The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-01-13
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RHE DRE.f.N or LOV
BY CHnLrs LUDLOW. of Richmond, Virginia.


face wete panied the most in,m,,sble p,c,ut
OF Ugh; aud $lifs : graceful clouds Aoaed IN
the bosom OF the mimic ky q uny sun J., I'D
Iated mo little world, and CAST all the magic OF
i'gh, s0d shade owe Q landscape OF the mos
bswucang splendot. A crssiion, b. ight ss
poo could Imagine, glowed before me but
wave ut the all b oks the spell OF It's usnsito
y, but beautiful existence, and n was gone
IL was like dream Of lore If there 10 one
happy beng IN creation, Its The lover in the
iuxo y OF his visionary aspirston.-if,hore is
single blissiui moment, Iks as,sr sparkling
IN the shadowy f'msment Of life. II is tha,
which discovers long noutished .fr: ction 10
be mutual.
The moon as she rides through he, .nhDi
y fspsoe, has not greater e!I.ct upon he
oceso'ude, than has the passion Of love upon
tho idc oi human thoughI--now pc mituDv
IL TO settle down into state Of temporary
usnquiliy-agsiD bidding i, heave ana swell,
by he magic Of us vlewess powc'. Wish
out II, wha, would be tho worlJ Assctsa.
tion without light yet, possessing II, as We
do, how doe, u discompose the soberest plans
Of essoD ! How do The loitles, bulwa,ks OF
SIC, u philosophy bow down and disappear be.
fore the fragrance of us bre cath l, is the po-
ct y ot thought, when reason slumbe,s or nor
stately throne, or wandets swsy 10 happy
deans j. is scsrceiy to be defined, for IL
seems IN pc petual halo OF colt iigbt, which
dazz!es while il fsscinates the minds eye L.
IS 10 the spirit what sunshine is TO the h,we
-luring tho fsetsnce from its bosom, and
bringing out all the energies vi it's young ns-
'u'e, o. as The hand OF beauty TO tho stumble.
ing lu'e passing over the silent cho, ds, I'll
at doth discourse most eloquent music"
had young ioend, jun using ,n,o man
hood--fe y md unseuled ps the warrior steed
10 bsule, his ca,eer was unguided by pr udcnc
or thought A never failing flow Of ,pirits
made him always setseable--hs was iull OF
sense and holle. Hs could bring test into
YOU eye, befolo the smiIe had LETT your lip
he was oil hope snd happiness.
Suddenly he stood before me an altered be
ing--hIs ego had grown melancholy and fun
'oi meditation. LIS mois,ute was o,ien sue
ceeded by fash sndIt. & G sg .,n ex,Ingu.b
cd IN the trembling tear. He stunned The
rude clamor OF the oustliDg void, and would
steal away into some solitary 'eces, 0nd IN
he still shade OF the tosest ponder 90 The
sweetness Of his sorrow. HIS mind became
almost world OF itself, and thousands of Wis
ions rose obedisnt, a. tho call OF creative
thoughs--h's sooi, lifted high on fancy. wing
would explore in It's wild and beautiful career,
the tsthomless regions oi Imagination, through
ell the variety Of its magnificent domain lie
| loved, deeply, devotedly. l. was more than
love II was sdora,ion The bject oil his pas
sIon was all shat woman could DC. There IS
no object, in ell creation, half SO splend as
such a beiDg-the Chains that a'o dfiused
! through The whole universe seemed gathered
together In her.
When tho sun 10 going down in The vest
he leaves behind him usck Of brgh, light,
but II Is insipid when compare d 10 the light oi
her eye. The itsgtsnce Of tho rose Wa, not
so delicious as the warmth OF her b,ea,h-
music could wake no elody like the thrilling
tones Of he' voice. Hsr motion was mo-,
graceful than the hesve Of the sea, or tn,
change Of tho cloud. and the msgil o! mind
CLEANED tn ough all her words, and Iook,,
end actions, shed around her cha IN more
| grateful than A,sbian incense.
No wonder my hero bowed down before
he /; no wotder that the sound Of her voice
was always IN hi, ear, that her image was be
fore him IN his daily occupations, End bore a
part in the mys,e'ious changes Of his d, cam
There was no sffec,s,ion IN her nature, END
she confessed she loved him they seemed
etea,ed Ior each oiher-snd who would have
believed that fs,e--bu' ! am dIgressing.
There IS something vc'y me Melancholy in the
rehec ion that sny womsb can die ; but TO him
,h.i she should perish was the ve'y sgoDy oil
despair. He had lefl hei for lew days, IN
Iending when I've returned TO have asked
her hand. On the morning Of HIS return,
sp'sng into the Nsge coach, in .
~ & delicious teveIie. lie held no dis
sout with his fellow passengers, bu, w,Sp
ped hImself up 10 9 rich dream Of sn,ieipslion
Iii, hear was full Of happiness. lie though,
himself, ., he entered his house, 100 happy To-
a mortal msn. lie ives preparing to pay b,
the GN Wait and dwelling 10 his mind on be
| pleasing weleoms, when her bfother came to
see him-he did rot ob,eIve sny thing peeul
ia, about him at first, snd not ,ill The warn
sfrectloDste shake of the hand was oyet, , did M