Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-05-21
FOR The rnEs.

Il
Mr.. WAasiOa LA looking over, recently.
the papers OF deceased bachelor. my eye fell
upoH dtil, rcll of papsrs, entitled Leaves
from my portfolio" AMI thinking that their
pcrusal may beiu,ersssiag to your female rea,l-
ers, herewith scni you no. |, in which be
calls to niai his FIRST loys. aia from VIVA, 1 !
can icafa b. ,ae Subsequent numbers, think |
he must have been. despite bis phi.osophy. an
unhApP. man. -s--.
LEAF No. /.
ii have done pennance for con,emnias love
whose high isnpcrious thoughts have pun
islled me
yva,h bir,er lasts. and peniieniial groans.
" IA nlsht'y ieass, and daily heart-sors sichs.
For, IA revenge OF my contempt of love,
Love hath chased sleep from my enthralled
And mode them watches OF ms own hearts
sorrow. OLD PLAY.
Ga! confession, would that by you the world
might gain what have lost! But Il i, worss
. than useless to thiuk OF il now, confession IS
: easy, but TO atone for my long neglect OF dni,
!. is hard. but will looa back UPON the pasi.
pefcilsnce a. review it, pen. t. acc accc ptable
u may scizc inc.
J. Ny first lovc,--it cnlcl where it should
i a deep love, II SN0yed une,--as REGULARLY ns
ihe dusk OF evening came. did | visit the sea,
beneath the oil chestnut ce.--spring and
summer, clouds or sunshine there was A.
+ regula. watcher rs the stars and as happy a
4 one.
g Whether the object Tor which was watch
! lag came To me IN person. or not, very soon
became matter almost OF indifference To- me.
: She always came TO me in sdeu, onJ this was
Lon tor - !. = =.
loved. Oae fine moonlight night in par,ic.
/ ulaT, this idea came TO me, aud co.npassed ,nr
!. about as the halo does the moon, which II
seems TO love. And when the time came fo,
:" me 10 so home, went conieniedlv. almost
z lorgetIng that ] had not seen her How Ions
- my love could have sustained itself on hi,
D meagrc diet, cannot tell, think not Lony.-
Tor ] am told II cannot even "iive on flow.
=, ers, how much less on the mere stadops o
" Howcrs! A few times in the week was per
u United 10 look upon the fruit itself I'm ali IL,
u fragrance; * evenone OF these visiations ,vouIt
% have satisfied even TO iullncSs an Imagination
, which could be sustained upod such delicate
+, tood. Now inter that my love " us the true
p" the pune. RoSseau has somewhere said thai
l. owe clnnot sIbsist unless it be- muiual pt
least, Tor any great length OF Time, and that
that which truly merits the name OF Love
: Graves the heart, anu cannot subsist without
J. il.
4 We'll, mine was mutual, ond that II was The
!, gc'Hiie, will always believe: and that il WAS
not at all dependent on, or connected with.
= The senses and yet it ceased And now raw
inference IS this, that the FIRST love OF our
- youth, was not intended TO sibsisi los any
/ great length OF time,--that il is born but TO
die, anil IN dying nllls the end OF its exist
. ei'''e, II AZ ,ogs bulleaYe lis ealIsres
! ;nIne' END ais image enshriGed on The inmost
heart. bat then Is the pnrcst ioUe iiself2
What = II, II IL is not an allsioR, a sAaGoIs3
ana why may no, Ms most touching beauty a.
well a. IT'S chief majesty and power, consist
M thisi Shadows were able 10 .'siriks
more terror to the soul OF King Richard, Than
could the Substance Of ten thousand soldiers "
And 50 /, is with the pliantoms OF our ,outb-
iH' imasInalIons; they give as motc pure. real.
aud intense delight, than can the substance ol
ell the ten thousand realities that we meet
with IN the whole course Of our after life.