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Happy the Lab'rer

8 May 2023

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 Happy the lab'rer in his Sunday clothes!

In light-drab coat, smart waistcoat, well-darn'd hose,

And hat upon his head, to church he goes;

As oft, with conscious pride, he downward throws

A glance upon the ample cabbage rose

That, stuck in button-hole, regales his nose,

He envies not the gayest London beaux.

In church he takes his seat among the rows,

Pays to the place the reverence he owes,

Likes best the prayers whose meaning least he knows,

Lists to the sermon in a softening doze,

And rouses joyous at the welcome close.  

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Best Poems by Jane Austen
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Works of famous english writer Jane Austen.
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I've A Pain In My Head

2 May 2023
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'I've a pain in my head' Said the suffering Beckford; To her Doctor so dread. 'Oh! what shall I take for't?' Said this Doctor so dread Whose name it was Newnham. 'For this pain in

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Ode To Pity

2 May 2023
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Ever musing I delight to tread The Paths of honour and the Myrtle Grove Whilst the pale Moon her beams doth shed On disappointed Love. While Philomel on airy hawthorn Bush Sings sweet a

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This Little Bag

4 May 2023
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This little bag I hope will prove To be not vainly made For, if you should a needle want It will afford you aid. And as we are about to part T'will serve another end, For when you lo

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My Dearest Frank, I Wish You Joy

4 May 2023
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My dearest Frank, I wish you joy Of Mary's safety with a Boy, Whose birth has given little pain Compared with that of Mary Jane. May he a growing Blessing prove, And well deserve his Pa

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Happy the Lab'rer

8 May 2023
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 Happy the lab'rer in his Sunday clothes! In light-drab coat, smart waistcoat, well-darn'd hose, And hat upon his head, to church he goes; As oft, with conscious pride, he downward throws

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Miss Lloyd has now went to Miss Green

8 May 2023
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 Miss Lloyd has now sent to Miss Green, As, on opening the box, may be seen, Some years of a Black Ploughman's Gauze, To be made up directly, because Miss Lloyd must in mourning appear

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Mock Panegyric on a Young Friend

9 May 2023
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 In measured verse I'll now rehearse The charms of lovely Anna: And, first, her mind is unconfined Like any vast savannah. Ontario's lake may fitly speak Her fancy's ample bound: I

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Of A Ministry Pitiful, Angry, Mean

9 May 2023
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Of a Ministry pitiful, angry, mean, A gallant commander the victim is seen. For promptitude, vigour, success, does he stand Condemn'd to receive a severe reprimand! To his foes I could wis

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To the Memory of Mrs. Lefroy who died Dec:r 16 -- my Birthday

15 May 2023
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The day returns again, my natal day; What mix'd emotions with the Thought arise! Beloved friend, four years have pass'd away Since thou wert snatch'd forever from our eyes.-- The day, comm

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Oh! Mr Best You're Very Bad

15 May 2023
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Oh! Mr. Best, you're very bad And all the world shall know it; Your base behaviour shall be sung By me, a tunefull Poet.-- You used to go to Harrowgate Each summer as it came, And wh

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See they come, post haste from Thanet

15 May 2023
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See they come, post haste from Thanet, Lovely couple, side by side; They've left behind them Richard Kennet With the Parents of the Bride! Canterbury they have passed through; Next succ

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When Stretch'd on One's Bed

16 May 2023
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When stretch'd on one's bed With a fierce-throbbing head, Which precludes alike thought or repose, How little one cares For the grandest affairs That may busy the world as it goes!

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When Winchester races

16 May 2023
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When Winchester races first took their beginning It is said the good people forgot their old Saint Not applying at all for the leave of Saint Swithin And that William of Wykeham's approval wa

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