The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-06-12
when a. eve thoa ro.es.
By the ssr shou losess," |" &c.

course Of The three o. four following years
hlsred up in my susceptible bosom. burn
ed brilliantly for short period--AIcker'
ed-snd went out. The next great epoel
in The history of my affections. was my
sirieenlh year.
| I have before me lnniy in imagina'
iion. dead readerl) face that utterly
baffars my skill in porirailure. ] mighl
say that il was sweet-lhst il was beauli.
Observation-Disclosures; might use q
thousand such generally descriptive Terms,
but should convey no idea oi the young
girl my memory has ronjnred up. and
Who sits smiling before mr.. as IL in moe
kerry of nv vain efforts. What shall |
dol Shall commence an inventory Of
her eh..ms. classify and combine them.
add beauty To beauiy, grare TO grace. per-
feciion To peifertion. until | have worked
up The portrait inio loveliness equal 10 The
originall Or shall liy comparisons and
simlles, and describe her in rhetorical f..
gurei | like The latter idea hest. IL 10
soonest accomplished, and will display
! the brillianry of my fancy. Flowers. i
is said. are the language of love-l will
make them the vehicle Of my description
Of lovely woman. There is something
in their light. delicate and transient beau-
ny. so like her &c whom write, and with
az. so like her love Tor me, that they are
admirably 10 my present purpose. Once
more. then. lei me address myself 10 thee,
dear reader. and ask ihee il Ihou hast ever
seen a rafer1Hiy-a young. tall, slender.
graceful wa,er-lilyi-If thou hast. ,hon
hass seen something as young. perhsps
half a. tall, and probably even mere slen-
der; bui certainly moi half as graceful as
Helen g.. when in her fifteenth year.
After all. I do not think wsier.liles are
perfectly adapted 10 The description Of ie-
male beauty. They answer we'll enough
as long as we confine our observations To
The figure. face. complexion. &C., and are
even useful when writing about eyes, as,
for instance: II
Her floating eyes--oh! they resemble
4 Blue water lilies, when the hreeze
! ID making the stream around them tremble."
!, But when We come TO the expression o.
the countenance, waier.lilies, and all 9th
er flowers. are dead letters. There are !
thousand beauties which they have nc
language 10 convey.
] Since writing the above quotation, i
has occurred TO me that poefical would
be better even than a fotoery description
of my Helen. There is something in the
very soliness Of poetry. i,s refinement. ils
elevation, its enthusiasm, 50 congenial
with the female ciaracier--so allied 10 fe-
minnie loveliness, that il is singular the
idea should not have entered my pericra'
MUM before. But, alas! | am an attor.
neg. and there is manifest incongruiiy
between poetry and law. But if Icanno
: crife, I can quote il; and, with proper
1 admixiure ofpoetical quotations and prose
writing. think | shall be able 10 convey
10 The reader some idea of one who exer.
cised controlling influence over my ear.
ly, very early life.
When first knew Helen a., she was
not fifteen. half woman. halfclihl-unit.
ing the lighi.hearied gaieiy and playful.
ness of The one. with the intelligence and
accomplishments Of the other
aOh, she was beautiful her flowing hair
Hung in profusion round her neck Of snow.
And OF, in maiden sles and sporlissness,
Her gsntle hand would catch her clustering curls,
And lind them in braid around her brow.
\ oh, she was beautiful! her graceful form
Moved upon earth so lightly and so free
She seemed scraph wanderer Of the sky,
Too bright TOO pure, too glorious foI EARTH"
Oh, she was beautiful! and, my eyes told
her so: and sitting. choking sensation
experienced on taking her hand TO bid
her farewell. some months alter my first
acquaintance, told me--what a sudden
hurst Of tearssa moment afterwards told
her, that l--sweet youlh--was IN love
with her! Was il sympathy iha, for a
moment dinmed her laughing eye! Was
it with feeling that her voice irembled and
her lip quivered, as she expressed the
hope that she should soon see me again!
Was il with anger iha. her cheek crimson
ed, as |. for the frs. time, stole kiss
from her lips! / know not, for hasten.
ed from her presence. bewildered, amaz.
ed, sobhing. happy, foolish! She went
10 school. and was iesolaie. j conln.
ued my accustomed pursuits. but they no
longer possessed interest for me. re-
sorted To my old amusemenls, but The
Iighiness Of spirit that once gave zes, &c
lhem. was with me nolonger. My eye.
would wander over the pages ofmy books
bur they might as well have rested on va
cancy, fcr my heart was with lis owner
and my fancy was busy in scenes emil
vcned by her presence. For four months
thus remained, parily happy and partly
miserable, but always idle. The dream.
ing life was interrupted by the actual
presence OF her who was the spirit OF II.
4 did not lei concealment prey on my
lamask cheek" but told my love. and
was happy--happy for one short month.
which being The utmost limit of board
| ,nx ec,,ol v.c,,;an / WAS once more sc.