The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

236 THE yOUNG lady's COUNSELLi)R.
opinions, or, I
should rather say, notions, concerning
love. They foolishly fancy themselves Ivound to be
" smitten," to " fall in love," to be " love-sick," with
almost every silly idler who wears a fashionable
coat, is tolerably good-looking, and pays them particular
attention. Reason, judgment, deliberation,
according to their fancies, have nothing to do with
love. Hence, they yield to their feelings, and give
their company to young men, regardless
of warning
.'.dvice or entreaty. A father's sadness, a mother's
tears, are treated with contempt, and often with bitter
retorts. Their lovers use flattering words, and,
like silly moths fluttering round the
fatal lamp, they
allow themselves to be charmed into certain misery
Reader, beware of such examples ; eschew such
false notions ! Learn that your affections are under
your own control ; that pure affection is founded
upon esteem ; that estimable qualities in a man can
alone secure the continuance of connubiai love ;
that
if these are not in him, your iove has no foundation,
it is unreal, and will fall, a wilted flower, as soon as
the excitement of youthful passion is overpast Ke