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PR2.1.122
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9-12-1833
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Kenyon College Gambier Ohio Sept 12th 1833
Dear Mary
When I was in New York and could enjoy your company frequently I though that a separation for a while could be bourn without a sign much less a tear, while there existed no doubts of each other; love and fidelity, which could make us unhappy while separated, not that I felt my heard less devoted to you, than what I often professed it to be, but because the heart that it continually elated with the presence and smiles of the object of its love, cannot feel the pang which absence gives, untill separation prevents the enjoyment of its former pleasures; This my dear Mary I have found to be the case with me. Time while absent, serves only to [?] my affections, and why should I vainly endeavour to suppress them. The vows and promises made by us both, forbid it, and afford me an assurance that I may indulge, without the feat of disappointment, the fondest hope, that she, whom I can now, only, call my beloved Mary will be called by a more endearing term. Parton me for expressing myself so plainly I cannot do otherwise when writing to you. I have the opportunity of sending this by one of our Professors, who is going on to Connecticut, or I should have waited untill I received an answer to my last. If you have writen[sic], write again when you get this. I am well, and it shall be my pleasure while here. T
To think on the past, as pensive I roam
While absent from her whom I love;
And the thoughts that envelope my pleasures in gloom,
The bright beams of hope shall remove.
I have not time to write any more. Farewell, I shall always remain Yours,
Hiram L. White
Recommended Citation
White, Hiram L., "Letter from Hiram L. White to Mary Jane Davis" (1833). 19th Century Correspondence. 21.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/correspondence_19thc/21