Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17
sA Model Love Letter.

of unutterable Joy caper oyer it like
yeungSgoats over stable roof, and
thrill through it like Spanish needles
,through q pair oftowlined ltrowsers !;
as gosIin swimmeth with delight in
mud-puddle, so swim I in sea of
glory. Visions of exotic rapture
thicker than the hair of a blacking-
brush and Fighter than the hues Of a
humming-bird's pinions, visit me in
my slumbers; and borne on their in
visible wings, your image stands be-
fore me, and 1 stretch out to grasp it
like an old pointer snappingat blue,
bottle fly.
When I first beheld your angelic
perfections, l was bewildered, and my
brain whirled round like a bumble-
bee in a glass tumbler. My eyes
stood open like cellar-doors in coun-
try towns, and I lifted up my ears to
catch the silvery accents of your
voice.
My tongue refused to wag, and in
observation-disclosures in the
ksweet infection Of love, as a thirsty
man swalloweth a Hamher of hot
'whiskey punch; since the light, Of
your face fell upon my life, I some
ktimes feel as if could lift myself by
EIny boot straps to the top of church
EsIseple. Day and night, you are my
thought. When Aurora blushing as
asSude, rises from herlsafron couch ;
when the Jay bird pipes his tuneful
laFin the apple tree by the spring
house when Chandeliers shrill ella,
srson nor heralds the coming morn; when
fthe awakened pig ariseth from his
bed and grunteth, and goeth forth
for his morning refreshments; when
the. drowsysbeetle wheeleth his flight
at sultry noon-tide, and when the
lowing cowslepme, home. at milking
. time, I think Of thee, and like a piece
Of gum elastic, my heart seemeth to
stretch clear across my bosom.
- Your eyes are glorious to ibehold.
In their liquid depths see legions
of little C1pids battling and fighting
like cohorts of ants in an old army
cracker. SWheh their FIRE hit me on
my manly,breast, it penetrated my
entire anatomy as a load Of bird shot
would go through rotten apple.
Your nose is chunk Of Parian
marble, and your mouth puckered
with sweetness. H. ,i<ef
Nectar fingers on your lips like
honey on a'bear's paw, and myriaas
of unAedged kisses dre there ready to
fly out ard light somewhere, ike
young blue-birds out Of their parent
nest.
Your laugh rings on my ears like
the bleat of stray lahbo on the bleak
hillside. Fhe dimplesin your cheeks
are like bowers i'll beds of roses, or
like hollows in cakes of homemade
sugar.
I am dying to fly to your presence
and pour ont The burning ebquence
of my love, as thirsty house wives
pour out hot coffee.
Away from you, l am as melan-
choly as ii sick rat. Sometimes can
hear the June bugs Of dependency
buzz in my ears, and feel the cold
lizards of despair crawling down rny
back. Uncouth fear, like a thousand
minnows, .nibble at my spirits, and
my soul is pierced through with
doubts, as an old cheese is bored by
shippers ;,
My love for you is stronger than
the smell Of old butter, sweitzer kase,
or the kick Of a mule it is purer
than the breath of young crow,
and more .unselish than a kittens
first caterwaul. 4. lB..
As the song bird hnngers for the
light Of day, the cautious mouse Tor.
the bacon in the tray, as lean pup
hankers after new milk, 50 I lone, hg,eels ,tors
thee.
You are + irer than speckled
puppy, sweeter than a Yankee dough-
nut fried in sorghum molasses, bright-i
er than the top-knOt on the head OF
Muscoyy drake: You are candy
kisses, pound-cake and sweetened
toddy all together.
If these few remarks enable you to
zee the inside of nay soul, and me to
win you, l shall be as. happy as
woodpecker in a cherry tree, or a
stage horse IN green pasture. :,
If you cannotreciprocate my thrill
ing passion, I will pine away like
poisoned bed-bug, and in coming
years, when the shadows grow long
from the hills, and the philoso sophic
frog sings his evening hymn, you,
happy in another's love, can, come
and dropa tear, and toss a clod up'n
the last resting place of -
JULIUS EPAMINoNDAs NuGGIEs.