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Volume 4 (1859-1860) (600 pages)
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Page: of 600
OUR SOCIAL CHAIR. 93
it be excused in MAN? When will the
good old times return, when the male part
of the community knew friend from foe?
when will men deal openly and honestly
with each other, and leave the work of intrigue for woman? If she had not been
the best calculated, would not the serpent
have gone to Adam instead of assigning
this office to Eve? HowI wish to be young
again.
Aunt THusa.
Wao that has ever yielded to the wild
delirium of “along, long kiss, a kiss of
youth and love,” but will appreciate the
exquisite beauty of the following lines,
clipped from an exchange? Their force of
expression and passionate feeling, the spirit of intense devotion, idolatry for one loved
being which they breathe, is scarcely ex~celled in all the range of American poetry :
YOU KISSED ME.
BY MISS JESSIE 8. HUNT.
You kissedme! My head had drooped low
on your breast,
With a feeling of pleasure and infinite rest,
While the holy emotions my tongue dared
not speak,
Flashed up like a flame, from my heart to
my cheek.
Your arms held me fast—Oh! your arms
were so bold,
Heart beat against heart to their passionate
hold!
Your glances seemed drawing my soul
through my eyes, :
As the sun draws the mist from the sea to
the skies;
And your lips clung to mine, till I prayed
in my bliss,
They might never unclasp from that rapturous kiss.
You kissed me! My heart, and my breath,
and my will,
In delirious joy for the moment stood still ;
Life had for me then no temptations—no
charms—
No vista of pleasure—outside of your arms;
And were I this instant an angel, possessed
Of the glory and peace that are given the
blest,
I would fling my white robes unrepiningly
down,
And tear from my head its most beautiful
crown,
To nestle once more in the haven of rest,
With your lips upon mine, and my head on
your breast.
You kissed melt
vine,
Reeled and swooned like a drunken man,
foolish with wine,
And I thought ’twere delicious to die then,
if death
Would come while my mouth was yet moist
with your breath ;
’Twere delicious to die if my heart might
grow cold,
While your arms wrapt me round in that
passionate fold—
And these are the questions I ask day and
night:
Must my life taste but one such exquisite
delight?
Would you care if your breast were my
shelter as then?
And if you were here—would you kiss me
again?
My soul in a bliss so diee
ODhe Fashions.
It is not our intention to particularize
as much as usual this time,but will give
some general information, having fally acquainted you with ‘The Seasons” shape
of Ladies’ Bonnets, styles of head-dresses,
cut of dresses, how to trim them, and
what to make them of, and lastly how to
dress the boys and girls.
This you will remember holds good for
three months, and ‘the end is not yet.”
It may truly be said, no part of her profession proves a milliner atrue artist so well
as being able to adapt her creations to the
personal peculiarities of her patrons, for
that which looks well on one, will be found
wholly unsuited to another. With the
hope that among the number of Bonnets
we shall describe as pretty, our readers may
each find one to suit their mind, we will
at once proceed.
1, Fancy Straw Bonnets, trimmed with
corn-poppies and grass.
2. Bonnets made of plain white straw,
edged with black, the top of the crown
open-work, the cape composed of alternate
rows of plain and open-work straw edged
with black, trimmed with bright variegated roses, with mixture of black and white