The Poetical Works of James Thomson The City of Dreadful Night: By James Thomson ("B. V."): Edited by Bertram Dobell: With a Memoir of the Author: In two volumes |
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L'ENVOY
When the sixties are outrun,
And the seventies nearly done,
Or the eighties just begun;
May some young and happy man,
Wiser, kinder, nobler than
He who tenders this one, bring
You the real Magic Ring.
And the seventies nearly done,
Or the eighties just begun;
May some young and happy man,
Wiser, kinder, nobler than
He who tenders this one, bring
You the real Magic Ring.
This one may have pleasant powers;
Charming idle girlish hours
With its tales from færie bowers;
Tinting hopeful maiden dreams
With its soft romantic gleams;
Breathing love of love and truth,
Valour, innocence and ruth.
Charming idle girlish hours
With its tales from færie bowers;
Tinting hopeful maiden dreams
With its soft romantic gleams;
Breathing love of love and truth,
Valour, innocence and ruth.
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But may that one bless the life
Of the woman and the wife
Through our dull world's care and strife;
Year by year with rich increase,
Give you love, and joy, and peace;
And at last the good death bring,
Sweet as sleep: your Magic Ring.
Of the woman and the wife
Through our dull world's care and strife;
Year by year with rich increase,
Give you love, and joy, and peace;
And at last the good death bring,
Sweet as sleep: your Magic Ring.
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