To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bowles
I am sorry you came, because you went away. Hereafter, I will pick no Rose, lest it fade or prick me. I would like to have you dwell here. Though it is almost nine o'clock, the skies are gay and yellow, and there's a purple craft or so, in which a friend could sail. Tonight looks like "Jerusalem." I think Jerusalem must be like Sue's Drawing Room, when we are talking and laughing there, and you and Mrs Bowles are by. I hope we may all behave so as to reach Jerusalem. How are your Hearts today? Ours are pretty well. I hope your tour was bright, and gladdened Mrs Bowles. Perhaps the Retrospect will call you back some morning. You shall find us all at the gate, if you come in a hundred years, just as we stood that day. If t become of "Jasper," previously, you will not object, so that we lean there still, looking after you. I rode with Austin this morning. He showed me mountains that touched the sky, and brooks that sang like Bobolinks. Was he not very kind? I will give them to you, for they are mine and "all things are mine" excepting "Cephas and Apollos," for whom I have no taste. Vinnie's love brims mine. Take Emilie.
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