Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-01-19
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TIL SHADY ssDis oF FoRrY.

i hFF many individuals. under the present
festrEfaed state Of society expend their
sweetness Ike the wild fj6Eers upon the des.
ert aif. silshiPg for what they never obtain.
Z conSenlal hehrt to love t5en After having
+ spent bali hour in IconE ersatien with r..
male friend who had. sean many summers
land ffw lovers. She heavFd deep si h abd
( eroae forth N tie following strain 80 every
Fth'ng that | have eveF loved has either ada.
y Proyeq ielfe TO ne When resy cheek.
ed warmed hearted girl became fondiv
STACKED to 9 fair haired youth, who was near
my age | loved him devo edly aud IL
seemed to have the same kindly affectionate
feeling towards me Many little takeps bf
affection passed between is
| was truly happy,i for 4 short time Bit
fhsn ne flowers were nfpped by the frost.
fnd the rotins Lad ceased their sinGia. ...l
Sc vas aid away tsaetth The e5ld ground
| wept IN secret, days, months and even
years. FOR / thought hs loved me His
memory hauuts me still for since his death,
during the many years which have passed,
! have thousand times been dissppointed
once had two little canhry birds to whiefh
/ became much attached for csuid not
live without Loving something But one
cold III orpipg / found Upegof them dead, and
he other ops apparently melancholy, weep
;nc ferits mute He refused to eat, and 10
few week, died also apparently Of grief
After thstI became attached TO young
sailor Of fine personal appearance, whe secIh-
ed to reciptSeate fully my affection. tle
soen left fora long voyage, but not till he
has proniisel to write 10 me often, and
sealed the prSmisc with J parting kiss. In
few months | received a letter from him
dated at Havana 1t was full Of affection
lust such 4 letter a, | wanted for | had
waited anxibn,ly for IL From that time |
heard nothiag frsm him for five long years
/. Duriag tais time | had strained my eyes al
most daily over the marine list, hoping 10
obtain some news of hissreturn. l havea
hundred times dreamed of being tossed up
on the deep troubled ocean, as the wihd
whfstled. through the cottage. and the ship
staggered ainongst the cnutendiRg pillows,
At last, boxing in. q New Orleans eapsr,
| noticed tue name of pJ lover, dnder the
head Of marriages, i. conn 1etion with Miss
G. Of New ORLEANS 4 cold shpdder came
! over me frTlh he&d to fJot as exclaimed
'.trait5g asw could YOU be so false to enc
| 0no I9ved Sou 50 long and SO well Ml
friend here paused and observed that tear:
, we're fldwing thick and fast while she sob
bed ike a chiid After few m mates sh'
resumed the narratives by saying, wa
then past the bloom of5youth, appreschinl
thirty / knew my heart was still As warn
as ever but on examining my face, TIL
marks Of age were quite apparent and al
occasional gray hair Was found These wer
b carefully removed with the hope still Of be
ing loved Since that, have had man
pets, for ashort time, but ate las seemed
Il ii an unluaky hour, ID retnoye them all 9
II Men have Gften shown me some little atteu
ton, as they generally do before permi
nent attachment, but / have modestly n
Il fused the first, with q determination to al
eept the second but the second neyt
! comes.
am now past two score years, but fe'
! the same strong desire for an o jeet to Low
ana an resolved, should gentleman ask
small favor Of me, which can Just as we
rrant as not, that | will cheerfulI7 compl
al ana thank him as kindly as | would frier
8 who had made me present / can see nc
where have missed il many times, suppc
& ing that must appear Indifferent at fir
II and afterwards accept have learne
y however, that the frst manifestations of
4 fseaiol are as easily blighted in a gentlem
+ Of fins sensibilities asHthe tender plant by
i bit;ng frost. Perhaps have learned I
II late, but / still have sope-n
: could not help thinking that these fra
Acknowledgements Of my friead told the st'
]. 81 many warm hearted female who is n
d episyiug all the pleasures Of csnstrair
&c single b!essedness AID have jotted th
|. doEa fer the benefit Of those who may v
z 10 proftby them