The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
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~ Model Love Letter.

i My EAR Miss C.--Every time
think a you my heart fops up and
down ke churn dashcr. Sensa-
tions of Joy capcr over it like young
goats on a stable roof, and thrill
j through it like Spanish needles
through q pair Of tow linen trowsers.
i As a goslin swimmeth with delight
in mud puddle, SO swim | in a sea
/ Of glory. Visions of ecstatic rapture
thickerthan the hairs ON a blacking
brush and brighter than the hues of
fimfnn7 lJfIc'y pinions,, visit far-in
my slumbers; and borne on their in
visible wings, your image stands be-
fore me, and reach out to grasp it
like pointer swapping at blue bot
tie fly. When l first beheld your an
gelic perfections, | was bewildered,
my brain whirled around like bum.
BILE bee under a tumbler. NY eyes
stood open like cellar doors in u
country town, and lifted up my ears
to catch the silvery accents of your
voice. My tongue refused TO wag,
and in silent alteration | drank in the
sweet infections of love. Since the
light of your face fell upon my life, |
sometimes feel as if / could lift my.
self up by my boot straps to the top
of the Presbyterian steeple and pull
the bell-ropc for singing school. Day
and night you are in my thoughts.
When Aurora blushing like bride, ,
rises from her saffron couch; when ,
the jaybird pipes his tuneful lay, in
The apple tree by the spring house ,
when the chandeliers shrill clarion ,
heralds the coming morn; when the
drowsy beetle wheels his droning
Hight at sultry noontide, and when !
The lowing cows come home at milk.
ing time, think of thee and like a 4
piece Of gum 'lastic, my heart seems =
stretch clear across my bosom. Your +
elbow is smoother than the elbow of a
III old coat. Your eyes are glorious g !;
o behold. In their liquid depths | :. :
zee legions of little cupids bathing :
ike cOhort of ants in an old army
racker. When their fire hit me
pon my manly breast, it penetrated
ny whole anatomy as load of bird. d.
hot would 60 through rotten apple. I,
,Our nose is from chunk of Paris q,
IN marble, and your mouth puckered nj
18th sweetness. Nectar fingers on W
our lips like honey on hears paw, h,
nd myriads of unfedged kisses there nj
lady to fly out and light some where, q,
Ike birds out Of the parent nest. or
our laugh rings in my ears like the m
ind harp's strains or the bleat of a W W
ray lamb ON bleak hillside Tho, AZ
NIPPLES in your cheeks are like bow 81
: and beds of roses, or hollows in bq
'kes of homemade sugar. bc
! am dying TO fly to thy presence ce
"a pour out the burning eloquence m
my love as thrifty housewives ~ ~
'ur out coffee. Away from you / a. a.
II as melancholy as sick kitten. in in
'metimes | can hear the June bug an
dependency buzzing in my ears, dr.
I'd feel the cold Lizards of despair n -
awling down my back. Uncouth IN
RE, like thousand minnows, nibble w;
my spirits, and my soul is pierced oh Oh
rough with doubts, as an old cheese ,r;
bored with shippers. po p
My love for yon IL stronger than ohi
e smell Of an old herring, patent an an
tier or the kick Of n young mule, hn
d unselfish rs a kittens first cater ,"r @
lul. As the song bird hankers for h.,
e light of day, the cautious mouse ~
the fresh bacon i'm the trap, as
IN pup bankers for new milk, so
~ for thee.
You are fairer than a speckled pal. nu
;, sweeter than Yankee doughnut da'
ed in ,sorgum molasses, brighter rig
m the tOpnot plumage on the head the
u muscovey duck. You are candy SUI
,ses. raisins, pound cake and sweet. pei
Idly altogether.
II these few remarks will enable am
u TO see the inside Of my soul, and VIII
to win your affections, shall be ter
happy as a woodpecker on a cherry the
'e, or stage horse in a green pas. for
e. If you cannot reciprocate my cen
filling passion, | will pine away
e poisoned bedbug, and fall away as
I'M the ilourishing vine of life an an,
timely branch; and in the coming int,
ar, when the shadows grow from q
; hills and the philosOphic frog tru
r. his cheerful evening hymns, you tha
ppy in another's love, can come or
] drop n tear and catch cold enc
m the last resting place Of A Il
NaaI..a I...I.. 4