Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-03-29
LII IRGINIA, TUESDAY. MARCH 90 1859 No 40. |.

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WithIall my heart. / am passionate.
iy fond offowers. especially wild ones.
A poet has justly said, that they are 6
/ The sages and the poets theme,
In every cline. in every age
Thou chaTlnest 10 fancy, idle dream.
lR reasons Philosophic page
The sentiment IS beautiful But let
me correct you, K. the quotation from
RoDGEs was not addressed to flowers
| stand corrected. Bal to what then,
were those lines address, Minerva?
III am not mistaken, they wore ad-
dressed to lore"
\ Well il was not much of mistake,
after al, Minerva. Love and flowers are
SO muck alike, that. they are afmost, syn
Ionymyus terms loyelyand beautiful. but
of Short duration.
Indeed, r.. I do not believe ypu think
the last part Of your remarks are trus.--
Love is an eternal principle
Have you. Minerva. ever demonstra-
ted the correctness of the theory |?
aGirls, you know are never expected to,
tdsndnstrate' the correctness Of their
opinion but do know j have always
loved flowers. tits true that
LoyeEis thing OF frail and delicate growth,
Soon checked, soon fostered feeble and YET
Asirbng,
Il will endure m, ch, suffer long, and bear
ifhat would weigh down an ahgePs wing to
b eaIth.s' 3 s.3
Yes Minerva. LAEDoN has very cor
Erectly, Think, given the true idea ofloYe,
lin these beautiful lines; but do you think
that love is as strong and abiding in the
gentle sex, as that Of mans
! know nothing about the strength or
durability Of love in the sterner sex. but
i will give you the opinion Of one. older
than ! am, and which, ] shink, is as true
as beautiful
Il To seek one form in early youth,
To s1urt no gaze, no VOWS besides
To hold through life holy truth,
Which frmest proves when deepest tried,
Andljke the diamonds sparkling light,
Gan balls and palaces Hume,
Yet shines mote che ering and more blight
IN scenes Of dsrkness and ofglopnl;
]. This faith descends from realms above-
'Ts This this is rOmaH . changeless love-
but, Minerva, that is the ladies' YER
sion Of their unchanging love. Never
#theless, IPhope tits true. And should it
be my fortune TO change my present opiIl-
ions with regard to marriage, / hope I
shiin be SO fortunate as to realize the cor
RICHNESS Of those touching lines
4'tBe seated, Minerva, here 1t the win
tdoB, where we may have q full view of
the queen Of night as she energies, in full
bloom, from behind yon. eastern HILL
i do not know, kind reader, upon what
pleasing thought, the mind OF Minerva
was engaged in !: but ] do know, fullweIl
wellings and heasings Of my young
heart as we silently sat and gazed upon
the beautiful landscape spread out before
US. until the full moon s rays fell in the
face 6fone Of earth IS fairest flowers:
Her artless manners and her neat attire
So dsgniftd, that she was hardly less
Than the fair shepkeTdeSs Of old rdinance.''
But all reYeries must have an end, must
be broken up, so with ours. But know
ing TIE feelings Of my heart and the
treacherousness Of my tongue. I resorted
10 The pencil;I could only write, four
words:
tCenld you love me-!
Are you in earnest? 7 we're the four
words I'M ansMer.
Gould I jest with you?
AS you please them
Whittier. @ whither unguarded
hand, are YOU leading me? Where are
my resolves, where my Eve years Of free
dom must not. will not 90 any fur
ther.l Pardon me, Minerva, but I feel
very sick, / must return home. Forgive
me, Minerva. win see you again TO NOR
row. good evening.
! Goodbye. K.
Home oEce more Il Would. o..
would that this aching head and heay-
ing heart were as calm and placid as they
were when 4 left Bachelor Hall, What
folly nay, what madnessl o. lore -
Who can fathom thy mysteries who
can govern thy power. pf set al defiance
thy omnipotence Is il love or mad
ness that heaves the powers Of my soul?
L What did / say 10 that dear girl this
evening? Have / induced her 10 believe
/ that I love her? Ipfay God that I have
lnot What were her last answer? Let
me see, yes, recollect itnow \ AS you
please Wen that il no proof after al,
that she loves me. Pahaw I il will bet
anything that after jan, she has never
thought Of such ! thing, Fool that
should have come 10 such conclpsion
! viii forget all about il I viii not mem
| tioh Gle subject 70 her again. She will
pass Il By as an idle joke. But. then. She
is soainnoceni, SO unaffected, has suchia
big heart | would sooner b Panmetheus.
chained to the rock. and food for the
Iynlture, than To give her one moment
pain o. anxiety No, her fife win be as
nee and gleesome as ever. She willloye
her flowers her pet doves and pleasant
walks as much IS ever. / win hasten
away to the University, and amidst the
pages Of ancient lore, and modern
science, learnitlle true philosophyof life.
There prepare myself fof usefulness, for
| my country and BIZ God. Farewell. 10
thee thon sweet a1d seductive power Of
love- I must. / VIII b free. I never
can learn while love has power Of ny
heart Look at the condition Of mr.
heart, this evening. merely ia anlieipa-
ton, that IL were to love Minerva, ii
NIGH be returned What would hare
! been the result II she lad told mo plainly
that she loved me ID The language Of
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