Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-11-21
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Lo, e dreams "a, yet NO ol jeci knoains,

A" And r"iniUw Jo lhat cnd 4" weeping '--Moore.
There Is scarcely TO DO seen in ma
turc, any object more interesting than u
young beautiful gIrI, III that aga when
she Is about leaving school 10 enter upon
The duties Of liie.-N hen the irIngcd
curtains OF her eyes are closed at md
night, and sweet, suit s!unibcr, Sleeps
her saul IN t"rgctiu!ness, then tho busy
power which creates an imaginary world
op. us TO her minds eye larry visions,
such as she read al ia rOInunccs. They
arc of love. The lovers form il indis-
,inct-but it is Of so manly a make
such hue is upon bis cneck. his eyes
are SO brilliant, his lip so red, that he
seems {" be one born To win a gnlle!css
hemt-yet among oil her acquaintance
knows she not SD fascinating couuie-
nance. She compares the portrait with
the figure Of each suitor who courts her
smile, but reaity suffers from the COM
pariso,. Still our heroine can muse in
her bower-and in her waking dreams
thrilling hopes futter through her tender
bosom, and the bravest knights await
her nod; her ear is charmed with music
brea,hed to soften hes crueIty-and the
paiace-the cottage opera a--the
fowery vale, or the placid bosom Of the
lake, appear IA her delight happens to
consist in show or humble happiness) in
The ambition of queen or the siinpllci-
~ of ru al charms These hours uf
bIIs>iii illusion are often suddenly tcrm-
mated bv an intruder ANNOUNCING tn her
the marriage al Il youth of her acQua,n-
lance, whom she did not hate. Why
that sign, that depression of the spirits !
Alas! shc had often thought Of hun, but
never thought Of his loving another, and
Il tear glistens in that b'ue cve-a bitter
fee Ing ngpnIzes that heart, and all the
larry Gre aiiun Is Ecd!
Youths nature Is elastic it springs
from the pressure OF sorrOw--.the April
shower is over, and the sun orjoy shines
bright through the tears Of spring. She
no longer ewes The bride, but awak-
encd SENSATIONS glide through her breast
and she scarcely knows the meaning OF
tic tumultuous emotions which the ap-
pearance and warmer attentions Of one
of her admirers eXcites in her bosom -
There appears to be something congen-
,al IN their conversation the voice of
the one appears TO echo the thoughts of
the other; they delight to read the same
book the same church---promea-
ade in the same retired shades---and Gull
flowers of similar hue and fragrance. And
how often does the fair one indulge in re-
Elections like these; All, how sweet We
would pass Our lives together, in youth,
maturity, aad agc.---IIe would cheer me
amid the storms of adversely, and rejoice
will, me in the sunshine of plospsii,y'- =
Ah, maiden! whit thoughts are these p.
Beware! Heaven grant that your lover
may not BE- incuns:an', or rove from your
silkeu ltttcrs, aud carry your heart with
him. There have been, and there are,
demons in the human form, fascinating
the G.ctions ola doaiing girl then lcav.
mg her 10 the sc"rn ofan unieelinc world
victim To silent anguish. Rein in your
Imagination, then, fair maid, keep vonf
thoughts under The control oI reason. lest
esteem become passion, which IL fame
that may consume the shrine ofihe heart
upon which j, buras. Yet every youth is