Fugitive Verses

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RHYMES.

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	BUSY work brings after ease;
	Ease brings sport and sport brings rest;
	For young and old of all degrees,
	The mingled lot is best.

	And pain brings pity; then I hear
	My mother's sweet and gentle voice,
	She strokes my cheek, the touch is dear,
	And makes my heart rejoice.

	Then welcome work and pain and play
	When all is o'er, like bird in nest
	We soundly sleep;—well says our lay,
	The mingled lot is best.

About this text
Courtesy of University of California, Davis. General Library. Digital Intitiatives Program.; http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp
http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt567nb8xt&brand=oac4
Title: Fugitive Verses
By:  Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851, creator, British Women Romantic Poets Project
Date: 2001 (issued)
Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis. General Library. Digital Intitiatives Program.; http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp
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