The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-26
POETRY.
fron the Legendary
TELLING fiIE DREAM.

ny ", T. CnoSnY.
lis most bcnntenus night iauthe, conn,
Wit thou walk forth uh ava sirk Al boutt
uf this guy retelry. It. buy hum
Falls heavy on minr ga ! cannot laugh
With these hghi hearted ianrhets. aud udno oyo
l. weatied with IL faziug. Letm dug
Thy mantle round thee
1t noi beautiful
The radiance afths starry si4t How palh
Aud lustrrloss ar al we've ion behnd,
Compared with IL bright irsrlry PcrchAnro
Chlstc Dian holds her festival tu-nieht
See bon shc sbilrs On such ana go as tins,
80 tn ttle ruus, shr rt1 her homo 10 hoWen,
Iufei thence Ia meet upon the inimiou hill
Tier shepherd hoy, aud placed upon his lips
Tho k,ss Of immortality Poor youth,
H. only dreamed of hlis., onsuah nted
The lnvrd-ora2ed Sarpho poured her latast sodr,
Upon Leueato's hciphi, and sNu-ha died
She dfcamed--hnl dreamed toumnds y rorchnnue,
On such night tbc Roman Anthony
Throw oil the crown aud purple. ,nd pWr up
Glory, dominion for a Nbuton', smilr
lie WBs dreaming madntH-was he not,
llnhc, thus Ia Hing his all away,
For " unuu's enle
Conn reat within the howor,
Aud VIII tell thee, thongh thy lips mny rlidr,
Aud call mn " Dreaming boy Nrs. have dreamed,
Porohnneo am dreaming nov but thou shalt hrai
! had Ian down tn slumhcr IN bank
Spfinllrd with Yplots. Tue pliiutYr moan
or FAR oil waters mluahng viii the hun
Ofthnueaud husy insects. gathering
Earh ittuen sture Of swcrts, iilliue The ar
VIII melody, spruud lis sweet influence
O'er my lullod -tnscs, aud meihuughl tlhf (auibc.
W. lndcrine here with theo 'INus stfunge, /
But llIon the time, the place so ike Ia thus
eunot but remember. Twas niFlrt
Lilac this save that II was thnloVelncss
Aud ri,mess nj II dream DER all It's charms.
The sporung ueonbeams t,'iaed thawlelfes around
Tn leave and bramebrs nffhn o.effHupne ltesa,
Like Nv round dlo mouldcring monument
Halt srcn hdfhl--A from their azure depths,
The stars were loukinr out with eyes that watch
ON unidrt's laundering. We had lrn the hall
To lighter icuts, pud arm in urn had struyed
Through thp long WiHHup macs ofthp grove,
Inttl ut lenfth He reached tins bower. Onn benin
OtmnoulRht streaming through lis lrolllsed root,
Iell on thy mock mehuuFh AZ never Tucked
Ono half 50 iute b--apd. indeed, ull now
itneYcr did, lnnthc And then ! fenrs
STRANGE that my brain should dream what my tongue
loutt,r even nav twas but Rdruniu,
However aud the masquCrs arc not gone,
SO III cYen flush ii ~ ell then, methuuFht
told thee, though twas in whispered breath,
Aud sullnrthan the niRhl- Vind'H Frniicst sigh,
How dni love that WAS the word did iouf,
And even worship thce And then aHora
Nv Venus, aud thesatry train above
EY Inv bright eyes, winch did 0utrIYH them
by all loves fond romtmhranr,s, thai
Monld guard and cherish thee, wouldn't thou but be
Ny own, my own tanthe And thon.. then
lIend moi NY pB. .rHHfe dteapnR-=- / dd srl
My vow upon thy lips pud lheu watched
10 sec them npen, aud 10 hoaf tbs voice
Stedi.tnth ~ gentle muruntihp, hhu the inns
Ola Igh that hlth found uttgnnoe Tim ! iwirct
NJ aim around thor thu aud btdo thee trls
Though fycre hut with Rianrc, or place Thy heart
Upsn ius lips aud breathe tina Las,
III uirhl dare 10 love urd mn tune eyes
TC1rd up through ulf,f lrl lb-hos, Rith alu1k
Surrender. y,J - mechanically and
Thy lip pnrtcd Will Sigh, aud then
Aud then
DO dream. always prove iruc, Iautho'