Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THE CHANGE REPENTED. |
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THE CHANGE REPENTED.
I
If I were you, and you were me,As fools have often wish'd to be:
If you were me, and I was you,
I wonder what we then should do.
II
You think, perhaps, you then should seeWhat I am not, nor wish to be:
A something wonderful and strange,
The better for the wond'rous change:
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III
A something that, perhaps, you've thought,Could in a trice t'effect be brought;
A deal of happiness procur'd,
That now you think is uninsur'd.
IV
But come, I'll tell you how 'twou'd be,And then I think you'll plainly see:
Each would repent the other's pain,
And each would wish the change again.
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