Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1856-11-20
Her bosom seemed like snow unprest,
Just newly fallen on the mead

Just newly fallen on the mead
The vestment Ger swelling breast
| Seemed proud Of what it scarcely hid.
I Her lips were like the buds Of Spring,
just burst apart their sweets to show;
Her cheeks like opening flowers that bring
A moro subdued or sweeter Tone
Her brow-ahl what was like her brow,
Enveloped in its veiny skim
Transparent at the others glow
Too pure to hide the thoughts within!
Her eyes-ahl what were like her eyest
Their ike to earth were never given,
They, like the stars of dewy skies,
Were itly made to shine in heaven!
There. that will do; although so far,
have done Mary only partial justice. To
do her fdff justice, would exhaust all the
sonnets to blue eyes, raven tresses, and
heaving bosoms, that were ever written
by infatuated man, all the poems that By.
ron and other admirers of the sex ever
produced descriptive of feminine lowell
ness. In short, and in the expressive Ian.
guage of modern poet, g She was a
charmer."
" Well. as said before, [ fell in love
with Mary. OF course / did! How
could | avoid doing so? And fattered
myself that the very particular attention
paid to her for brief period --until
the unlucky event {confound that dog \
occurred which / have before alluded to
was not at all objectionable. @, what
happiness, then! What blissful anticipa-
tons reyeled I'M whatever
mind now-it's useless to recall those
pleasant memories Of the past; they only
add to the miseries of my batch for life
and render more henious in my eyes-a
dog.
Distance alone prevented me from be.
ing SO frequently ii The society of Afary
as was my desire. Her residence was in
the country, about eight or nine miles
from the city; and as money was a limi-
ted article with me at that time, and a
team rather expensive, my visits were
quite necessarily only semi occasional. -
About every two weeks, myself and my
friend Charley used to pay a visit to the
farm; of course the reader can imagine
my object. And here again il. an oppor-
tunity to episode little. O, what-bah
that infamous dog again. All pleasant
recollections Of Mary vanish from my
mind when I think Of that detestable
dog.
Well, as said before, we used to ride
out to the farm about once in every two
weeks; and it was during one of these
ed into a cooked hat all ideas of matrimo
ny that I ever had, and, Of course, lost me
wife.
1t was midsummer that I paid my
last visit to the rural residence of Mary
The weather was exceedingly hot, and Of
course an opportunity to enjoy the re
freshing atmosphere Of the country-the
| fragrance Of clover fields, the perfume Of
sweet scented flowers, and other rural
Injuries, | say, eagerly embraced.
| Myself and my friend Charley secured
a weeks furlough from our employer, and
with happy hearts and anticipations Of a
pleasant time, we left the city. That at
ternoon we arrived at our destination
Charley's parents sisters, and the rest
and Mary particularly, I fatter myself
were all delighted to see us. All, 1 never
can forget how lovely the sweet creature
looked on that afternoon.
+" The very air seems lighter from her eyes,
They were so soft and beautiful and rife
| With all we can imagine from the skies''
| To add to the pleasantness of our visit
Also three female cousins had been in.
vited to spend a few days at the farm
They were all beautiful girls, too; but SC
enamored was Of Mary, that | paid bu
| little attention to their many charms
Charley romped and lirted with them
while confined myself to the society o.
his charming sister. How we picked her
ries. hunted birds nests and four leaf clio
yer together; what delightful fere-a-tet
we indnlged in beneath the shade of frui
trees; or moonlight rambles through thu
garden; of all these aud many other lux
urfes, | shall not speak of further; theil
|remembi ance only serve to make me Zee
gloomy, and increase my antipathy to-
dogsl
But to the catastrophe have so IRE
quently alluded to. At short distanc,
from The dwelling, just at the turn of tn,
road leading from it, ran a. stream 8
clear, cool water. It was charming
stream to battle in, and Charley and nv
self early in the morning, before the folk
were up, used frequently to indulge in til,
aquatic luxury. One morning, however
j Charley felt like sleeping little longer
and was obliged tostake my usual batl
without bis company. | arose very early
just as day was breaking. 1t was char
ming morning the air cool and refresh
fngs The rose-buds were drying thei
dewy tears, as if in gladness at the ap
proach of day; birds were carroIling thei
morning lay, and-T was thinking. wa
thinking Of dream l had the night pre-
vious. drermed that I was in Paradise
Esaw angels in profusion, and most con
\ spieuous among them was Mary. Tn
rest OF the dream will leave to the in