ssary preparations for their nuptials, which
were to take place as soon as all was in readiness for this happy event.

No cross purposes stood ready to intervene, to disturb their repose or
interrupt their tranquillity. It was at that season when nature was
arrayed in her richest ornaments, and adorned with her sweetest
fragrance. Silk-winged breezes played amidst the flowers, and birds of
every description carolled their song in varying strains. The air was
clear and salubrious, and the scene enchanting.

[_A&M_:

.... No _cross purposes_ stood ready to intervene their happiness,
no determined rival, no obdurate father, no watchful, scowling aunt,
to interrupt their transports. It was the latter end of May; nature
was arrayed in her richest ornaments, and adorned with her sweetest
perfumes. The sun blended its mild lustre with the landscapes'
lovely green, silk-winged breezes frolicked amidst the flowers;
the spring birds carolled in varying strains....]

And now, reader of sensibility, indulge the pleasing sensations of thy
bosom, at the approaching union of Theodore and Alida. To our hero and
heroine, the rural charms of the country furnished a source of pleasing
variety. Spring, with its verdant fields and flowery meads--summer, with
its embowering shades--the fertility of autumn, with its yellow
foliage--winter, with its hollow blasts and snowy mantle, all tended to
fill their bosoms with sensations of pleasing transition.

[_A&M_:

And now, reader of sensibility, indulge the pleasing sensations of
thy bosom, for Alonzo and Melissa are MARRIED.
...
To our hero and heroine, the rural charms of their secluded village
were a source of ever pleasing variety. Spring, with its verdured
fields, flowery meads, and vocal groves; its vernal gales, purling
rills, and its evening whipper-will: Summer, with its embowering
shades, reflected in the glassy lake, and the long, pensive, yet
sprightly notes of the solitary strawberry-bird; its lightning and
its thunder: autumn, with its mellow fruit, its yellow foliage and
decaying verdure: winter, with its hoarse rough blasts, its icy
beard, and snowy mantle, all tended to thrill, with sensations of
pleasing transition, the feeling bosoms of ALONZO and MELISSA.]

Their religious principles were the same. They were a constant
assistance to each other in the fulfilment of their pious duties, truly
endeavouring to follow the life