The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-06-25
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A LovE.I.ErTER.


The following is sublineIy splendid,
aud we recommend it as model TO let
tcr-wrftrrs:
"MY DEAR MISS M.-Every time
think Of you my heart ltops up and down
like churn-handlc. Sensations of IN
utcrable JOY caper over it like young
goats on Scotch hill. AS gosIing
swimncth with delight In mud puddle,
SO swim in sea of glory. Visions of
ccstatic rapture thicker than the hairs
on backing brush, and brighter than
the hucs of a parrots pinions, visit me
in my slumbers; and, borne on their in
visible wings, your image stands before
me, and | reach out to grasp it, like
pointer swapping at Il blue bottle fly
When ! first beleld your angelic per
leclions WAS bewildcred, aud my brain
whirlcd around like bumblc bee under
n glass lumber. My tongue refused to
wag, aud in silent alteration | drank in
the sweet infection of love as thirsty
man swalIowetll tumbler of beer
Since the light of your face fell upon
my Fife, | sometimes feel as colFtl lift
myself up 10y my straps to the top of the
stccplc, and pullthe bell rope for church.
Day and night you arc in my thoughts.
When Aurora, blushins like n bride,
rises from hct saffron couch, whom Tie
chanlclccrss shrill clarion bcralds the
coming morn when tho awakened pig
ariscth from his bed and gruntcth, and
gocth for his morning refreshments
when the drowsy beetle wheels his dron
ing flight at sultry noon-tidc; and when
the lowing cows come home Mt milking
time, think Of thee--and like a piece
of gum elastic, my hclrt seems TO stretch
clear across my bosom. Your hair il
like the name of sorrGl horse, powder
cd with gold. Your forehead is smoother
than the elbow of an old coat. Your
eyes are glorious to behold. When their
fire hit mo upon my manly breast IT
penetrated my whole anatomy, as load
Of bird shot would go through rotten
apple. Your nose is from q block OF
Parian marble, and your mouth quicker
cd with sweetness. Nectar fingers on
your lips, like honey on a bears paw
and myriads of unAcdged kisses are,
there, ready to fly out somewhere,
like birds out of u parents nest
Your laugh rings in my cars like the
wind harp's strain, or tho blcst OF q
stray lamb OH bleak hillside.
Lam dying to fly to thy presence, and
pour out tho burning cloqucnce Of my
love, as thrifty housewives pour out hot
coffee. Away from you, | am as mclan-
choly as a sick rat. Sometimes can
hear tho June bugs of dependency buzz
zing in my ears, and feel the cold lizards.
of despair crawling down my back
Uncouth fears, like thousand minnows,.
nibblc at my spirits and my soul IS.
picarccd with doubts, as cheese is
boarcd by tho CASTER" My love for
you is stronger than tie kick ofayoung
COW, and more unscIlish than n kitton's
first catcrwauI AS the song birdl
bankers for the light ofday, the cautious
mouse for the fresh bacon in tho trap
as n lean pup bankers for now milk So
long for thee.
"If these few remarks will enable you.
to see tho inside of my soul, and mo. to-
win your affections, shall be as happy
as sparrow in cherry trco, or cab
horse in green pasture. 1t you can
not rcciprocrato my thrilling passion, L
shall Pine away like poisoned bed bug1'
and fnIl away from the flourishing, vino
Of life, and untincly branch; and, in
tho coming years, when the shadows
grew from tho hills, and tho philosophic
frog sings his cheerful evening hymns,
you, happy in another'A love, can come
and drop tear and catch cold upon
the last resting place of
julius EUPHEMIrs MUGGINs.S