Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-09-18
Green hlountain Maid.

Twas on beautiful spot where the vine CO.
vered cot Of the mountaineer stood on the edge
of the wood. There the forest birds echoed al
the day long. aud the mountain stream PLAYED
in The edge OF the shade, while the graceful
young fawn cropped the herbage al do wn from
The wide spreading lawn. -'1'was a beautiful
spot--'twss . beautiful cot, and surely there
Beer was a maiden more fair, nor maiden
more rare than the maid that dweIt there. Sh,l
Ipcture this maid Of the greenwood and glade
as she wns In the day when old "Allen" he'd
sway, while his iron nerved men were the pride
Of the glen! She wns neither too tall, too sho,t
or too small, nor 80 light or so airy as the form
Of fairy. But the pride Of the glade was the
rosy checked maid, with eyes quite as blue as
the summer sky's hue, aud tresses of brown
floating gracefully down, and nesting below on
bosom of snow. She could wsrble and sing
like the songslress Of spring; che could spin and
could sweep, could NOW and could resp--coud
ride the gray steed at the top of his speed. and
had sported trife with her old fathers rife
And this bouncing young maid Of the evergreen
glade was chaste and refined, and she had such
mind as You seldom will find among the gay
maids OF laughter grades. -, a-,.s
A lover she had who would have been glad
TO capture her heart by his scheeming and art
O'Handy his name, and dandy by tame. who
though wrinkled and parcheJ. was whiskered
and starched. and displayed quite rare and CT.
titled air.
Well, he knet at her fee, and began to en-.
treat while his great bosom beat with unmer.
ciful heat; and he told such tale as he deem
ed would not fail to make her believe that he
could not deceive
While thus he knelt pleading. while thus in.
terreding, he thought by her smiling that HE
words were Seguiiug. But he found the con.
cluson a hopeless delusion; for the maid was
unlinking his scheeming--wss thinking; and
she thought in a twinkling she'd give him
sprinkling Of the well peppered ointment of
black disappointment. Ere he drew to close
she turned up her nose, as you may suppose.
just as high as she chose; and scorning his
prose, through bis pleading she broke, and thus
twas she spoke ........ t.. .....
~, great is your fame, Oflandy your nsmo
from the city you came, with your heart all
in fame; and you thought in the shade of the
mountain or glade TO capture maid by pomp
and parade. o, save all your tears. your hopes
aud your fears. your ducks and your dears for
some other ears. All men are agreed you're
nice bird indeed, but your figures too lean
you're too gaunt and green; and that is not all.
you're excessively tall; your rose is TOO big.
you've voice like pig, and you wear big
wig, while your upper lip seems jus. the shade
of your dreams. Now my answer you know
there's the door. you may co. -....
Still he fingered to plead his love and his need
and boz ,tcd and told of his titles and gold
her station in life whom he chuse for a wife.
But he found twas no part of the mountain
maids heart. to bear insult or wrong from an
eye or tongue.
The maid could not brook such word and such
look, and she caught down the broom that hung
in the room. and sho hit him blow that made
the blood flow not gracefully slow. He lit on
all four just out of the door, oil covered with
gore. Then he sprung to his feet and consi-
dered it sweet TO beat retreat, to cover defeat,
and no fed from the place in shame and dis.
grace--disappeared DER the green and was ne
yer more seen-and ever since then city dandi-
fed men have learned to beware of the Green
Mountain Fair.