166 the lover’s offering, 
Full of youthful aspirations, or buoyant 
with hope—and inexperienced in the re¬ 
verses of life, it is no wonder that they 
should be elated excessively after their 
avowal of love. Let those now in married 
life look back at the time of courtship, and 
the retrospect will revive, to some extent, 
by-gone felicity, and cause them to long 
for a renewal of the same luxm’ious feel¬ 
ings. Alas! it cannot be. 
How lovers long for the meeting time, 
to renew their vows of sweet affection; 
they count the intervening hours, and at 
the appointed time, they fly on the wings 
of the wind to feast on love. The flight 
of time tells them to part—but part they 
cannot—they linger—they sever—they re¬ 
turn—but at last the parting kiss is given. 
—X§>oo(gS^— 
THE BLISSFUL PERIOD OF LOVE. 
O golden time of human life, 
When man begins to seek a wife | 
He sees an object passing fair 
With whom he would his portion share. 
lie tracks her path again, again, 
His breast replete with love’s sweet pain; 
