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

to disturb their sence---when the first moon
beams just begin to steal upon the river and the
mountain, and daylight dies SO sweetly and Sc
renely, that, could our last hour part thus, sure
should court not shun its coming in some
hour like this, WILL be seen once more---again
unbldden and unexpectedly your little garden
at Clifton; and with feeling, for the future
l fear, more anxious than even that with which
l left it. l shall listen, Eliza, for the sound of
your harp as approach shall hope---let what
will be my fate--lOr the moment, to find you
alone Fleet and free must the good horse be,
when that time comes that bears me to your
gate. Speed then shall bring me there, more
tired, and travel-won, than anger and neces-
sty brought me to you at first You will not
have quilted the COTTAGE am sure you will
not---Whlch to me the happiest retreat
ever rested in! The roses will still be there
the honey-suckles that used to Irvine round your
window They will have died for a season. like
my fortune; but by that time, they will have re-
vived again.
And you, too, Eliza, shall I not find you as
YOU were-stlll as loving and as fascinating
For you have not loved me yet; but you will
"a little-a very little after am gone-Shall
not warmer smile than that which wished me
health and rest at paring-Oh that hour seems
but as yesterday !-Shall it not shine, love, to
congratulate my return F.? Shall not again my
first glance of that exqusitively proportioned
form, show it as full and lovely as IN the first
hour when first beheld it? Shall not those lips
have still the same coral red-those teeth the
same transparent whteness? Oh! say that
those polished arms shall still retain their wont
ed roundness-- that hand, that welcomes me
back to peace, its wonted warmth and moisture
Let that waist still keep its delicious symmetry.
those bright ringcts their free and tasteful dis
position Let the foot be still as light, the step
as elastic, that meets my approach; and that
deep blue eve, let but one tear increase. not
dim, its heavenly tint and lustre for my return.
OH let me but hope that these blessings shall
await me; and, though the times Of romance
unhapplly for both of us---are past, yet will
bear up against the heaviest pressure Of all that
sordd detail. and misery, which the state We
call "civilization'' dooms its victims to, upon
the veriest chance, the forlornest hope, to sus-
tain me in the interim, that, by possibility, !
may return to en- JOY them
must leave off writing, for could go on thus
forever, and you would scarce imagine love
how strangely these dreams of bliss for the fu
ture are running into time which should be de
voted to thoughts of very different character
for the present Before you read this, shall
be far from the spot at which it is written ;
in new character; among new associates; IN
new world-for that in which have lived will
protect ne no longer Whatever may be my
| fate. one precious treasure-yOur letter-Whlle
have life shall never part from me Remem-
| ber-but need not tell you 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