The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-20

How aaanrhols The rrtir ton Farewell.
M, ihr gallant ban up"u the street; the
hurried morning raii ;-Efew.ll the com
.riahi- social pc ME farewell fnf"ver tn
rrnndrd bill, = y here romp lo,ing Mis-
5 Ia He'd bout m gsila"try robust FAR
vii tn neat dfsb ifuw srfsa ID tttu- parcel
six II hose; the lnorlnu tpraazd, backyard.
tie lerr the laugh. the thnndtalng pro ne
nade Hcigho | feel am indeed untnr-
tunaie. Soon. nov, my name shall b.
heard no more In the circles of shl1o.-
year hence, ! shall enquire, and BE- told
Of other hraux VIM are 10 the ascendant !;
Of Other conquests made by bewiichlas
ewes. and | not there 20 point To my scars.
II Is llttIe 10 me now whether onr lads :
feafnres constitute her ugly ol only anna
bic ohethpl a voice hr cracked or only
weak whether ONE h III b. red or ONLY
sandy; whether a fair one be ,ndecorously
free or only fraak, whether another hr
lllitrrate or ouly domestic. Ia short, any
of those great points for which, could
onrr have drawn sword AMI passed \ cut
AID thrust To tom all | am md tfrreni.
Sp,sa fortuna, sal me Insists, will say,
but, alas. with reverted neck | ttrmble at
lhe thought of my fnrlurn condition; this
- indeed 20 hr drsulatp IN italics. a III |
frfnspnrtrd among the EsqnnanE then :
NJ; but | am bachelor fhe tine Is past,
Nhen. hike all other hrsh, | was gca-,,
bloomirg 10 the flower. md gern IN The
blade hnt now 81 Withered an |, that
hen old Time shall nov m. down to
MAXI hay OF ne | hail not need To lie, bat
may b. stacked away inContioenlly.
To proceed With my promised recital
What, then. Wa the history of my fit
ln,r2 To confess the truth had none
which might 81 call; add vii the gentle
reader pardon me the ungrntl. lnslnuati n,
that neither is hc or she rniitlrd 10 take 10
Themselves, a claim to s"ch A tate oi "mo
TONS. ! mean 10 assert int snch rs the
state Of feeling created by ihe edpc't,on oi
the sexrs amoeg ns, Tin t there - scarcely
even an instance where QUE of either K
feels that new thrilling uudescrlb bic pa
sion, ritnominated in poetry aud roman.
cee. first love. As this is new and valua
BILE idea in my code of love, ! mus1 stop
the reader To consider of and, 10 the
cneao time, shall spare no wisdom.
Romancrs have defined first love TO be
the passion in its very primary stag, the
emotion that ia felt in bosom before to-
tally unconscious and ignorant of such a
passion that ethereal mixture of friend =
ship, tenderness and desire which dlatrs
thp soul in' olona,ly on pereesioe beau
ties of which il hid not before conceived.
Now 80 oor il prepared to experience this
st,te of passion, unless he has secluded aud
Wilhhrld himself from the contaglpn nntll
he arrives At an age when Its approaches
can b. unde, stood Il appreciated. i" those
whose good fortune has reserved tof
them, the sweet surprise, the aglatog no
ycltS of such passion. all Other passlnns.
MI future pleasures are Empty. To his
will the heart recur with lingering fluid
ness; turn from worthler ohJect~ ct al
icctlon; and fly thi,hcr with an emo
ton family d,scrhcd whrD | say II -
like the sacred love Of our first home.
felt when W. nave wandered far, tar
aWay. Other scenes of nature mUrr mag
nlfcrnt, more beautiful, Tempe Itsrh nay
Open its charms to enChant the srosrs
but far dearpl i The spot where We hrNf
sp6rted ia interrupted Innocence; "aele
fri ~ plucked the violet of sp'ug, WI
COINED with childish glee the m"lio"
polls Of autumn aud, Tiki e wing al the
j Christmas vacation. G.u 10 tbe giadnrss Of
the rustic rtstL Hhu1 would II he with
! first love. All Other pleasures b't.rr tH-
| perlrncrd Will appear to have been srrn
tbro, , film. bn, thrn straitwa, tnr eve /,
e4pched for more vivid petcept,an, and ~
! iIInsion rest. an o,tor, ia which reality -
bn, nnor TN - J.Til,.d the ncht
thai never wac On the sea or land,' .nd
nearest like mt, :. m. conservation sod TIE
no.I., dream Boz certainly. emotion, of
! This Lind ara. ,,ot ofter "a he f,lt in state
If education like the present. FROM the
inrrrbra,d age To tbe time Of aonch,ng
mt into tho pre,t world. ", are all con.
,t,n,r, rpd.r totors of lo,p We low. In