Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-03-30
From BIaektoood's Magazine.
ANOXONIAN'S FIRSTLOVE.

nose of being more retired, that we might stu
DIV more attentively, and with less chance oil
interruption, than in town. We chose &C.
cordingly for our residence, one OF the most
beautiful and retired cottages we ever saw. II
was situated verynear the sea; and Oh! what
! thoughts used to steal over us, Of romance and
true love, as we gaved upon that quie, ocean,
| from the yine-covered window Of our quiet,
sweet secluded home! Day after day, we wan
dered among he woods in the neighborhood.
| and reioiced, at each successive visit, 10 Ind
| out new beauties This continued for some
time; till at last, on returning one Gay, we saw
an unusual hustle in the room we occupied
| On entering, we found our landlady hurrying
ON, in great confusion, and, along with her, .
beautiful, blushing girl, SO perfectly lady-like
in her appearance, tina: we wondered ny wha'
| me ans our venerable hostess could have become
quaned with so interesting visitor She
soon explained the mystery: this lady, who
seemed more bewitching every moment that
we gazed on her, was the daughter Of squire
in whose family our worthy landlady had been
nurse. She had come, without knowing that
any LOGGER was in the house; and was 10 stay
week. Oh. that week! the happiesl of our life.
We soon became intimate; our books lay fast
loo kt d up AT the bottom Of our trunk: we walk
ed together, saw the sun set together in the
calm ocean, and then walked happily and con-
!tu,sdly home in the twilight; and long before
the week was at an end, we had vowed eternal
VOWS, and sworn everlasting constancy. We
had not, TO be sure, discovered any great pow
ers Of mind it, our enslaver, but how interesting
is even ignorance, when il comes from such a
beautiful and smiling mouth. We had already
formed happy plans Of moulding her uniformed
opinions, and directing and sharing all her SUI
dies. The little slips which were observable
in her grammar, we attributed 10 want oil care;
and the accent which was very powerful, was
rendered musical 10 our ear, at the same zine
as dear 10 our hear, by the whienes OF the lit
tie arm that lay so quietly and lovingly within
our own And then, her taste in poetry was
not the mos, delicate refined; but she was
en,husiasticall, toad Of il, that We imagined
little training would lead her 10 prefer many
Of Mr.. Moore's ballads, 10 the pa'hos OF Giles
Scroggins; aud thu, in time, the Shining Ri
ver' miea' occupy superior place, in her ss-
FnRs''rrntT EYES,
".But like the star what lighted,
Pale hilton to its fatal doom,
Our nuptuai song is bh. hted,
Andits rose quenchd IN its bloom.
And then she seemed 30 fond Of flowers, and
knew so mu0h about their treatment, that W.
fancied how lovely she must look while engage
I'd in that fascinating study, and often, in our
dreaming moods, did we mutter about
"'Fair Proserpine
Within the vale of Emma gathering flowers,
Herself the fairest 8ower.'-
But VII, should we repeat what every one can
imagine So well for himself A least the hour
OF p,riine c.. me; and week after week, her stay
Al tue Cottage had been prolonged, till our de-
pa,,ure [ place before hers. And on that
jay she locked, IS all nm sweethearts do al
!, a.ihg Them, more touchingly beautiful than
eyer we had seen her before, and after we had
torn ourselves away, we looked back, and there
we saw her, standing he same spot we haG
Fl her, statue Of misery s despair, 'like Nj
ODE all III ,-ars."
As,oni.hment occupied the minds Of our
friends, on our return TO college. The change
which took place in our feelings and conduct
Wa, indeed amazing; our mornings were devoi.
ed to gazing on lock Of our,-s"e was rather
unfortunate in name, our Grizel's hair; aud
te lonely hours Of mt sing in the meadow on all
the adventures Of our sojourn in De' onshire.
No longer We Stood lis;iessiy in the quadrangle
Joining The knots of idlers, of whom we used 10
be one of the chief no longer had even Castles
havsnnahs airy charms for our lips; and our
whole hear, was wrapped up in the expec 'alion
Of letter. This We were no, to receive for three
long weeks; and tina, time she was to have re-
turned home, consulted her father on the subject
Of our attachment, s. return US dehnitive res
ply. We wrote in the M antlme, such letter!
I've are sssuredit must have been written on a
sheet Of asbestos, OF i, mus: iufalliby have been
on fire. L, began, Lovely and most beautiful
Gfizei. and ended, Your adorer. At last the
letter that was 70 conclude all our hopes was
put into our hands. We had sumo men that
morning % bre akast; we received it just as
they were beginning lie third pie. How hear.
lilly we prayed ha, they would be off and leave
us alone? But no, on they kept swallowing pi-
g.on after pigeon, & seemed to consider them
selves as completely fix ures as the CRATE or the
chimney-piece. We wished devoutly to see
a bone sticking in the throat of our most init
mate FREUD, aud, by way of getting qui: of
them, had thoughts OF setting 6ie 10 the room.
At las, however, they DEPARTED. Immediately as
the Skin, of the last ones coat disappeared,
we carefully locked and boiled our door, and,
with hands trembling with JOY, we took out