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      SONNET TO MAY . j' ¦ * ~ . JB y the late £ > r * Dar * win * Born in yon blaze of orient sky , jfweet MAY thy radiant form unfold , Unclose thy blue voluptuous eye And wave thy shadowy locks of gold . Por THEE the fragrant Zephyrs blow , Por thee descends the sunny show ' r , The ritts in softer murmurs flow , And . brighter blossoms gem the bow ' r .

      liigfrt Graces daress'd in flow ry wreaths , And tiptoe joys their hands combine , And Love his sweet contagion breathes , And , laughing , dances round thy shrin « . Warm with new life , the glittering throng On Vjuiverinj * fin and rustling wing , delighted join their votive song . And hail thce GODDESS OF THE SPRING J

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      ORIGINAL SONG BY THE LATE DR . FRANKLIN . Of your Chloe ' s and Phiilis ' s Poets may prate , But 1 sing my plain Country Joan , "Who ' s been twelve years my Wife , the joy of my life . Blest day that I made her own . Blest day , &c .

      Not a word of her face > her shape , or her eyes , Or of flames , or of darts you shall hear , I beauty admire , but ' tis virtue I prize That fades not in seventy years . That fades not , £ cc . In health a companion delightful and dear , Still easy , engaging and free ; In sickness no less , and the tenderest

      nurse , As tender as tender can be . As tender as , &c . In peace and good , order my household she guides , Right careful to save what I gain , Yet cheerfully spends , and smile * on my Friends

      I ' ve the pleasure to entertain . I ' ve the pleasure , &c . Am I laden with care , she takes off a large share , That the burden ne ' er ma&esf me to reel > Does good fortune arrive , the joy of my wife

      Quite doubles the pleasure I feel * Quijte doubles , & , c . She defends my good name , even wherp I ' m to blame , Firm friend as to men was e ' er gi veri ^ Her compassionate breast feels for all , the distress'd , i "Which draws dajtorn great blessings frojp heav ' n .

      Which draws down , occ Was the fairest young princess , with millions in purse , , . To be had in exchange for my Joan ? She couM ' n ' t be a better wife * might be a worse * ' : So I'd cleave to my dearest oK 3 Jo * Sot I'd cleave , &c . ^ ' '

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      s * R , London Dec . SO , 1 S 07 . I enclose a copy of an original Song of the late Dr . Franklin ' s ^ whk ^ h I am persuaded has never been , published ; it having been handed to me by a lady who received it from the Dr . himself ; he

      informing , her at the same time that . dining with a party of friends at Paris , it was proposed after the cloth wa £ removed , for each to compose verses in praise of a wife , and when it came to his turn

      he produced the following song . ^ Idp ing that it may afford some entertainment to the readers of your poetical department , I rerpaio Sir , Your ' s , &c . " . JOHN ELLIS , Jun .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1808, page 214, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2391/page/42/