Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-02

o,I SS, INC iattlce is thrown open.
s"u = i'lce whose beauty rivals the lustre OF
tne scenery around it appears: tear like !.
diamond suspended IN aether twinkIes frs,,r,
ue eye id' and one long lingering eaze.
WINCH seems endeayouring to dctect fata -
."e ueptis OF the far receding s!,adows. y
cast rom the gstching orbs of v;s;oy, - a
tdceP sigh escapes from the snrcharpea hra..,-
IWhych seems caught and echoed by the mis-
cnievous spirits who are revealing IL, the beds
ol roses ana moon-bcann beneath. The siri
is eertainlyin love. ~ ss1|
II recoliect rightly,it was a, the happy
age OF siyteen, that first experienced ~,
effects OF this passion | was Then ], s,ne...,s
chnned; iaxen headed youth. whose ;dcas -
fh'se ana every other refined feeling. n..-r
pased upon the1phorisnas contained i'm Os;s.s
Aietamorphosis anil the Children Of the,~ ia
hey was completely as,ounded ,,sls,- -
lew weeks indulgence IL tins new train n
leeiIngs to observe the change which it had
drought 10 my habits, manners and customs
ron. nehig the most successful angler, anu
Paf'1iogs-shooter IN the neighbourhood,
guy arlaply returned from my excursions in
pursuit OF game, with nothing save some
thick-headed catfish or foal of woodpecker
instead OF my never failing fund OF anecdote
with Which l invariably extorted applause
from my lndulgent father, indulged in
! deep penslSe, melancholy mood ( loitered
IN complete solitude through the beech groves
around the farm, and deiaced the. smooth
SKINS or the trees. BY everlasting incsions -
my charmer's name | got the whole al
Moore ana Byron almost by heart and when.
ever l had the luck of obtaining, an inter
view with the fair object OF my affections. (
poured iorth rhyme and rhapsody IN one M.
broken STRAIN. became infected with tn,
spirit oil pocsy, and MANY were The acrostirS
odes and other iinging forms Of composition
winch were unsparingly packed upon the
attention Of my acquaintance. My iname-
rata beng luckily for me soirew hat similarly
gifted with dreams of romance. of course
construed myfbehaviour, in IA proper manner.
and no donbtwas very glad TO fund such sym.
Pathy OF feeling existing in the bosom, of one
VINO gave to her such nnequiYocal symptoms
of devotion.
Love feels rn nor storms nor uiucI,;,. ,.,i
Love wants nnI hIe nor CANDLE meat, clothes gola'
My tondiIcss for the object OF SO new and
uncomfortable a passion, instead of abatinr
- constant interview and intimacy of az.
quahiance, seemed To become Inore and
more settlement andexduisite. Time instead
al wearing away with is ne7eI-c elsi,.,y con.
taci- tiie more delicate and keen seusatimyq
winch is-t generally attendant uuO,,- and cha
ractefistlc Of youthful love, seemed onlv "a
act dramatically opposite upon me. NJ
h'oiiS amt feelings in every other respeei.
oeca'hc us variable as the eyer-shittmg wind;
at one iifnc was all reserve, dark, gloomy
"'u lSoia'ca hid0en from the world in the
so''uuc o. me desert, or IN the gloom of my
apartment, unused with mol bid ayidity upon
those gioonH images Of desperate. nndving
passion, which at times Tit across the cheer.
iui soul like iunera! and sombre Shadows
over lar and yerdant landscape. At other
moments l WAS all life, energy and excite.
mtht; my heart swelled with kindness To-
: wards my species, aud visions of bliss and
d, happiness were the constant companions of
my slumbeTs- The image of my inamorata
was Tue object, however, ever present in ms;
imnd; amNthe decpnIusines Of nleIoncholr
as the Wild burst of overaowing nrcfrin,cljt'
she was ever present.
/ ''s7c came, o'erlns spul, IN d,.sOs or the MOS,
90. ut moct''' silver Fey 20 ibc ,,anscr,.rs ssf.,
St;!ts3ed wv eve a., igve4 In; ia -, 's'''
When ianey was in.licdb b the blIliariec 81 ,ls,-
4hc blissfal emotions attenduIu uron love
DIT mat teneoT period of life, are even now
often reverted to with a sieh: the mind an
trammeied by care, nbent bv The cola.
hcartedncsS, the sclfishness and rnfenlinc
restraints Of thi. world, has unlirnitcd scope,
oil indulgence, IN all those softer, refined
emotions which can at more mature ara
only be looked It,Wishcd for, but unposrnss.
. cd Wy romantic ideas of love. my dne,n
respectful feeling for its cause, for a Ionar
tiDc prevented any declaration. DAYS
weeks, months and Years rolled around, and
still loved, and loved with hope, but had nc
yer expressed any such feeling, save bv tho
language OF look and behaviour. which
must say were more eloquent than any now.
crs OF voice IN my possession After
lengthy consideration upon tho failure 70
succeed without making an effort, al last
resolved, mat at the next interview which
might occur, something know not What
should be forthcoming from mo in the shape
oil an address. ! connod over most brl-
liant speech, which I was to ponr forth np,tn
the occasion, m which love, passion, dclicaey
and despair like the ingredient. IN a phnI,
pudding were to be uuspariugly and shiia.iIv
an'algaInated. The Important tiac :.
lcurth arrived Il ,v,s -, t..-..-i