Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-07-12
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TELLING THE DREAM.

us a most brau,cous night! Iauihe, come,
Will thou walk forth! On! am sick a, heart,
ot tais gay revciry. Its busy hum
aus heavy on ni'ue / cannot laugh
with these light hearted lauslIcrs, aud ur.uc eye
IS wsaricd with its gazing. Let fling
u by mantle round thee.
ls't not hcauiilui:
The radiance of this starry SKI? How pale
Aud luStteless ali we vc lett hrhiud,
Compared with lis bright icwcly pechauca
Chast. Dian holds her festival night.
See how she smes. On such an eve as this,
SO the tale runs, she left her nome in heaven,
Luied thence To mcr, upon the Latminn hill.
Her shcpre.! boy, and placed upon his lips
The hiss nf Immortality, Poor youth,
ifs Only dreamed Of bliss. On such n night
The love cfazed Sappho poured her latest song
Upon Lcucates height, aud swan-iike died.
she drramed-hut dIeamed mady! and pcrchaucr
On s,ca nigh, the Roman An;homy
lnIew of the crown and purple, and gave up
Elosy, Honiuun-lor wanton's smile.
He was dreaming ma insn--was hG not,
ianthe, thus 20 ding his all away,
fog woman's smile.
Come rest WITHIN this bowcs
And will ie! thee, though IN? lips Glide,
And call me "breamins boy" Yrs, / have dreamed;
Fr.chance am dteamug now; but thou Shalt hear;
l had lain down supiher d bank
Spriuk!cd with vinc;s. The rlautiye moan
or far of waters miugling with the nun,
OF thousand busy insects, ga ,hcrus in
Each its own store of sweets, filing tho ak
with melody, spread its eet influence
- CIR MY iuicd senses, aud metliought that
w as wandering here with thee Twas strange lantlr
hut then the time the place, so like to this,
cannot but remember. Twas a night
Like this, save that IL the loneliness
Aud richness Of dream 'cr ali its chains
he sporting moon beams twined themselves around
The leaves and branches OF the Exchanging trees
Like ivy round the Wondering monument
Hail seen. half midland fror, their azure depths,
The stars were looking ont with eyes that watch
Ger natures slumbeing. We had left the hall
TO lighter hearts, aud arm, in rm had stra we'd
Through the long winding uazes OF the grove,
Until AT length we reached this bower. Que beam
Of m"onlight streaming through its treiss.d roof
Fell on thy neck; nethought 1t Looked
Cne half 81 lovey-amd, indeed, ill now,
1t never did. Iauhe And then -
Strange that brain should cam what NV torrt,c fears
90 utter even no." w ell then, metl,ought
told thee, though twas in whispering breath,
And softer than the night winds sen;est sigh,
How DAD uvc-ihat the word--did 'o7r,
Aud even worship hee! And then swore
BY Venus, and the starry train above
by thy bright eyes which did outrival Them
iSy all loves fond remembranccs, that
Wouid guard aud cherish thee, wouljs thou hut IT.
Aiy own, my own Ianthe. And hen--thrn--
Heed not my passionate drca niug--I did sra!
My vow Upon thy lips; and then watched
To see them open, and 10 he thy voice
Steal forth in geMtle nurnurirg, like the tore
OF d sigh that hath found utcrance. Then twnpi
Ny ann around thee nd 6ade ,hee tell,
Though 'twere but with glance, place thy heart
Upon thy lips, and breathe it i'll kiss,
II might dare TO love; and then thine eyes
PeeIed UP through their ia K she's, with look
So tender, yet so melancholy, aud
Thy lips just parted with sish aud them
Aud then--
DO dreams always prove tine, Ian,hr?