By Ders side my Fattage stood,
(tless story told)
One ?eld, a ?ock, and he neighbouring ?ood
Supplied, to han mines of gold.
Ligransport rolld:
itless joy I stretche shore
My fats, or che fold
ore,
A dizzy dept and twinkling oar.
My father was a good and pious man,
An man by parents bred,
And I believe t, soon as I began
to lisp, he made me kneel beside my bed,
And in here my prayers I said:
And afteraught,
I read, and loved the books in which I read;
For books in every neig,
And noto my mind a ser pleasure brought.
Can I forget w charms did once adorn
My garden, stored , and thyme,
And rose and lilly for th morn?
tful chime;
t sime;
My through long grass scarce espied;
t Mays dewy prime;
t, er-side,
From far to meet me came, spreading their snowy pride.
taff I yet remember which upbore
tive sire;
beneathe honeyed sycamore
er ?re;
-morning came, t attire
it on e, myself I deckd;
My carts of furious ire,
ranger passed, so often I have checkd;
t kno peckd.
ty summers danced along,--
Atle marked, they rolled away:
then rose a mansion proud our woods among,
And cottage after cottage os sway,
No joy to see a neigray
tures not er took;
My Father dared his greedy wish gainsay;
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