Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-12
Stunning" Love Letter.

The following is sublimely splenditer-
ous. and we recommend it as model to /
letter writer's
My DEAR Miss C.-Eve~y .lme tnlhh
of Won my heart flor up and down IKE
u sensations of unutterable /
low ,a,sr over it like young goats over
liable roof. and thrill through it like Span
ish needles through a pair of tow linen
trowsers As a gossling swlmmeth with
delight in a mud puddle, so swim L In
sea of glory. Visions Of ecstatic rapture,
thicker than the hairs in backing brush,
and brighter than the hues of Il hummlng
birds pinions, visit me in my slumbers
aud borne on their inyisihida Ying4S Tn.4 your our
to grasp it, like pointer swapping at
blue bottle fly When | first beheldd '.",.3 an5
anoelic perfections was pe" iiooi 60 IN
NV hra;n whirled around like oumoie
-. under glass tumbler- My eyes
s.or,d omen like cellar doors IN country
Af.oJfI5,,. and | fitted up my ears to catch the
1 s;,verv accents of your voice. My tongue
/ refused to wag, and in silent alteration L
. drank in the sweet infection of love as
thirsty man swalloweth tumbler of hot
whiskey punch Since the light OF your
face fell upon my life, l sometimes feel as
if [ could lift myself up by my boot straps
to the top of the Presbyterian steeple, and
pull the bell rope for singing school, Day
and night you are in my thoughts When
!, Aurora, blushing like a bride, rises from
her s.1Fron couch when the jay bird
pipes his tunee,l lay in the apple tree by
the spring house; wno~ the chanticleer' 5
shril clarion heralds the Coming morn :
when the awakened pig ariseth from his
bed and grunteth, and goeth for his MORN
ing refreshments when the drowsy beetle
wheels his droning flight at sultry noontide
and when the lowing cows come home at
milking time, | think of thee and like a
piece of gum elastic, my heart seems tC
stretch clean across my bosom. You
hair is like the name of n sorrel horse
powdered with god; and the brass pin
skewered through your waterfall, fills m'
with unbounded awe. Your forehead Il
smoother than the elbow of an old coat
Your eyes are glorious to behold. I
, their LIQUID depths, | see legions of littl
; Cupids, bathing like a cohort of ants in al
old army cracker. When their fire hit M
upon my manly breast, it permeated m.
entire anatomy like load of bird sho
would 90 through rotten apple. Aou
nose is from chunk of Parian marble
; and your mouth puckcred with sweetness
Nectar fingers on your lips like honey o
a bears paw, and myriads of unfedge
kisses are there ready to fly out and ligh
somewhere, like blue birds out OF the pa
rents nest. Your laugh rings on my ear
=, like the wind -harp's strains, or the blea
l. L hill
V, dimpes in your cheeks are like bowers
y, ,, beds of roses, or hollows in cakes OF nome
. made sugar.
,, | am dying to fly to your presence an
~ pour out the burning eloquence OF my low
as thrifty housewives pour out hot cotfe
y Away from you, | am as melancholy as
y sick rat. Sometimes [ can hear the j Jul
= bugs of dependency buzzing in my ear
and feel the cold lizards of despair craw
ing down my back. Uncouth fears, Ill
a thousand minnows nibble at my spirit
and my soul is pierced through with doub
as an old cheese is bored with shippers.
My love for you is stronger than Il
II IL smell of Coffy's patent butter, or the XII
" ~ of a young COW, and more unselfish than
~ kittens first caterwaul. As the song bi
ndHkcTS lOI tuS ilSHb VI udy, ouO o'oeio
II, ~ mouse for the fresh bacon in the trap. as
oo lean pup bankers after new milk, so | To-
for thee.
You are fairer than a speckled pull
sweeter than Yankee doughnut fried
,i' sorghum molasses, brighter than the to
knot plumage in the head of musco
duck. You are candy kisses, raisll
pound cake, and sweetened toddy altoget
er.
W. If these few remarks will enable you
~ see the inside of my soul, and me to v
olI a your affections, [ shall be as happy as
lna 20 woodpecker on cherry tree, or sta
u horse in green pasture. If you cam
=. reciprocate my thrilling passion, l
ua, ars pine away like poisoned bedbug. !;
alo fall away from the fourishing vine OF L
sTa oIa an untimely branch and in the com
o'u years when the shadows grow from
Nv hills, and the philosOphic frog sings