Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-12
The Green Mountain Maid.

Twas beautiful spot, where the vine covered
cot of the mountaineer stood at the edge OF the
wood. There the fotest-birds song, echoed all The
day long, and the mountain stream played N the
close OF the shade; where the graceful young
fuwn cropped the heritage at dawn from the wide
spreading lawn. Twas beautiful spot; twas a
beautiful cot; and surely there meier was a maid
more fair, nor maiden more rare, than the maid
who dwelt there. Shall picture the maid of this
greenwood and glade, as she was in that day when
old Allen held sway; while his iron nerved men
were the pride OF the glen! She was neither too
tall, nor too short nor too small; nor SO light nor
so airy as the form of fairy. But the pride of
the glade was this rosy checked maid, with eyes
quite as blue as the summer hue, and tr esses
OF brown floating gracefully down, and nesting
below on a bosom Of snow. She could MARBLE
and sing, like the songstress of spring. she could
spin and could sweep, she could NOW and could
reap; could ride the gray steed at the top Of his
speed, and had spor1ed a -triie with her father
rifle. And this bouncing yound maid Of the ever
mind as you seldom can find among the gay maids
OF laughter grades. s'.s.''aps .d1e MT -
tAIloyer she had who, would have been glad 10
capture her heat by his 'scheming art. O'Handy
his name, a dandy by fame, who, though wrinkled
and parched, was whiSkered and starched, display.
ed quite a rare and Gifted air. ..1,,..',
Well. he knelt at her feet, and began to entreat;
while his great bosom heat with unmerciful heat,
and he told such a tale as he deemed would moi
fail to make her believe, that he could not deceive
While thus he knelt pleading, while thus inter-
ceding, he thought by her smiling, his words were
begniling. But he found the conclusion hopel. IS
delusion; for that maid was unlnking his sche-
ming; was thinking; and she thought in twink
ling, she'd give him sprinklng o. the well pep
pered ointment of black disappointment Ere he
drew to close, she turned up her nose, as YOU
may suppose, just as high as shechose; and scorn-
ing his prose-; through his pleadings she broke.
and twas thus she spoke: F. ''t'f n, :
ooh! great is your fame; O,Eiandy your name;
from the city you came with, your heart in flame,
aud you thought in the shade of mountain or glade.
tocapture. maid by pomp and parade. Obi save
all your tears, your hopes and your fears, your
ducks and your .desrs,' for some other ears.
All men are agreed you're nice bird indie: d. but
your figures too lean, too .gaunt and too green
and that is not all, you're excessively tall your
nose is too big, you We voice like a pig, and YOU
wear huge wig, while your upper lip seems lust
the shade of your dreams. Now my answer Won
know; there's the door; you may go.'' 4l.ii
Still he fingered TO plead his love and his need
and he boosted and told of his titles and gold al
her station in life whom he chose for wife, But
he found twas noparts Ola mountain maid heart,
toihearinsult and wrong from an eye or a tongue.
That malt could not brook such a word and such
look; and she caught down q broom that hu ne
IN the room; and hit him blow that made thu.
blood flow not gracefully slow. He lii on ali four:
Just out of the door, all covered with GORE Then
he sprang on his feet, and considered It sweet and
exec edinglymeet to beat retreat to cover defeat
and he fled from the place in shame and disgrace:
disappeared ever the green and was never more
SEEM and eyar since then, city dandifed men
have learned to beware of the Green Mountain
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