Nugae Modernae Morning thoughts, and midnight musings: consisting of casual reflections, egotisms, &c. In prose and verse. By Thomas Park |
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CONTENTMENT VINDICATED, AND SPLEEN REPELLED.
When you call my neat cottage a Coop,
'Tis a name makes it dearer to me,—
While each morning my family-group
To the wing of a fond Mother flee.
'Tis a name makes it dearer to me,—
While each morning my family-group
To the wing of a fond Mother flee.
When you deem it an over-stock'd Hive,
Still more does your simile please,—
Since there with gay industry thrive
My Queen and her circlet of bees.
Still more does your simile please,—
Since there with gay industry thrive
My Queen and her circlet of bees.
To the Cell of a prison compar'd,
My dwelling is equally dear,—
Since with those whom we fondly regard
We can never be fetter'd too near.
My dwelling is equally dear,—
Since with those whom we fondly regard
We can never be fetter'd too near.
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Though a Dog-house you ours may declare,
I prefer it to mansions in view,—
For Tippoo, the faithful, guards there,
To keep out intruders like You.
I prefer it to mansions in view,—
For Tippoo, the faithful, guards there,
To keep out intruders like You.
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