lieth in y newness ; and youth . is the which
golden paradise key and life that fairy when unlocks -land all are is the bri entered gates ht and and of we heaven revealed are , the . What spell but the is by the loss gloss of ling over youngg
y g , wearied novelty , the youth glory ? of When unspotted we are newness older , the then vi everything gorous beauty loses of un its
freshness : the sharpness of the outline , is notched and marred , and the brilliant colors blurred ; the leaves fall from the trees , the
flowers wither on the stalks ; and a hideous witch scowls beneath a golden cere-cloth spotted , where veil formerl We y a gracious out in vain fairy against laughed the from deterioration behind of a
. cry bri all things htthe . women The skies are not are so not fair so , the clear flowers , nor the do not summer smell suns half so so
sweet g _* , even the little children are more mannered and less loving boys than or when roug we h-handed were young girls ; in and the surel days y there when battle wer we field e braved never of life such frost ! puny Ah and
my not others snow respectable that , . and nature It prep is not ared comp has that ourselves forgotten laining things friend for are her the worse charms ! the great , fault but but that lies that - you in you yourself are have old , ceased not : it in is ,
. to perceive them . It is simply the difference , between youth and the new and the old , the fresh and the bygone : the penalty
age , we Then all pay what when a charm we lose lies the in zest the of beg life inning —its novelty of a new . friendship .
We believe for the hundredth time that here at last we have found that other selfthat perfect friend , whom all men seek and no
one ever meets . , A new acquaintance is a new hope to us , a new infinitel book to y read expansive , a new . stud We y do to not pursue remember see , the something disillusion that exhaustless is lying the mother in and the
of shadow that b lean ehind child ; and Disapp we will ointment not , though we Hope have been told so novelt
ever since we were in our cradles . To the charm of y a new
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1859, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061859/page/29/
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