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Where tenants without number dine,
And stow away no end of wine,

For everything abounds here.
Their dinner has been cooked outside,
Attracting all the country wide

To view the monstrous fire.

A flock of sheep, of pigs fourscore,
Of oxen just as many more,

Their appetites require.

The usual toasts proposed and drank,
The Bridegroom rises up to thank

The guests assembled here :

Again the ancient hall resounds—
Pleasure and mirth have burst all
bounds—

Another deafening cheer !

The tenants fill their cups without,
And echo back a louder shout,

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Which rends the very air !
‘Thanks for this rich and sumptuous
board !
Health to our good and noble lord,
And to his lady fair!’
The banquet o’er, the ladies stray
Through orange-groves and flow’ry
To sail upon the lake ; [way,
The tenants seek their rural games,
Or ’neath the oak-shade with their
dames
Rest after toiling take.
At eve’s the ball, where all unite ;
Without vast bonfires rouse the night,
And close the happy day ;
Whilst rockets from the castle height,
Like meteors, make the country light,
To guide the homeward way.

MORAL.

Young ladies all, beware! -
First, never wed a bear ;
If you do, don’t bear malice.

For love can smooth the shaggy hair
Of e’en the biggest, roughest bear,
And make a shed a palace.

SSS SS

Tommy Tittlemouse, Esq.

ITTLE Tommy Tittlemouse
Lives in a little house,

Happy with his little spouse.
He is an angler and catches little fishes,

She is a good cook and makes them savoury dishes:

So little Tommy has granted all his wishes.