“ PADDY IN LOVE.
I'VE been long in love with a demsel hard by.
She has a pig in the stable, and a horse in the sty;
Her c e k are as red as the sun in the night,
Her eyes shine as bright as the moon in day-light. ”

“ LOVE’s a gen'rous passion,
source of all sublime delight;
When with mutual inclination,
two fond hearts in one unite.
What are titles, pomp, or riches,
if compar’d w th true content?
That false joy which now bewitches,
when too late we may repent. ”

“ O'er me and mine, come mistress prove,
and then what ill can harm us?
Kind Hymen will each fear remove,
and spread each sweet to charm us,
Together we will live content
and nought but love will trade in;
So sweetly shall our lives be spent,
dear litt'e Cottage Maiden,
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”