Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . ^yd. h ir .QJ Through youth and age, in love excelHng,We 11 hand in hand together tread ; Sweet-smiling peace shall crown our dwelling,And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty round my knees they fondly clung ! To see them look their mothers features,To hear them lisp their mothers tongue ! And when with envy Time transported,Shall think to rob us of our joys, Youll in your girls again be courted,And Ill go wooing

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Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . ^yd. h ir .QJ Through youth and age, in love excelHng,We 11 hand in hand together tread ; Sweet-smiling peace shall crown our dwelling,And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty round my knees they fondly clung ! To see them look their mothers features,To hear them lisp their mothers tongue ! And when with envy Time transported,Shall think to rob us of our joys, Youll in your girls again be courted,And Ill go wooing in my boys. -^X: ^ M &\ 78 V. ;?T w -^j \1^. :/ ^A ^ ^^ ^ J ^^ T^

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