Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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THE EVENINGSTAR.
Homestar of Eve! with what a lovefull EyeMust the poor Labourer look up at thee,
When, all his Daytoils ended, he doth see
Thee shining o'er his Cot, so calm and high!
O'er that dear spot, from the World's Vanity,
From all its brute Uproar and Turmoil, free;
What Bliss is his, when, dandling on his Knee,
To his least Babe he sings its Lullaby!
But to the Richman that fair Star is nought,
It sweetens not the Sweat upon his Brow:
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That hallows still alike both high and low,
It has no beauty for him, brings no thought
Of Joys that from wise toil, their Springhead, flow!
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