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As I walked out on a surmmer’s morning, Sant green verdant shade, frazrant tulips and bleoming roses seemed interwovn san8 by Flora’s aid, cate a," Ameny the bowers steod a beauteous mansion, its charin. . jag beauties, for to unfuld, There dwells a damsel of comely stature, whom nature ", formed of beauteous mould. down by a plea-. Among this fair imaid’s admirers there wus but two did? úr favours gain, The one @ teacher of arts and science, the next by labour himself maintained, ~ The honors gained by those two rivais, both in the past and present days, Were well rehearsed to that blooming fair maid, in their enchanting poetic lays. A Ni b irat, spoke the teacher to this bl. soming fair mai, and i in great raptures. bis love expressed, Slail fairest creature and pride of nature, “you ‘shot anit wouuded my tender br ast, To gain your favour I I will range this nation, I ert’ vene b ture life foronv divling’s sake, pd My love is loyzi to you, my darling, if I dowt gain see Bien. | 3 any heart wil break. sg i Next apoke'the Labourer to this fair maiden, and he au" dressed her jn an artless strain, Hail fuire-t creature, the pride of nature, . your "nmbe servant i new remain, Vi} till your garden for you, my darting, with Jessamines it sha | be entwined, Sh st Vi maintain you better than the schoolinaster, with all his Jearning and beoks combined Without my aid, said the’learned Teacher, no. bi. soming is fair mad can be seure, . T teach the lawyer his cause to plead, and rm respected by rich and poor. | ee ké T teach the pas or the mass to off r, where els of glory ag for you are rung, "mm not compared " e the. wretched . labourer, who ‘woul ° often load sigh: git urf and dung. . a Pee “Sees E: Age z A325 St oN oi iil ae A > 4nd in egén ie est Í will ieee + vig pales to feed: "OUP ier, age re } Tis by manual labour I will maintain nator, we health — 3 A and vigour with me remain, ee While the poor schoolmaster he must piftehx our to pale pean rise h's barien brain. es ‘ d “Th: king that rides ia his golden pie without some 4 learning cannot be crowned, bát szer a ca j . Lords, Dakes, and Karls, that sit in. splendonr, by’ my 3 =< | assistance great ho ours found, ús k While here I’in held i in eetyation, the wretched latdurer rae ű "by me employed, " rie ) Nis naked wife must work far you, my darling, and bina Ő ‘md our pleasute is ne’er annoyed, = = SES Mé VE > The king that rides in his golden’ chariot must be mains ae ve tained by the spade and plough, as pe Lords, Dukes, and Earls that sitin splendour, live by the ay . sweat of my humble brow, . 7 Tis-by my labour Ill maintain natare, from Heep unbroka PI! rise with you, ‘ mS Be ea f While the sehoolmaster is always raving, wit; L ; questions his brains annoy — Lown, my darling, your blooming fegtnyot made an ime Ra” ‘pression on mny tender breast, ae § ed And while youare absent Vin always raving my. vroubled Aga , mind can ünd no rest, 8 Fe a a kő ; es SQ Oe ? Sis ear “Want no lectur~ ~ j -igter, he wey. be ~y haa on ‘his. B " 1 would rather . ied gurden versation witk dad, The Board of Trinity College Dublin
