The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-01-21

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mountain, and day light dies so sweetIy and Sc
reney, that could our last hour part thus, sure
we should court, not shun its coming: in some
hour like this, WILL. be seen once more--arajn
unbldden and neXpected--in your little garden
at Chiffon; and with feeling, for the future
fear, more anxious than even that with which
left 1t. | shall listen, Eliza, for the sound Of
your harp as approach | shall hope---let what
will be my fate---for the moment, to find YOU
alone. Fleet and free must the good horse be
when that time comes. that bears me to y0ur
gate. Speed then shall bring me there. more
tired, and travel-worn, than anger and neccs-
slty brought me to you at first You viii moi
have quilted the cottagc---I am sure YOU viii
not-Whlch TO me was the happicst retreat
ever rested in! The roses will still be there
the honey -suckles that used to Irvine round your
window. They viii have died for season, like
my fortune; but by that time they will have re-
vived again.
And you, too, Eliza, shall not find YOU a,
YOU Werc-still as loving and as FASCINATING
For. You have not loved me yet but YOU viii
"a llttle-a very little after | am gone-ShaH
not warmer smile than that which wished me
health and rest at parting-Oh that hour seems
but as yesterday Shall it not shine, love, to
congratulate my return ? Shall not again ~,
first glance of that exquisitvely proportoned
form, show it as full and lovely as in the first
hour when first beheld it? Shall not those ljps
have still the same coral red--those teeth The
same transparent whteness? Oh! say Tint
those polished arms shall still retain their won't
ed roundne,s~t that hand, that welcomes ne
back 10 peace, its Wonted warmth and moisture
Let thai waist Still keep its delicious symmetry.
those bright rnEets their free and tasteful dis
position let the foot be still as li@ht the stef,
as elastic, that meets my approach; and that
deep blue eye, let but one tear increase not
DIM, its heavenly tint and lustrc for my pctrrn
Oh! LET me but hope that these blessings slaL
await me; and, though the times Of romance
unhappiIy for both Of us--are past. vet viii
bear up ranst thc heaviest pressure Of al! hat
sordid detail. and misery, which the state w
call civilization" 6ooms its victims TO, tll.ou
the 'erest chance, the liorlorncst hope, to s,ls-
tan ne in the interim. tIiat, by possibility, |
may return to enioy them.
must leave Oft writing, for could 90 on thus
forever, and YOU would scarce imagine. love.
bow strangely these dreams Of bliss for the ia
turr are running into time which should be de
voted 10 thoughts OF a very different character
for the present Before YOU read this, shall
be far from the spot at which it is written,
III Il new character; among new associates: in
a new World-tor that in which have lived viii
project ne no longer. Whatever may be nv
fate, one precious trcasure-vour lctter-whilo
have life. shall never part from me Rcmem
her--but need not tell yon that-that it would
be the very refinement Of cruelty, first to raise
hopes, and then to diSappoInt them There is
not one kind word be sure, in All that YOU have
writtenthough refuse to hold you by them
nowthat, let but fortune aid me shall not re-
turn to claim and take ADVANTAGE of