The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-02

THE LOVE .DREAM.-l have had tonight strange.
but beautiful dream. Ii seemed 10 me that walked
IN garden full of flowers. 1t was spring-the birds
sang, the heaven was clear, the air mild and pure
all was beautiful around me-but did not fee nv.
self happy. | wandered softly along and looked to-
wards Alfred, who walked in the same direction
with myself, but upon another path, separated from
me by little stream whose silver waves sprang for
ward one over another, and whispered, elbow charm
ing, how charming, IT ia to rock upon cool waves ~
And was obliged TO repeat Tor myself " How
charming, how chsrming" Alfred also look inces-
sanity towards me, and II seemed to me that our looks
by degrees began To beam.
All at once he went down TO the shore and stem
ped into little boat which noated across the stream
and suddenly paused at my feet Alfred reached
forth his hand to me to enter would not, and wept
knew not rightly why Then he took my hand
and drew me with gentle force near him IN the boat
wept still, but felt myself not unhappy
Then began the boat, as IL guided by invisible
hands, TO move ITSELF and rocked lightly and plea.
sanity down the stream whilst the silver wave.
spsshing kept around II and sang mel dotIsy ''How
charming II ~, TO rock together upon cool waves ~
] wept no longer
Alfred and talked with each other and that which
we said enchanted US. We noated softly away m
der balsamic breathing flower arches Of llacs and
roses The flowers loosened themselves from their
stems and fell down upon u.s. whilst voices from them
whispered, How blessed II IL TO love one another
and to be uni,edl" and we repeated amid ioyf feel
ings, "How blessed ~ Then came the night but q
night without darkness for all the flowers began 10
shine IN their bright colors and every wave rocked
upward with a little bright shining diamond in lis
point. Above our heads foated light cloud from
which beamed millions Of stars. All at once Alfred
said, " See there the gravelm And before rs I saw
something dark, formless, horrible, into which we
were hastily driven. felt, however, no fear Then
something like the waiting of a wing touched our
eye-hds, and we slept But our sleep had lovely
dreams, and we ceased not TO see one another Tb,n
It was TO me, a. II gentle kiss was pressed upor
our lips, Liss like that with which a mother ava.
kcns her sleeping child, and we awoke. A beamine
morning red surrounded us. We held one ano,b,9
by the hand, and assembled ever higher and higher in
to an atmosphere Of rose odor felt my being Igbt
and ethereal. Every particle Of heaviness. of de.
preston OF discomfort, was vanished felt IL wa.
forever In sea Of crystal clearness, which Law
below us, our figures were reflected, and saw nv.
self so beautiful that II enchanted me. "Now for
The first time, thought |, 81 am worthy of him y,
10 The midst OF tho Transporting feeling Of our.
and increasing JOY, stole suddenly the thought ,bro,
my soul, III all this should be only dream. and
should wake no more in dream, but in reality ~ All.
truly all was only dream. perceived all at once
The cry OF the nigh-watch, "The clock has str,ok
one y and the bell Of the Countess which called me
to her. The Countess fancied she heard mouse an
her sleeping ROOM and would allot to me the part Of
cat, which ! performed extremely unskilfully =
trederika Bremer- Prom the SOLITARY.