Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-21
II. T. WHITE 81 l.. r. GUERNSEy1
XII

VI temper sweet-oi yielding will,
or firm, ye, placid mind
With all my faults 10 love me still,
With sentiment refund.
XIII.
And az Times car incessani runs
And Fortune fills my store
! want Of daughters and Of sons
From eight to hslfa score.
want. (alas can mortal dare
Such bliss, on earth TO crave)
Thata all tho girls be chasie and fair
The boys all wise and brave.
XIV.
AND when my bosom's darling sings
With melody divine,
A pedal harp Of many strings,
Must with her voice combine.
a Piano, exquisitely wrought
Must open stand, apart
That all my daughters may lie taught,
To win the strangers heart.
XIV.
My wife and daughters will desire
Refreshment from perfumes,
Cosmetics for the skin require
Aud artificial blooms;
The Civet, fragrance shall dispense
And iressur'd sweets return,
Cologne revive the tagging sense
And smoking amber burn.
XVI.
And when, at night, my weary head
Begins to droop and dose,
A southern chamber holds my bed
For natures soft repose,
With blankets, counterpaines and sheet,
Mattrass and bed of down,
And comfortables for my feet,
And pillows for my crown.
XVII.
| want a warm and faithful friend
To cheer the adverse hour;
VIII ne'er to fatier will descend
Nor bend the knee TO power;
A friend to chide me when I'm wrong,
My inmost soul to see,
And tina, my friendship prove as strong
For him, as his for me.
hNlll.
! want a kind and tender heart,
For others wants to feel;
A soul secure from Fortunes dart,
And bosom arm'd with steel.
r bear divine chastisement's rod
And mingling in my plan,
Submission to the will Of God
With charity to Man.
XIX.
| want a keen, observing eve,
An ever listening ear,
The truth through all disguise to spy,
And VISIONS voice to hear,
A tongue to speak at virtues need,
In Heavens sublimest strain;
And lips, the cause Of Nan to plead,
And never plead in vain.
Xxx.
! want uninterrupted health,
Throughout, my long career
And streams Of never failing wealth
To scatter far and near;
The destitute to clolhe and feed:
Free bounty to hestow,
Supply the helpless orphans need
And sooth the widows woe.
XXI.
! want the genius to conceive,
The talents to unfold
Designs, the vicious to retrieve,
The vIrtuous 10 uphold
Inventive power, combining skill
4 poIseyering soul,
O(human hearts to mould the will,
And reach from Pole 10 Pole.
NNII.
want the seals OF power and place,
The enslgns OF command
Charged by the Peoples unbought grace,
TO rule my native Land
Nor crown, nor scep,re would ! ask
But from my %couniTy's will.
By day, ~ night, 10 ply the task
Her cup OF bliss to III.
XIII.
want the voice Of honest praise,
To follow me behind
And TO Je though, ia future days,
The friend Of human hind
That after ages as they rise,
E1uluag may pHs1.aim,
Ia choral union 90 tAc skies,
Their blessings on my name.
NXIY.
These sse ile wants Of mortal man.
I cannot want them long
For fife r.e.fls but a span,
And earthly bliss a song.
uy las, graa, autahs0Etiae sl
l., wEeg beneath '1e sl5,
Aa3 slmman4 20 my final CALI
The a--rv ~ Isg Gai
XIV.
And GA while cilc.Cs ia mE veins
Oflile 'he purple stfs7a
And set a iragacn, small Tsmaias
OF natures yr4as.cai dream;