. Poems . ring steers, True to the breath of heaven. And you, my fair, with smiles benign,Receive to-night a Valentine,To love and honor true;Who constant to a virtuous wife,Thro evry change and chance of life,Keeps faith with heavn and you. 356 THE BUTTERFLYS WEDDING. Hearts buoyant and cheerful that spring to the call*Which lately invited to Butterflys ball,Now haste to her bridal, where blessings youll findAwaiting the bands cf affection and mind. Special license obtaind, and the mystical ring,Grave Parson Cerambyx, with long sharded wing,Invokes evry bliss for the new married pair,And Long
. Poems . ring steers, True to the breath of heaven. And you, my fair, with smiles benign,Receive to-night a Valentine,To love and honor true;Who constant to a virtuous wife,Thro evry change and chance of life,Keeps faith with heavn and you. 356 THE BUTTERFLYS WEDDING. Hearts buoyant and cheerful that spring to the call*Which lately invited to Butterflys ball,Now haste to her bridal, where blessings youll findAwaiting the bands cf affection and mind. Special license obtaind, and the mystical ring,Grave Parson Cerambyx, with long sharded wing,Invokes evry bliss for the new married pair,And Longlegs the Clerk, hums amen to the prayer. Kind nature profuse of each redolent flowr,With beauty and fragrance adorns the gay bowr,The fire-fly has lighted her lustre on high,And grass-hvopper minstrels sing chorus of joy. Then haste with new pleasure, ye fair, and ye gay,To the bridal foretold on St. Valentines day,For ail here are firmly persuaded, the prizeWill prove the bright presage of permanent 357 LADYS NIGHT-CAP. This Night-cap take., my gentle fair!And on your spotless temples wear,For various virtues in it dwell,Diffusing round a holy spell:It shields the thoughts from all offence,And guards the cheek of innocence;To fancys ear, in balmy slumbersJoins notes of love with seraph numbers,Such matchless charms not Venus zoneIn all its fabled powrs could own,That only taught, with pearly skin,And cheek of rose, the heart to this can dearer gifts impart,That gain at once, and keep the heart,O happy lot is yours to ehuse it,For none knows better how to use it. THE NEW COINAGE. Pure from the mint this stamp we own,No baser coin is current here; So where your sterling worth is known,All counterfeits must disappear. 358 LAW, PHYSIC, AND DIVINITY. To win your heart, professions three All plead with equal skill;Law, Physic, and Divinity, Chuse Lady, which you will!And each day, and year, and minute, proveHow blest the choice of virtuous love. A STUDENT. Aspiring to
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