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And still will fancy's vivid ray
Frequent the well-known group pourtray:
Its hospitable master there
Shall Andrews' sportive gambols share;
And view, with still encreasing joy,
The frolics of his blooming boy.
The graceful mother, young and fair,
Bends, smiling, o'er her latest care;
She, whose soft charms my verse inspire!
She, whom to know is to admire!
She, who to temper ever gay,
And feelings keen, and fancy's play,
Adds judgment true, and taste refin'd,
With ev'ry grace that decks the mind;
Alike in ev'ry scene of life,
The daughter, mother, and the wife!
Frequent the well-known group pourtray:
Its hospitable master there
Shall Andrews' sportive gambols share;
And view, with still encreasing joy,
The frolics of his blooming boy.
The graceful mother, young and fair,
Bends, smiling, o'er her latest care;
She, whose soft charms my verse inspire!
She, whom to know is to admire!
She, who to temper ever gay,
And feelings keen, and fancy's play,
Adds judgment true, and taste refin'd,
With ev'ry grace that decks the mind;
Alike in ev'ry scene of life,
The daughter, mother, and the wife!
Say—when for friends like these rever'd,
By kindred's sacred ties endear'd.
By kindred's sacred ties endear'd.
