The Wiccamical Chaplet a selection of original poetry; comprising smaller poems, serious and comic; classical trifles; sonnets; inscriptions and epitaphs; songs and ballads; mock-heroics, epigrams, fragments, &c. &c. Edited by George Huddesford |
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[Hail, venerable Deity]
Hail, venerable Deity,Health! O let me live with thee!
Let me with thee life's remnant spend,
Thou, my companion, guest, and friend!
If aught of pleasure here below,
Or wealth or empire can bestow;
Or pledges of the nuptial joys,
Sweet smiling offspring, girls and boys;
If aught in love delightful prove,
The young desires and thefts of love;
If interchange of rest and toil
The rugged cares of life beguile;
Or any other bliss be given,
The grateful boon of bounteous Heaven;
All, all from thee their zest derive,
In thee they flourish, bloom, and live:
Without thee Mirth's an empty theme,
And Happiness an airy dream.
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