. Poems . resh colour fling: And cheerfulness at home, repayIndulgence in the harmless swing. GARDEN CHAIR. Calm and retird in rural shades and bowrs,You wish, Sir, now to spend your placid hours,Beneath the shelter of a light alcove,Where foliage twines, and zephyrs whisper love,Has fortune kindly placd your Garden Chair,Be yours to lead a worthy partner there. 368 HONEY-GUIDE. The Honey-guide, thro* Africas grovesIn search of treasurd sweetness roves tThe hive in deepest wilds discovers,And round it unremitting hovers,Alluring, by her well-known cries,Her human friend to share her f

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. Poems . resh colour fling: And cheerfulness at home, repayIndulgence in the harmless swing. GARDEN CHAIR. Calm and retird in rural shades and bowrs,You wish, Sir, now to spend your placid hours,Beneath the shelter of a light alcove,Where foliage twines, and zephyrs whisper love,Has fortune kindly placd your Garden Chair,Be yours to lead a worthy partner there. 368 HONEY-GUIDE. The Honey-guide, thro* Africas grovesIn search of treasurd sweetness roves tThe hive in deepest wilds discovers,And round it unremitting hovers,Alluring, by her well-known cries,Her human friend to share her fortune, Sir, to-night entreats,Your presence to a feast of sweets;And if judicious in selection,You well observe her kind direction,She whispers that herself and loveYour grateful guests, thro life, will prove. FLAG OF TRUCE. Does Love the yielding fair offer now, a Flag of Truce ?Accept it, Sir, with honor due;And may that ensigns spotless hueThe signal of a treaty be,Of lasting faith and ^k^ 3»

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