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DOMESTIC HAPPINESS, by                    
First Line: Away: let nought to love displeasing
Last Line: And I'll go wooing in my boys
Subject(s): Family Life;happiness;love - Marital; Relatives;joy;delight;wedded Love;marriage - Love


"Away: let nought to love displeasing,
My Winifreda, move your care:
Let nought delay the heavenly blessing,
Nor squeamish pride, nor gloomy fear.

What though no grants of royal donors
With pompous titles grace our blood:
We'll shine in more substantial honours,
And to be noble we'll be good.

Our name, whilst virtue thus we tender,
Will sweetly sound where'er 'tis spoke,
And all the great ones, they shall wonder
How they respect such little folk.

What though from Fortune's lavish bounty
No mighty treasures we possess:
We'll find within our pittance, plenty,
And be content without excess.

Still shall each kind returning season
Sufficient for our wishes give:
For we will live a life of reason,
And that's the only life to live.

Through youth and age, in love excelling,
We'll hand in hand together tread,
Sweet smiling Peace shall crown our dwelling,
And babes, sweet smiling babes, our bed.

How should I love the pretty creatures,
Whilst round my knees they fondly clung,
To see them look their mother's features,
To hear them lisp their mother's tongue!

And when with envy, Time transported,
Shall think to rob us of our joys,
You'll in your girls again be courted,
And I'll go wooing in my boys."





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