What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content.
Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.
From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.
There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.
If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.
But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.