Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-28

Gzy- The following has been handed to us
for publication. 1t is quite as fervid as the
times, and in this respect is in keeping with
them. The hifalutinity is refreshing:
DEAREST L:-Subdued by the power of
your transcendent charms. vanquished by the
potent magic Of thine ineffable loveliness, and
relying upon your uncircumscribed conde-
scension, and nlimitable generosity, have
tak-n the lib,rty Of thus giving vent to my
emotions; yes, emotions that would other
wise burst nay srrrcharged heart.
That you will pardon my presumptuous
ASPIRATIONS | may not doubt, but that your
sympathy will be enlisted in my favor,
scarcely dare hope.
Never in my widest dreams never in my
most visionary moments, had imagined such
immaculate virtue, such surprising beauty,
such unparalleled loveliness, would ever be
brought TO bear against the hitherto inviuci-
BILE citadel of my heart. But, alas | am
compelled to surrender at discretion, to the
irresistible Phalanx of influences that have
penetrated the former inaccessible batteries
of defense. Pardon this Indifferent nd pro-
lOnged metaphor, if for other reaso than
that love is allied to Madness species OF
hallucination, and consequently not subject
to the strict laws of ratiocination.
Ny brain is on fire, and the exuberant
images of fancy fit before my distempered
Imagination like the whimsicalites of phan-
tasmagOria. / am'aware that such language
10 others woa Id be Indicative of an abortion
of intellectual stamina, and would signify
but heterogeneous uncomglomerate mass of
crude and chaotic articulations-in definition
Unintelligible. and in reiteration almost
rivalled. But you, who can fathOm the mys-
ferrous agencies that actuate me; you, whose
penetrating judgment enables you to decipher
from hieroglyphical monipulatiOns the ele-
mentary jar and confusion of that otherwise
harmonious systematic connection of all that
is mental and physical you, whose discern
ment will enable you to develop an elucida- ,
tion which to others would appear abstrusc;
you, to whose ocular, auricular and visual |
perception | wish to address myself; you. | |
rcpea1, will comprehend me (evcn when | |
cannot possibly declare that what here ex-
press is ineligible to mys lf) when now.
as | have elsewhere conveyed in an innuendo.
consciously apart from cquvocation or men
tai reservation, declare that the facility of my
verbosity by far exceeds the proiundity of my
intellectually.
And yet unworthy as | am to cogitate upon
your Undesirable flsci.ations, | congratulate
and f-licitate myself upon the celebrity of
your infinite graciousness those amiable traits
that conspicuously characterize you, that
my unsOphisticated declaration OF the ardency ,
of feelings that pervade my whole heart,
will be received with that reciprocity of sent
ment that is requisite to alleviate the ex-
pains of anxious suspense. that
like diabolical incubus, threatens to annihi-
late my very existence.
In conclusion allow me 20 request of you :
TO transmit TO me responsive epistle to these
illusions that 80 copiousy eman- a
,te from my bosom. after as short period as J
IAN possibly clapse after the reception of
his.
In the profundity of esteem I subscribe
myself, Yours truly,