Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-21
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THE BELLE OF THE BALL-AN EVERYDAY
CHARACTER.-BY Me author IF lillian.


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BELLE OF THE BALL-AN EvERY-Di
the author Of Lillian.
Years years ago ere yet my dreams
Had been Of being wise witty;
Etc had done with wrnng themes,
Or yawpd - CT this Internal Cbitty.
Years years Bgo--whilo all my Joy
Was IN my fowlns piece aud hlly
In short, while was yet n boy,
tell in love with Laura l.,ly.
saw her at the county ball
There, when tho sound Of nu,e aud 6cde
Gave signal sweet ia that hall,
OF hands across aud down the middle,
Hers was the sub,iest spa by far
vi All that SGT Young hearts ron,ancing,
She was our queen, our rose, star;
Aud then she danced oh, heaven! her flancing
Da,k wos her hair; bor hand was white;
Her voice was oxqui si,ciy tender,
Her eyes were full OF liquid light,
i never saw waist so slender =
Her every look, her every smile,
Shot right aud left score of
j thought twas Venus from her isle,
Aud wondcr'd where shu d left her spenows.
sho talked Of politics prayers,
VI Southey' 5 prose, or Wotdsworbs sonnets,
or dangleTs, or or dancing bears,
Oi battles or tho last new bonnats.
By candle light at twelve o'clock,
To mo. II maltcrd not tiuls-
Nv those bright lips had quoted Locke.
might have thought they murnu,ed little.
Through sunny May through sul,ry June,
loved her with a love eternal
spoke her praises to tho moon,
wrote thom to the Sunday journal.
My mother IuUgh'd-I soon found out
That ancient ladies' have feeling
My father irownd but how shosid govt
Find any happiacss in kncclips'
Che was the daughter Of a dean,
Rich, fat and rather apopectic,
she hbd one brother, Just birteon,
Whose color was extremely hectic
Her grandmother, for many year,
Had led tho parish with her bounty
Her second cousin was peer,
and lord lieutenant Of tie county.
But titles, and the three per cents,
And mortgages, and great relations,
Aud India bonds, aud tiihes and rents,
oh, what are they to loves sensations,
Black eyes, fair forehead. clustering locks,
Such wealth, such honors Cupid chooses
lie cares as little for the stocks,
AS Baron Rothschild for tho muses..
She skoich'd tho vale, the wood tho bench.
Grew iov"lier rom her pencils shading
She botanzcd Il envied each
Young blossom IN her boudoir fading
She warbled Handel, IL was grand
She made the Catalina jealous
She touch'd the organ, could stand
For hours and hours to blow the belows
She kept an album, too, Mt home
Well Mild with all nm album glorios
Paintings of butterflies aud Rome,
Patterns for trimming Persian stories
Soft songs to Julia cockaioo,
And autographs for Prince Loboo,
And recipes for elder water.
And she was nat,er'd, worshpp'd bored
tie' steps were watchd her dress was noted
Her poodle dog was quite adored,
Her sayings were extremely quoted.
She lauehd, and every heart was glad,
As n the taxes abOlishh--
She frown II. and every look was sad,
AS II the opera were demolished.
She smiled many, Just for fun
knew that there was nothing IN it,
] was the first, the only one
Her heart had thought of for a minute:
I knew 1t, for she told so,
In phrase that dvinaly moulded
She wrote a charming hand. aud, oh
How sweetly all her notes were folded.
Our love was like most other loves
hule GLOW, little SILVER
rosebud aud pair of gloves,
Aud Fly not yet" upon the river
Some jealousy of some ones her,
some hopes of dying broken -hearted-
A miniature lock OF hair
The usual VOWS, and then parted
We parted months and years rolId by
We met again four summers afior
Our parting was all sob and sigh
Our meeting all mlTth aud laughter
FOR IN my hearts most secret cell,
There hsd been many other lodgers--
Aud she was not the bali rooms belle,
But only Mrs Something Rogers. e