Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-12-10
THE DREAM OF LOVE.

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By Carrtes Lar!!oic, Of Richmond, ia.
have soma bubble blovn into its circular
and understandable beauty; on its brilliant sur
face were painted the most inim;tabIe nic-
lures of light aud life; grateful clouds floatcI i,
the bosom OF the mimic sky; tiny sun irraiiat
ed the'httie world, and cast all the marie of
lignt and shade over landscape of most be-
witchlng splendour. "A creation. brirb. nc :,
poet could imagine glowed before me: but y
wave OF the AR broke the spell of its transitorv
nut beautiful existence, and it was gone II
was IKE a dream OF love. If there is one hap
Ply beng IN creation II is the lover in the Iuvu
ny of his visionary aspirations-If there is y sin
gle ollssiul moment, like star sparkling in The
shadowy armament of life, it is that Which dis
SogeFs i long nourishcd affection 10 be ,nutu,l
The moon, as she rides on through her inf
hity OF space, has not greater effect uoon the
occan-tIic, than bias the passion OF love upop tle
tide Of human thought-no,y permitting il TO
Settle down INTO state oftcrnporary tran1uiIitv
AGAIN bidding 1t hcaTe and swell By the ma
glc OF It's yiewless power. JYithout IL what
would be the WORLD As creation wi,hnmt
lIght; yet, possessing it, as we do, how docs il
dfscompose the sooerest plans of reason? How
DO the ioitIest buiwarks of stern philosophy bow
down aad disappear before the fragrance of its
breath! IL Is the poetry of thought, when req
son slumbers on her stately throne, or wander,
away In happy dreams. 1t is scarcely To be
dchned, Tor IT seems in perpetual halo of soft
night, winch dazzIes while il fiscnates the minds
eye. 1t IS to the spirit what sfIunsjne is TO
tue hoWer--luriDg the fragrance from lis bosom
and bringing out all the energies of its youno.
nature, or as the hand of beauty to the slufnber
ing lutte passing over the silent chords. till ..it
doth discourse most eloquent music.o
mad young friend. lust rising into man
hood-f1ery and unsettled as the warrior steeJ
IN battle, his career was unguided by prudence
or thought. never failing flow of spirits made
hun always agrccable-he was full Of sense aud
iFolic. He could bring a tear into your eve
before the smile had left your bp-he was all
hope and happiness.
Suddenly lie stood before me an altered
being bis eye had grown melancholy end ,nll
oil meditation. IL moisture was often succeed
ed bj fash; and IT'S Grc again oxtingui5IcI in
the trembling tear. lie summed the rude cIa
mour OF The busting world, and would steal
away INTO some solitary recess, and ia the Sill
shade OF the forest ponder on the sweetness of
ms own sorrow. His mind became almost a
world OF itself, and thousands of visions rose
ooedIent, ut the call Of creative thought; his
SOUL Hfted high on iancy'5 wing, would explore
~ IT'S Wild and beautiful career fatlomless re-
gI0hs oil imagination, through all the variety of
us magnificent domain. He loyed-deepIy
ocyotediy. II was more than love: II was ado
ration. The object of his pas ION was all n,af
woman could be. There is no object in an
creation half so splendid as such a beinr-tbc
cbaT'ns that arc ddEused through the whole uni
verse seemed gathered together IN hcr