The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton with an essay on the Rowley poems by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat and a memoir by Edward Bell |
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Enter Celmonde and Minstrels.Cel.
All blessings show'r on gentle Ælla's head!
Oft may the moon, in silver shining light,
In varied changes varied blessings shed,
Dispersing far abroad mischance's night;
And thou, fair Bertha! thou, fair dame, so bright,
Long mayest thou with Ælla find much peace,
With happiness, as with a robe, be dight,
With every changing moon new joys increase!
I, as a token of my love to speak,
Have brought you jugs of ale, at night your brain to break.
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