The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-05


ger, they will perish by thousands.
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FOR THE COUNTY POST.
LOVE. ~
Concluded from oar Easss)
Hi. The third cause to be mentioned is IRs
terest or Personal Convenience. Under this
head include all those marriages that take
place from other causes than pure attachment.
Some persons marry for money, some from
fashionable attractions, some from wishes of
friends, and some because cit is high time
they were settled in life !" Ofall these match
es we may say, that as much love is not eX-
pected, if these individuals be persons of good
sense and amiable character, a certain kind of
moderate esteem produced by necessity and
habit arises between them, which, upon the
whole, produces about as much real happi-
ness as that romantic attachment which bla-
yes for time, and expires by safety and en-
joyment. Butmarriages of this kind are more
apt to prove unhappy, because temper, thata alb
solute ingredient in domestic felicity, is kept
out Of view. In marriage temper is every
thing" 1t will be more productive of real
happiness than intellect or warmth of attach
naent. Intellect may produce haughtiness on
theA0ne side and envy on the other, and warmth
of attachment in hours of mildness viii hard
ly counterbalance the discomfort of hours Of
petulance, anger, or sullenness. No, give me
s----Te Temper, whose unclouded ray,
Will make tomorrow cheerful as to-day
n. w. We would mention in thelast place, as
the cause of attachment, the knowledge Of
north in the beloved object. Here it is where
the region of true happiness lies, where the
sky is decked with the amberradiance of true
enjoyment, where
The river sways living stream;
The light, q pure celestial beam:''
and where true love futters round with rain.
bow wings and the plumage of Paradise.
Upon this theme, poets have sung in eleya-
ted raptures, and. the whole romance Of the
world has been congregated to describe its
Fexcellencies. shall be pardoned then for
leaving it as g a twice told tale."S
Perhaps,I shall be considered as " recre-
ant knight" if express my disbelief in the
consistency of Love. The whole tribe of ro-
nance writers and romance readers will be
fitting at once with me upon making this dec
E,rafion. know minds are ofadifferent na-
lures, and that all emotions are more durable
in some than others, but / really have got
through the romance of believing the asser-
ton, that they are some twho will love on
through all ills, and love on till. they die"
1t is contrary to many known principles Of
the mind /; its love of variety, its dislike to
despair, its dread of mental misery, its elas-
ticity under suffering. know that love win
exist with but very little hope, but do not
think it can with none at all.
With Shakespeare, am always ready to
exclaim, "men have died, and worms have
ate them; but none of love-" Look at the
various deaths or insanities said to be produ-
ced by love, and see how many other passions
have intermingled their power TO produce the
effect: disappointed ambition, wounded vani-
ty@ destruction of formed plans, and other
circumstances that may and do produce de-
leteriOus effects on the mind. s-ss
The fact is that each period of life has its
own dominant passions. Love governs youth.
ambition manhood, and avarice and rexret
old age. In old age and manhood Love has
still stronger passions than itself to contend
with, and in youth, where it reigns tmrivalled-
it has all the buoyancy, the elasticity, the
love of novelty and variety and the unextin-
guishable though false hope Of the future, to
prevent its disappointments from crushing
the heart and driving it to desperation. STAN
ding as do near the meridian Of life and
looking back on the love and hope of youth
as the now swollen river may look back on
the flowers that decked its banks when hurst
Ing from its fount, cannot help feeling CON-
| tempt for the unsuccessful lover who under
the plea OF constancy
"Con6nes his manhood to a myrtle shade
No: let him in the true spirit of elastic
hope exclaim .ss..ss
''There are maidens in Scotland more lovely
by far,
Who would gladly be bride to the young
Lochinvar."
81 ne'er could any beauty see,
In eyes that would not shine on NEE
and cannot think either man or woman is
bound, for the sake of appearing constant, to
confne themselves Ito the walks of single
blessedness" for the caprice or neglect of any
one. Shame to the man, particularly, who
for single IS cross in love-" can 60 whining
about the world, losing his ambition, his en-
ergy, and his usefulness, because some capri
cious Phyllis would not smile. He deserves
Ito be tied to the sleeve of her gown and
beaten to death with piece of brown thread.'e
And he himself win feel SO when manhood's
ambition sweils his heart and fires his eye,
when the moonlight of love has given place
to the broad day light of vigour and employ
ment. To such n lOyer. altvavS fetl ineli.