. Poems . -^^^pr ^^.^y ^^. .j^Z^ HUMAN LIFE. THE ARGUMENT. Introduction—Ringing of bells in a neighbouring Villageon the Birth of an Heir—General Reflections on Hu-man Life—The Subject proposed—Childhood—Yotith—Manhood—Love—Marriage—Domestic Happinessand Affliction—War—Peace—Civil Dissension—Re-tirejnent from active Life—Old Age and its Enjoi/-menls— -,m-^^- The lark has sung his carol in the sky; The bees have Imnniied their noon-tide lullaby. Still in the vale the village-bells ring round, Still in Llewellyn-hall the jests resound: For now the caudle-cup is circling there, Now, g
. Poems . -^^^pr ^^.^y ^^. .j^Z^ HUMAN LIFE. THE ARGUMENT. Introduction—Ringing of bells in a neighbouring Villageon the Birth of an Heir—General Reflections on Hu-man Life—The Subject proposed—Childhood—Yotith—Manhood—Love—Marriage—Domestic Happinessand Affliction—War—Peace—Civil Dissension—Re-tirejnent from active Life—Old Age and its Enjoi/-menls— -,m-^^- The lark has sung his carol in the sky; The bees have Imnniied their noon-tide lullaby. Still in the vale the village-bells ring round, Still in Llewellyn-hall the jests resound: For now the caudle-cup is circling there, Now, glad at heart, the gossips breathe their prayer, 64 And, crowding, stop the cradle to admireThe babe, the sleeping image of his sire. A few short years—and then these sounds shall hailThe day again, and gladness fill the vale;So soon the child a youth, the youth a to run the race his fathers the huge ox shall yield the broad sir-loin;The ale, now brewed, in floods of amber shine:And, basking in the chimneys ample blaze,Mid many a tale told of his boyish nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, Twas on these knees he sate so oft and smiled. And soon again shall music swell the breeze;Soon, issuing forth, shall glitter through the treesVestures of nuptial white ; and hymns be sung,And violets scattered round; and old and youn
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