Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-23
! MISCELLANEOUS.
q FALLING IN LOVE.

"Fallinc in Love!" Oh thou birth
and death Of bliss, thou Alpha and Omega
or human enjoyment, thou very quintes-
senco Of contradction---where and what
art thou, that we always arrive Ut thee by o
fall u2
"Falling in love ~. Reader didst thou
never ponder upon tho expression with all
its deep Specification : II Is motion then.
ward too. WE9Fo ls-vrs ureliaaihiieepg doYl I:
et and the matin creed Of existence, which
thrones the litlIo God In the Heavens a.
bove, and elevates his worshppor to the
same glorious hoight3 All evaporated,
gentle reader--all sleeping with the
thousand bright fancies that hover round
the 20 Oh ofbeing, but leave US to'troad its
stony path alone. c+rt X
Afall! We must move very swift, for
wo often roach tho bottom before aware
that we have left the top. Strange might
be added, but no.--Itis less strange for
some chips Of humanity to 60 down than
up. All unfortunate wight, born to be
thwarted, crouching at the bottom Of the
golden wheel, never fla.ter myself that no
lower gnlfgapes for shcea' Pradeneebows
in impotence, and calculation fails TO In.
sure you against Falling 10 Love.
Failing why not walking, creeping,
climbing --thon one might look about III.
lie hut q fall! oh, ye powers---who can
tell the finis of q iall1 what bumps and
scratches and battering and bruising O.
ternal scars and cureless wounds, broken
limbs, and Bonded head, to- say nothing OF
mental ,damages--he save as from
falling In Lowell Year after year have we
trod the, paths Of life with cautious steps
ind palpitaiing heart, turning deaf car
to tho syren song, and closed eye TO the
sparkling snare, till US a youngster mali.
ciously observed the other day, we shall
soon be SO blind aud deaf In reality as to
be not worth catching. But alaclS! 10 age a
safeguard !? look at the grey headed falling
daily. Is wisdom see statesmen and SOL
diefs--what tactics can apply, or what wis
don, avoid underlined, indicated love, only
known BY its efFectsl What confusion |!
only imagine one Of our star-ga2ing, eagle
eyed sons Of lire stopped 10 his career by
this immeasurable, unmentionable abyss,
vortex, whirlpool. this land and water trap,
His Mars eclipsed by Venus--air castles
anishing--Schemes ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
uproar, and every beautiful theory Of 10
dependence playing Scyllia and Charybdis
round: what pity tits this viewless point
could not be made visible, and pity 'tis,gen-
tie reader, that people cannot walk in love.
Then all this confusion might be avoided
emo loggerheads cracking together in their
descenl, Saphos no more be driven to des-
: peration,and Antonys might retreat 10 time
to save crown.
Failing in Love- Mademoiselle, they
say, has faculties for remounting keeF
thy wisdom fair one, Ii. Is more than equal
led by thy lordly compeer. Nevertheless
reader, for our own special case. we have
dreadful presentiment, that once fairly
in, we never could get out; perchance ter
ror and the mighty mystery which envel'
opes the whole affair may magnify the
danger---indeed we have at times had
strong thoughts of counting the worst,
plunging in over head and ears, aud daring
iate-Bnt alas iate's frown in the shape
Of love Is not 70 be triHed with, reader
Shares are yawning round Us, thousands
are gone, are going, and forever will 90,