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fc _ ¦ Oh , not like stars , that come at eve Through dim clouds glimmering one by one , And teach the failing heart to grieve Because another day is gone ! But like the hopes that linger yet Upon the grave of sorrow ' s love , And dare Affect ion to forget The form below , the soul above ; Or like the thoughts that bid despair Repose in faith on mercy ' s breast—Givers of wings ! from toil and care To fly away , and be at rest
No . XV . Lo , where the fudd ! ed artisan Goes forth with dog and gun , Determined , like a gentleman , To kill and slay for fun ! 'Tis Christmas , trustful redbreast ! Bid thrush and wren beware ! Why may not he kill them or thee ? The squire may kill his hare .
How like the squire yon tilter stalks , With cock'd impatient gun ! Run , daughter , from the frozen walks ! Thou screaming mother , run ! Fly , fly , too lovely goldfinch , And bid thy mate beware ! Why may not he shoot her or thee ? The parson shoots his hare .
Mark , squire ! could ' st thou the parson teach What thou to learn art loth , The saving word he yet might preach , Kre ruin teach ye both . Who sitteth there in judgment ? The brutal and the blind : While such as he teach bats to see , Truth labours for the wind .
Ktnbruted sloth makes toil a brule , Unsoul'd alike are they ; The wood , the rill , to both are mute , The heavens to both are clay : But , God of snowy culm ness , lMithron '< l o ' er vale and hill 1 Shall men , for fun , with dog- and gun , Thy ainless children kill ?
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1836, page 216, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2656/page/24/