Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-01-12

1 =
laugh, aud some ridicule the idea of love
and its disappointments, yet that does not
do away the fact, when there are so many
witnesses VAo have not only felt the pas
sion Of love ! but known something Of its
bitter griefs, and sad disappointments,
There is such a thing as disappointed
love, love slighted. love neglected. love
despised, love unreciprocated.
Love is sometimes triaed with. A man
tells the stpry of having fallen in love with
one superlatively beautiful. He was one
day walking in the garden with the fair
one, and hes.made known to her, in burn
ing words. the story of bis love. He ex-
lpected she would reeiprocate the attach
inent, and he was just ready, with throb-
bing heart adlEanxions looks, to hear her
lreply. when she serenely turned, and
lplucking handful Of green gooseberries,
gravely asked, What are these /? He
answered. "Gooseberries. my darling. .
Eat them" she coolly replied goose
berries must be good for your complaint. -
Disappointed love has clouded the brow,
marred the cheek of beauty once. radiant
with smiles. dimmed bright eyes once
shining with peculiar luster. crushed
hopes, broken hearts. covered earth with
4 pail of darkness. made life a failure and
| a burden, and brought some Of its victims
to early. graves.
Washington. when in bis sixteenth year,
fell in love with one whom he called his
I..Lowland Beauty" To him love unvail-
led her charms, and oh, how enchanting
was the fair one, for beauty's budding rose
was on her cheek like summers TINT.
Nothing is more admired than the beauti-
full in nature. the beautiful in art, and es-
Ipecially beautiful conference.-the hu-
man face divine
| Plato called beauty "a privilege of ma
ture;" Ovid. "a favor bestowed by the
fGods = and Homer. A glorious gift Of
mature" " This caution has been given
E.,Gaze not ON beauty too much. lest il
Tblast thee nor TOO near, lest it blind thee
nor too long. lest-it burn thee.'
Tn regard to Washington's "Lowland
Beauty we have no portraiture Of her
we know not what he beheld in her that
made so deep an impression upon his
young heart. We are not told of her
beautiful form, of the color of her hair,
whether golden or raven, or of its hang
ling in ringlets over her shoulders and a.
bout her alabaster neck; whether her eyes
were hazel, blue or black or Of her ruby
lips, or Of the delicacy and beauty of her
lilly-white hands. Nor do we learn oi
delightful interviews they enjoyed togeth-
er; over all this vail was thrown. All
we know about her is that she was wo-
man whom Washington loved, and that
she was ''Lowland Beauty. .
1t was Washington's first love. There
is nothing like the first, young love. =
There is melting tenderness. an exquis-
ite sensibility, a superlative delightin the
first warm spring of love. IT'S like the
first rays of morning light. like the first
breath of spring, like the first opening
bud, like the first early drops upon
the beautiful and expanding flower.
ooh how this spring of love resembles
The uncertain glory of an April day;
| Which now shows all the beams of the sun,
| And by and by cloud takes all awayP'
Love struck chord in Washington's
bosom that vibrated through every fibre
of his soul. He could have said:
| cat fond sixteen my rowing heart
Was pierced by life's delightful dart;
Keen transport throbbed through every vein
l never felt SO sweet pain
For some reason Washington was dis
appointed, and his mighty heart felt it
keenly; and be sighed and cried. When
ever he was at home or abroad, the image
of the beautiful one was before him. 1t
untitled him for study or anything else.
It distracted his mind; it affected his heart.
He gave evidence of the truth of these
ancient words: %
Glove is a dizziness.
1t Wilma let puir body gang aboot his bussi-
| ness.'
How true, ''the course of true love
never runs smooth" Multitudes have
| been switten, have been love- struck, have
felt strange sensation around the heart,
and many are disappointed in love wheth-
er they are willing to acknowledge it or
not. It was either '.Lowland Beauty"
or Highland beauty, Or a beauty above
the Highlands, or some other beauty .ssz
We. read of the poetry of love. The
poetry of the loye-sick is generally love-
sick poetry, partaking largely of the dis.
lposition Of the author.