Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-04-10

a friend in the country, | took the opportu-
nifty of spending few days with her. In
our morning walks through the blooming
fields and shady forests, | was instructed
and delighted by the correctness of her OBJ
servations, and business of her remarks on
the mineral and Vegetable Kingdoms, and
the SMILES which she drew therefrom to il
lustrate and adorn conversation. One
beautiful evening we were seated on the
green sward, under lofty cypress tree, en-
ioying the freshness of the southern breeze;
the sky was of beautiful azure; we gazed
with exquisite silence upon the pale and full
rounded moon, coursing in her aerial path,
attended by her countless train of stars;
the scene convinced us that she was well
named by poets: nights peerless queen"
and they, "the gems of night" the poetry
of heaven"
1t was a beautiful evening; the cool
breeze invigorated both the mind and body,
and having in its viewless flight strayed
fraught with delicious fragrance. The
scene above, the landscape around, raised
our thoughts on wings of Imagination, above
the prosaic realities of this world. After
long silence Mary Rosabel addressed me-
| Ht bCduillul HlOOll, sic Sdlu. |SdliiI8
along the unsulcd sky, reminds me of my
dream last night. Do you believe in
dreamsl"
Il have often thought upon them. Ihave
dreamed myself, and heard others relate
theirs, and afterwards circumstance has
taken place bearing a strong analogy to the
dream. Such things are, and to say the
least, strange combination of events-a
remarkable coincidence, for which, know
not how to account, but have come to APP
prove of the maxim adopted by DR.. John
son, "do not wholly believe them, because
they may be false; do not wholly discredit
them, because they may be true"
This think a liberal conclusion"
"Not more liberal than Just
"The old adage says, regard not dreams,
since they are but the images of our hopes
and fears"
Though | confess that old adages are
the wisdom of nations proved by the ex-
perience of ages, and winnowed from all
the chaf of words, so that nothing but the
healthy grain remains, still | am resolved
in my former opinion. May not be in
formed of the particulars of your dream!"
Il shall tell you with pleasuse. Ny
dream was inconsistent as a very dream.
Nfethought was asleep in such a place,
and in such a scene as this, when, suddenly,
as if by some wild convulsion of nature, |
awoke. The sky, which, when fell into
my slumber, was as beautiful and cloudless
as this on which now we gaze, was gloom
lily overcast, and the moon was shrouded by
a total eclipse. / was in terror; wished
to rise, but lacked the power of volition,
and was constrained against my will to re-
main; as spell bound, fixed upon the spot.
Suddenly, ray of hope, thought of plea
sure, flash ed across my mind; gradually the
scene became light. and brighter, a semi
circular line of mellow light beamed upon
the face of the heav ens-it was the first
glimpse of the moon darling from beneath
the envious body that shrouded it in eclipse.
Imperceptibly, and by slow degrees she
emerged from her obscurity; the clouds
passed gradually away, till at length, the
queen Of night shone in the heavens with
all the stars in her train, as bright and
beautiful as7the sanguine brain of a poet in
fancy's boldest flight ever pictured to his
Imagination, and the landscape smiled with
lovelines equalled only by the briancy
of tabled fairy-land. 1t was too bright,
thought, for my eyes to look upon and its
dazzling blaze seemed to scar them; yet
gazed upon the scene in inexpressibe de-
light. felt thrill of calm and unalloyed
pleasure-a composure unknown before
a sensation undefnabe. You see, it was,
9 as | said, inconsistent as a very DREAM
, At length, in reality, awoke, and when
could collect my thoughts, which were scat
G tered by my dream, saw the sun, high in
the east, darling its fierce beams through
my lattice. The sky was cloudess, the birds
sang mcrrily their maton songs, nature
! looked sweet and smiling-all creation
: wore life and freshness, which never, to
! my mind seemed SO cheering and SO lovely
on any former day. My heart partook Of
the composure and pleasure of the morn
ing; felt sweet presentimont Of some
thing yet to come, it was happy feeling,
q wherefore knew mott was Composure
for which | could not account"
THAT was a beautiful dream, and, if
y may be permitted to express my thoughts,
i brilliantly narrated
. you praise my description above its
! merit; can you give an interpretation
!. Il have no ability at cXpounding dreams
: "What may you guess! | have strange
9 curiosity to hear it unridded."
! "Were to hazard a conjecture, should
). say madam, that it denotes some good for
h tune about to befall you. Have you not
q in your heart, a fond and cherished antici
patton, to which you look forward witt
anxious uncertainty for its fulflment!"
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