The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-28

In regArd 10 WashlngtOn's Lowland
Beauty" we have no porcralIurs Of her
VIC Know rot what ne beheld In her that
mada so deep an impression up,n hi
young heart We are not told Of her
beautiful form, Of the color of her hair,
whether golden or raven, or of its hang
ing IN rlngGots over her shoulders aud
&b"uC her alaOaster neck; whether her
eyes we've hazel blue or black or Of her
ruby lips, or Of tie delicacy and beau y
oE her NY white hands Nor do we earn
OF delightful interviews they enjoyed TO
| gcther; over all his vail Is throWn. All
we know about her is that she was
woman whom Washington Loved, and that
She was y LOwland Beauty"
lt was Washington first love- There
- nothing ike the first, young love
EEsre 10 melting tenderness, an exquisite
senSiblltY supsrlatlve delight IN the
nrat warm spring Of love. IT'S ike the first
rays Of n,ornIng light, like The first breath
"t spring, ke ths first opening bud, like
tee tIrst early dew drops upon the be&ut-
til &lu expanding flower.
F0t some reason Washington was dis
appointed, and lis mighty heart iclt 1t
&eenly anQ be slgHed and cried When
|
~ the beautiful one was before h1m. Il
united bun or study or ANYTHING else
Ii distracted his mind it uffecttd his
heart. He gave evidence Of the truth OF
tueSC anCieuC words:
Love IL a dizziness
II Wilma let pUir body gang ABBOTT his business"
How true, " the course or true love
never runs smooth" Muititudes have
Oeen smlttcn, have been love struck, have
5elJ strange sensation around the heart,
AID many are disappointed in love
whether tney are willing to ackno Wledge
10 ur not. Il was either "LoWlaud
Be&aty, ora Highland beauty, or q beau
~ aboye he Highlands, or some other
beauty.
We read OF the poetry of love. The
poetry If lie love SICK is generally love
SICK poetry, part&klng largely OF tho dis
position IF Tie authur.
Sh kspearn says:
'.Speak but one rhyme, and am satisfied;
Cry but ah me! couple but love and dove"
Had Washington turned poet, be could |
have said;
g By heavens, DO lsve;
And il has taught me to rhyme, and to be mel
an9hOIy."
lie wished and sighed,
And Versited,
Anda thousand other pretty things
beside"
WaShington's poetry does not equal
Milton, or Cowper Young, or Pollock
Two lines, | think. VIII satisfy the reader
"Ah woe is me that 1 should love conceal;
LOug have Wlshe and never dare reveal"
Washington wrote thl> to his dear
friend Robir: " Ny resldenc" is at pres
cat at his LordshIp's, where | might,
were my heart dlsengaged, become at
tached To Il worthy person as there is
very agreeable young lady living in the
same house Colonel George Farfaxs ]
wlte's sister, but as that is only adding
fuel to the fire, it makes me the more un-
easy, for by often and un4voldably being
IN company with her, reviyes my former
passion for your LowIand 9eauty;w htreAs,
vas to live more retired tr0m Young
women, | might, in soma measure, allie
yiate my sorrows, by burying that chaate
and troublesome passion in the grave or
OBLIVION" etc.
Washington Irving says" It is difficult
to reconcile ones self to the idea of the
cool and sedate Washington, the great
champion of American liberty woeworn
lover in Lis youthful days, signing like
y furnace, and inditing plaiutire verses
about tho groves o. Mount Vernon. We
are glad of All opportunity, however, of
penetrating to his native feelings, and !
finding that under his studied decorum
and reserve he had heart OF flesh thrOb
blng with the warm impulses Of human :
nature. ,
The question will naturally be asked, {
how was Washington disappointed IN his
earliest love? Benson J. Losing says
Miss Grimes reciprOCated not his love" ;
Washington Irving says bashtulness
was the cause. +
There is such thing as the dlfidence !
of love His poetry is a key to unlock and :
explain the whole business. He con. =
cealed his passion he never revealed it :,
to the Lowland Beauty" She did not :
know the ardent love he felt for her. 1t ;
was secret he locked up in his own
bosom, and sighed over it when 1t was ;
too late. 1t was bashfllness. This is the :
rock on which his first love wrecked ;
He was very bashful young man," !
said lady whom Washington used to :
visit when he was young, used often
to wish he would talk more"
For long time there was a mystery
Washington's "Lowland Beau t
IT," Tradition pointed TO one and then a
smother; but the mystery is finally solved, 4
the curtain is drawn aside, and we are in Il
tfoduced to the veritablelady heSelf Che 0
was Miss Grimes, Westmoreland County, t
Va. She was married to gentleman by II
he namo of Lee, and in 1855 became the p
mother Of Henry Lee. He was one of a
The heroes of the revolution, and his name c
4 A.. Il, 81 T.
amiliarly known as "Light Horse Harry" Il
II ,,,aC not Opl 6icfi oruioho1 90 a Gau n