Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are
increased by repetition, approved of by reflection, and strengthened by
enjoyment.
_University of Virginia, Nov. 13th, 1834_.
To the Editor of the Southern Literary Messenger.
SIR--If you think the following verses worthy of an insertion in the
Messenger, you will gratify me by giving them a place. They were
written two or three years ago, by a young lady of this state; and it
certainly never was her intention to publish them, but I am induced to
offer them to the public eye, because I think they are creditable, and
that they will not appear disadvantageously in the Messenger.