Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-10-16

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~lsu w'WIEGIKH HAcEwOEsA PHAED.
Years, years ego, ere yet my dreams
Ned been Of being vice or witty;
Ere had dqng With writing tbemeA
Or yaWnea Der the internal Chitty;'
IelsSs yearS sgD. While all NY Joys
Were in my 1owlng-piece and lilly,
In sh0Ft, while was yet boy,
- Gsll in love with Laura Lilly.
-fsswheFaSU cUuntFy bail;
There, where the sound Of flute and fiddle
Gave signal sweet, IN that old hall,
OF hSnda across aud down the middle
Hers was the subtlest spell, by far,
" ell that pets young hearts rOmancing,
Che was our queen, our rose, our star
And when she danced-Oh, heavens. her dancing
DART was her hair, her hand was white;
Her voice was exquisitely tender;
Her eyes were full Of liquid light;
never saw waist 80 slender.
Her every look, her every smile,
SAOt right and LEFT q score Of ARROWS;
thought twas Venus from her Isle,
And wondered where she'd left her fparruws!
She talked Of politics and prayers,
Of SOuthey' prOse and Wordsworth sonncts
OF dAggeFs and If dancing bears,
OF battles. and the last new bonnetS
BY candle-light, at twelve o'clock,
70 ~ mattered not little,
n those bright lips had quoted Locke,
might have thought they murmured Little"
Through sunny May, through sultry June.
loved her with love eternal;
/ spoke her praises to the moon,
IwrOte them for the Sunday journal.
Ny mother laughed; ] SOON found out
That ancient ladies have no Teeling,
Nv father frOwned; but how should govt
Find any happiness in kneeling:
She was the daughter Of Dean,
Rich, fat and rather apOplecrc;
She had one brother, just thirteen,
Whose cUlor was extremely hectic;
Her grandmother, for many yeSr,
Had fed the parish with her bounty;
Her secOnh cousin was peer,
A IL lieutenant Of the county.
Eut titles and the three per cents,
And mortgages, and great relations.
Aud Ind . bonds, and tithes, and rents
Oh! what are they to Loves sensations?
Black eyes, fair fOreheads, clustering locks,
Such wealth, such hOnOrs, Cupid chooses;
He carss " little G'r the stocks, ---
A Baron Rot! hid for the Muses..
She sketched: the vale, the wood, the beach,
Grew leFeiieF fFeRa her pencils shading
She bots Iized: envied each
Young blossom in her bOudOir fading; II
She warbled Handel: 1t WAS grand,
She made the Catalan jealous
She touched the organ could stand
For hours and hours, and blow the bellows.
She kent an album, too, at home,
Well filed with ell an albums glOries;
Paintings Of butterflies and ROnIe
Patterns for trimming; Persian stories;
SOft songs TO Julias cockatOO;
Fierce Odes To famine and to slaughter;
And autographs Of Prince Lee Boo,
And recipes for clearwater.
And she was 6attered, worshiped, bored;
Her steps were watched; her dress was noted;
Her p00dledOg Was quite adored;
Her sayings were extremely quoted.
She laughed-and every heart was glad,
As ffthe taxes were abolished;
She ffUwned-and every look was sad,
AS If the opera were demolished
She smiled on many, just for fun
knew that there was nothing in it,;
WAS the first, the only one,
Her heart had thought Of for q minute.
knew il, for she told the so,
In phrase that was divinely moulded;
She wrvte u charming hand, and oh
How neatly all her notes were folded!
Our love was like most other loves
A little glOA, . little SILVER,
A rosebud and pair Of gloves,
And Fly mt Yet upon the river;
Sumo Jealousy Of some ones heir;
.SaRIS- h0pvs.aE d yRg -bEokeR-heartedt --
A miniature; q lock Of hair;
The usual vows-and thcn we parted.
We parted: months and years rolled BY,
We met again some summers AFTER
Our parting all sub and sigh
Our meeting was all mirth und laughter!
For in my hearts most secret cell
There had been many other dodgers;
And abe WAS not the ballroom belle,
But only Mistress-so meihing-Rogers!