er companions.....and, had een desired to chuse his mowould certainty have found lar beauties in the circle, erlooked my divinity. s not guided by the cold..... ...rules of studied art....I felt

n of my heart a certainty the most amiable of Beings out having made the comcould feel she eclipsed all

.ions.

thus....." I whispered to mythe vision of the goddess of ence would appear, giving dignd grace to mortal beauty..... would be the sweet expression

r features...such the mild lustre

er eyes.......such the fascinating He dimpling on her cheek.....such own peculiar attributes." was too much agitated to be parrly observant.....I began to think

an assemblage of loveliness, at which the faded glance of age would be inspired with renovated fire......... appear in robes fair as their own spotless bosoms.......wreaths of variegated flowers twine round their polished temples.....and flowing ringlets luxuriantly adorn their graceful shoulders.

The delighted eye wanders in the gay parterre.....The modest lily,...... the sweetly-blushing rose.......the fragrant hyacinth,....expand their various charms.....and raise an equal transport.

How infinitely superior was the captivation of this enchanting groupe !..... The soul,...mounting to the optics...... glided among these fair bewitching mortals, whose rival excellence seemed to mock all preeminence...till suddenly

like the electric flash of lightning .....an Angel's form appeared among the virgin train.

In shape....in air,....in features....she

resembled her companions.....and, had a painter been desired to chuse his model....he would certainty have found more regular beauties in the circle, and have overlooked my divinity.

But I was not guided by the cold..... unfeeling,....rules of studied art....I felt in every vein of my heart a certainty of her being the most amiable of Beings .....and without having made the comparison.....I could feel she eclipsed all her companions.

"Tis thus....." I whispered to myself......." the vision of the goddess of "Innocence would appear, giving dig

nity and grace to mortal beauty..... "such would be the sweet expression "of her features...such the mild lustre

of her eyes.......such the fascinating "smile dimpling on her cheek.....such "her own peculiar attributes."

I was too much agitated to be particularly observant.....I began to think

a new world opened before me.....my sensations were uncommon,.....bewildered......The pomp of the festival continued.....but I had no senses left to enjoy its splendor.....The procession closed...and I was restored by a shock, resembling a sudden clap of thunder.

I thought.....and could scarce re-. move the impression.......that I was wafted to the heavenly regions, where my imagination had often pictured such a celestial form....When it vanished I became sensible of the loss,....and then my heart soothed me with a certainty of its reality.

All night I tossed to and fro' upon my couch.......I blessed the absence of sleep.....Pondered on the new divinity which engrossed my whole soul......... collected every individual feature, till the finished portrait appeared before my enraptured view.

With such vivacity did fancy

delineate her beauties.........that every charm seemed heightened by the glowing colors it employed.........My heart assisted to embellish it......and the sketch was appropriately ornamented with all the accomplishments which grace the person.........all the excellencies which enrich the mind ......and every moral virtue which dignifies human nature.

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The drawing was began by Fancy... Cupid came smiling to its assistance ..gave finishing touches to the whole,......and personified perfection. Love is a restless.....unreasonable.... tormentor.......I was not satisfied with what I had done.......I wished to coin some thought by which I could improve the idea I had formed of my incognita.......I wished,.....in short...... to change the resemblance to the dear original.

The moment which enslaved me....