" There
has always been one time in a man's life when he felt poets should sing
only of this one act in the drama of life. Here is the idea--the same
idea we have all had, only dressed in better raiment, for Alexander
Smith took great pride in the children of his brain: "Methinks all poets
should be gentle, fair, and ever young, and ever beautiful; I would have
all poets to be like to this--gold-haired and rosy-lipped, to sing of
love." Finally, said the Great Napoleon: "Love is the occupation of the
idle man, the amusement of the busy one, and
THE SHIPWRECK OF A SOVEREIGN."
Thus, if we will turn through the pages of our books, we will see
everywhere the marks of love upon men's minds. It is a rude bath, which
when we have grown more accustomed to the waters, delights and
satisfies, and in our sleep our dreams are beautiful. It is natural, and
therefore need not be called laudable--though if it were not a part of
our development, schools of love would be a necessity, to teach men how
to love without scandal in the sight of God.
THE FIRST ATTACK OF LOVE IS RIDICULOUS
to those not acting one of the two parts, yet it is well to remember our
own experience.
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